FLORIDA PANTHERS vs. COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
FLA Live Arena – Sunrise, Fla.
| FLORIDA PANTHERS | COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS |
| 3 | 6 |
PANTHERS POSTGAME QUOTES
Forward Jonathan Huberdeau
On tonight’s game:
“We’ve got to be more ready. We know the other team is going to be prepared against us.”
On what’s next in the homestand:
“We’ve been really good at home, so there’s no excuses here. We’ve got to forget about these two, I guess, and regroup. We know we’re a good team, so I think we’ve just got to come back Saturday and be ready.”
Defenseman MacKenzie Weegar
On responding to tonight’s loss and looking at facing Edmonton on Saturday:
“It obviously a big bounce back game. I guess we are in, you could say, a little bit of rough patch here. It’s not going to be all sunshine and rainbows and all that stuff. Losing might be a good thing for our team. We’re going to have to face some adversity at times in the year, and this is one of them. We are going to have to find a way to get out of this. It’s a big one against the Oilers on Saturday.”
Interim Head Coach Andrew Brunette
On tonight’s game:
“I think we had our opportunities all game. We didn’t really push in the third period, to be honest with you. The six on five we had some looks, but really we didn’t have the normal push. We expended a lot of energy getting back in this game.”
CATS STATS
- The Panthers fell to the Blue Jackets, losing consecutive home games for just the second time this year.
- Jonathan Huberdeau (1-1-2) logged his fifth consecutive multi-point game.
- Huberdeau’s assist tonight marked his ninth consecutive game with at least one assist, establishing a new franchise record. His streak is tied for the longest of any NHL skater this season.
- His nine-game assist/point streak is the longest of his career. His 74 points (18-56-74) this season lead all NHL skaters.
- MacKenzie Weegar tallied a goal, extending his point streak to five games (2-3-5).
- Sam Bennett scored a goal for the second consecutive game. He is now tied with Aleksander Barkov for the team lead in goals with 23. He also led Florida with eight shots on goal.
- Aleksander Barkov notched two assists.
- Mason Marchment, Carter Verhaeghe, and Gustav Forsling each posted one assist.
- Radko Gudas led Florida with six hits.
- The Panthers out-shot the Blue Jackets 42-28.
