FLORIDA PANTHERS at DETROIT RED WINGS
FEB. 20, 2021
Little Caesar’s Arena – Detroit, MI
| FLORIDA PANTHERS | DETROIT RED WINGS |
| 1 | 2 |
- Florida out-shot DET 39-27, matching their season-high in shots set in last night’s game.
- The Panthers lost in regulation on the road for the first time this season.
- Alex Wennberg scored his first power-play goal of the season. He has tallied five goals and seven points (5-2-7) over his past eight games.
- Wennberg also won 11 of his 16 faceoffs (69%).
- Anthony Duclair and Frank Vatrano recorded their first power-play points of the season with assists on Wennberg’s tally.
- Duclair’s assist was his eighth of the season and his 10th point (2-8-10) . He has produced three points (1-2-3) over his past two games.
- With his assist tonight, Frank Vatrano has notched four points (3-1-4) over his past six games.
- Florida killed off both of Detroit’s power-play opportunities. The Panthers have not surrendered a power-play goal against Detroit in their past nine games (25-25).
- Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 25 of DET’s 27 shots (.926 save percentage).
- Keith Yandle and Aaron Ekblad each led Florida with 5 shots on goal.
PANTHERS POSTGAME QUOTES – FEB. 20, 2021
Head Coach Joel Quenneville
“Tough points to leave out there, you get an equalizer, you never know. We had a little push there at the end but not good enough.”
“We get to see Dallas (on Monday). We were supposed to see them earlier, they’ll probably be excited to play a game, so it’ll be a great test for us. Three games against a good team that’s excited about playing.”
Defenseman Gustav Forsling
“I think we’ve got a confidence in our group that we can always come back in the games, even if we’re down a goal or two. We’ve got a good feeling in the group, and we trust each other.”
“I think we did a lot of good during this (road) trip.”
Forward Frank Vatrano
“I think we had a flat second period. Obviously they were going to be a hungrier team today with the performance they had yesterday…At the end of the day we end up losing 2-1.”
“I think we had a really good third period, Bernier [DET goaltender Jonathan Bernier] made the saves he needed to save. We tested him, sometimes when you take a period off that’s what happens in the end.”
