Panthers Postgame Notes - 2.26.22 vs. EDM

FLORIDA PANTHERS vs. EDMONTON OILERS

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

FLA Live Arena – Sunrise, Fla.

FLORIDA PANTHERS	EDMONTON OILERS
3	4

PANTHERS POSTGAME QUOTES

Forward Anton Lundell

On looking forward to next game:

“We have a very competitive team. We just want to win. Of course, it’s a little frustrating, but something we get energy from. I’m sure we are going to come into next game with a fresh mind.”

Forward Aleksander Barkov

On today’s loss:
“I think we battled hard, we played a good game but obviously not [our] best game. We didn’t do the right things for 60 minutes. We had some bad plays in that game that cost us a few goals and a few momentum changes.”

On Jonathan Huberdeau’s season:
“You know he is going to get the puck; you just need to get open, and he is going to find you. He has been unreal, not just this season, but has been really good his whole career. Obviously, this season, he is more confident than ever. It is a lot of fun to see him play and see him make those plays and create chances.”
Interim Head Coach Andrew Brunette

On learning from losses:
“I think you get in these little stretches during the season, you need to realize how hard it is to win in this league… every little puck counts, every little play counts.”

On today’s game:
“I thought there were pretty good shots, pretty good looks… Just goes through the course of the year. Games like tonight, we might’ve got six or seven early in the year. So, we kind of got spoiled, some fortunate bounces. On nights like tonight, when you don’t get the six or seven, you’ve got to make sure they don’t get four. And we didn’t do that.”

CATS STATS

The Panthers fell to the Oilers, losing their third consecutive home game.
Aleksander Barkov tallied two goals for his team-leading fifth multi-goal game of the season and the 24^th of his career, tying Jonathan Huberdeau for third-most in club history.
Barkov led Florida with 10 shots on goal, tied for his career high. He produced two points for the second straight game.
Barkov’s second tally marked his 25^th of the season, representing his fifth season with at least 25 goals. Only three Finnish-born players in NHL history have more (Teemu Selanne: 16, Jari Kurri: 12, Olli Jokinen: 6).
Jonathan Huberdeau logged an assist to extend his franchise-record assist streak to 10 games (2-15-17), the ninth double-digit point streak in club history and first since 2019-20.
Huberdeau is tied for the league lead in points this season with 75 (18-57-75). He is five assists shy of matching his club record for assists in a season (62, 2018-19).
Aaron Ekblad notched an assist and led Florida with four blocked shots. He is one assist shy of his career high (36, 2019-20).
Sam Reinhart and Frank Vatrano each posted an assist.
Radko Gudas led Florida with five hits.
The Panthers out-shot (47-22) and out-hit (31-24) the Oilers.