FLORIDA PANTHERS vs. NASHVILLE PREDATORS
MARCH 18, 2021
BB&T Center – Sunrise, Fla.
| FLORIDA PANTHERS | NASHVILLE PREDATORS |
| 1 | 2 |
- Florida’s season-long four-game win streak came to an end as the Panthers suffered their first regulation loss to Nashville this season (3-1-1).
- Sergei Bobrovsky’s personal six-game win streak came to an end with tonight’s loss. Bobrovsky’s win streak stands as the second-longest in franchise history behind only Roberto Luongo (9 wins, 2015-16).
- Bobrovskystopped 25 of 27 NSH shots (.926 save percentage).
- Jonathan Huberdeau scored his 11th goal of the season, extending his point streak to two games (1-2-3). Huberdeau leads FLA with 35 points (11-24-35) this season and has amassed 20 points (11-9-20) over 18 career games vs. NSH.
- MacKenzie Weegar notched an assist, extending his point streak to a career-high six games (1-7-8), tied with Aleksander Barkov (1-7-8 in 6 GP) for the longest point streak by a Panther this season.
- Weegar’s six-game point streak is tied for the second-longest point streak by a Panthers defenseman in franchise history, behind Keith Yandle’s seven-game point streak (2-6-8, Oct. 24 – Nov. 11, 2018).
- Patric Hornqvist posted an assist, extending his assist streak to two games (0-2-2).
- Noel Acciari led Florida with four blocked shots, and Radko Gudas registered a team-high six hits.
- Aaron Ekblad led the Panthers with 27:35 time on ice.
- The Panthers out-shot the Predators 41-27.
PANTHERS POSTGAME QUOTES – MARCH 18, 2021
Head Coach Joel Quenneville
“We battled but things weren’t generating, you’ve got to score ugly goals and we didn’t get them tonight.”
“Games are going to get harder here…It’s going to be a good test for us to know that every night you need everybody pushing and every shift becomes more magnified in it’s importance.”
Forward Jonathan Huberdeau
“It wasn’t our best effort, we’ve got to be better on Saturday.”
“I think Ach [forward Noel Acciari] is the type of guy that’s going to do anything for the team, you can just tell that on the penalty kill, four blocked shots in a row, that’s impressive.”
Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky
“We focus on one game at a time. We’re trying to take two points every night…It’s definitely not fun to lose the game but we still have a good team, a great group of guys, it’s great to be a part of it.”
“It’s sad that we lost but I thought we played a solid game. We had a solid penalty kill, good puck movement in their zone. We still had lots of good things, it is what it is. We lost one, we have to put it behind us and get ready for the next one.”
