FLORIDA PANTHERS vs. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
MARCH 10, 2022
FLA Live Arena – Sunrise, Fla.
| FLORIDA PANTHERS | PHILADELPHIA FLYERS |
| 6 | 3 |
PANTHERS POSTGAME QUOTES
Forward Carter Verhaeghe
On the third period effort tonight:
“It is the sign of a good team. We talked about it in the room. We knew they were going to push back in the second, but getting that goal was huge on the power play. It is the sign of a good team. We can play any game.”
On upcoming road trip:
“We are ready for it. We love being home and playing in front of our fans. I think it’s going to be good bonding. A couple days on the road and hang out with the boys.”
Forward Jonathan Huberdeau
On breaking the Panthers franchise record tonight for most assists in a single season:
“It’s been a good year. I feel we’re getting points—everybody’s getting points on our team. We have a lot of depth. It’s just been a fun year. Obviously, we’re scoring a lot of goals. Tonight, I was just happy to get the two points. The franchise record…doesn’t really matter.”
On Reinhart’s hat trick:
“Before the shift I was like if you are open, I am going to pass it to you…It was great, he’s been playing so well this year. Obviously, he scored two huge goals tonight and finished it up with a hatty.”
Forward Sam Reinhart
On Florida’s power play performance:
“I think we have been winning some battles and extending some plays and I think when you look five or six games ago, we were just overthinking a little bit. When you tend to do that, you try and force plays a little bit too much opposed to reading and reacting. We have enough skill out there to kind of just trust our system a little bit and simplify and we have been having success with that.”
Interim Head Coach Andrew Brunette
On team success as well as individual players’ success:
“I obviously enjoy it. And they’re doing it in the right way. They’re doing it in a team environment. They’re doing the right things. It’s not a year where they’re just looking for their own points and not playing a team game–I think they bought in. For a coach, nothing’s more rewarding besides seeing them get rewarded for what they’ve done. Still got a lot of hockey left, and they can pile up the numbers, hopefully, and keep pulling at the rate they’re going.”
On Lindbohm’s debut with the Panthers:
“Yeah, I was really impressed with him. I thought he managed the game really well. I thought he brought a little physicality to the game, played with a little hardness. You can tell he’s a veteran. He managed in the third period—did some really smart things and put himself in good positions. So, it was good to see him tonight.”
CATS STATS
- The Panthers defeated the Flyers to earn a season sweep (3-0-0) of Philadelphia. The Cats reached 40 wins (40-13-5) in their 58th game, the fewest games required to reach 40 wins in franchise wins.
- Sam Reinhart recorded his sixth career hat trick and his second this season with Florida, extending his point streak to four games (3-3-6).
- Reinhartjoined Aleksander Barkov as the only two Panthers with multiple power-play goals in one game this season.
- Jonathan Huberdeau matched his career high with four assists (0-4-4). His league-leading 64 assists this season are a career high and a new franchise record, surpassing his prior club record of 62 helpers in 2018-19.
- Huberdeau leads all NHL skaters with 82 points (18-64-82).
- Aaron Ekblad registered a career-high four assists, becoming the third defenseman in franchise history to produce four helpers in one game after Bryan McCabe (Oct. 16, 2010 vs. TBL) and Brian Campbell (Oct. 17, 2011 at TBL).
- Carter Verhaeghe tallied two goals, scoring at least one goal for the third consecutive game. He has logged a point in each of his past four outings (4-2-6).
- With his two tallies, Verhaeghe set a new career high for goals in a season (20-26-46).
- Anthony Duclair scored a power-play goal for the fourth consecutive game, matching a club record for longest streak of games with a PPG (Evgenii Dadonov, 4 games from Nov. 28-Dec. 4, 2018).
- Duclair’s tally marked his 24th goal of the season and his 45th point (24-21-45), both new career highs.
- Aleksander Barkov (0-2-2) notched multiple assists for the fourth consecutive game.
- Sergei Bobrovsky earned his league-leading 19th home win of the season (19-3-0).
- Florida’s 148 goals on home ice in 2021-22 marks their most goals scored at home in one season in franchise history, surpassing their 144 home tallies in 2006-07.
- The Panthers scored at least one power-play goal for the sixth consecutive game. Over that span, they have scored 12 PPGs [12/25, 48%], logging at least two PPGs in five of the six contests.
- The Cats matched their season-high for PPGs tonight, going a perfect 3-3 on the man advantage.
- The Panthers scored four goals in the first period with two tallies each from Verhaeghe and Reinhart. The Cats lead all NHL teams with 79 first-period goals, the second-most first-period tallies in one season in franchise history (82, 1995-96).
- Defenseman Petteri Lindbohm made his Panthers debut, skating in an NHL game for the first time since 2016-17.
LOOKING AHEAD
Next up for the Cats — The Panthers are OFF tomorrow, March 11. The Panthers will hold practice at Toyota Sports Center at 4:30 P.M. (ET) on Saturday, March 12.
