FLORIDA PANTHERS at TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
MARCH 21, 2021
Amalie Arena – Tampa, Fla.
| FLORIDA PANTHERS | TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING |
| 3 | 5 |
- The Panthers fell to 20-7-4 and 10-3-1 on the road. Florida’s three regulation road losses are tied for the fewest among NHL teams.
- Florida overcame two one-goal deficits in the game.
- Patric Hornqvist scored his team-leading seventh power-play goal of the season. His power play marker was his 250th NHL goal.
- Carter Verhaeghe tallied his 12th goal of the season. He has produced two points (1-1-2) over his past two games and eight points (4-4-8) over his past seven games.
- Gustav Forsling scored his second goal of the season on the power play and registered two hits .
- Aleksander Barkov notched two assists, his 10th multi-point game of the season. He leads Florida with 37 points.
- Keith Yandle, Frank Vatrano, and Alex Wennberg each posted an assist.
- Yandle’s 14 power-play points rank second on FLA.
- Wennberg led FLA with 5:02 short-handed time on ice.
- Noel Acciari led FLA with three blocked shots.
- Florida scored two power-play goals for the eighth time this season.
- Florida out-shot Tampa Bay 32-24, and killed off four of five TBL power plays.
PANTHERS POSTGAME QUOTES – MARCH 21, 2021
Head Coach Joel Quenneville
“I thought it was a great battle. I thought that both teams worked hard. I thought we did everything we possibly could to put ourselves in a spot to get a point or two. Tought loss, but at the same time a lot of positives coming out of that game.”
Forward Carter Verhaeghe
“We were head-to-head all game. I like the way we battled back when we got down there. They’re a good team…These are going to be good games.”
Defenseman Keith Yandle
“I really liked our effort. I thought we worked hard, we played hard for 60 minutes. Obviously there’s points in the game you can learn from and get better from, and I think we’ll do that.”
