FLORIDA PANTHERS vs. DETROIT RED WINGS
APRIL 1, 2021
BB&T Center – Sunrise, Fla.
| FLORIDA PANTHERS | DETROIT RED WINGS |
| 3 | 2 |
[OVERTIME]
- The Panthers improved to 24-9-4 and won their fourth consecutive game, tying their longest win streak of the season (4-0-0, March 9-15). Florida is tied for most points in the Central Division and the NHL (52).
- Alex Wennberg tallied his second career overtime game-winning goal, his first with FLA.
- Wennberg’s goal represented Florida’s sixth overtime game-winner of the season, tied for the most among NHL teams. The Cats have won each of their past three games that have required overtime.
- Noel Acciari scored his fourth goal of the season. He has produced five points (1-4-5) over his past six contests.
- Frank Vatrano notched two points (1-1-2), and led FLA with six shots on goal.
- Carter Verhaeghe posted two assists, extending his point streak to two games (2-2-4). He led FLA with 24:19 TOI
- Jonathan Huberdeau posted an assist, extending his point streak to four games (3-3-6). He has produced nine points (1-8-9) over eight games vs. DET this season.
- Huberdeau played in his 573rd NHL game, surpassing Roberto Luongo (572) for the fourth-most games played in franchise history, while tying Robert Svehla (573) for third.
- Chris Driedger stopped 25 of 27 DET shots (.926 save percentage). He has won three of his past four starts (3-1-0).
- Keith Yandle notched his 18th assist of the season, his second assist over his past three games.
- The Panthers out-shot (36-27) and out-hit (32-21) the Red Wings, led by Radko Gudas’ seven hits.
- Riley Stillman and Ryan Lomberg each registered fighting majors against DET forward Givani Smith.
- Florida killed off both Detroit power play opportunities.
PANTHERS POSTGAME QUOTES – APRIL 1, 2021
Head Coach Joel Quenneville
“It’s been a very important stretch here for us. I liked how we competed in the games, we’re sticking with it. Games have been close for the most part. Tonight coming back in the third period, it was a hard game.”
“Frankie [forward Frank Vatrano] generally has jump, his pace has been very noticeable. I thought he had an excellent game last game and today he had good speed as well.”
“We had to work for what we got tonight, but I still think defensively we were pretty good as well.”
Forward Alex Wennberg
“Every game we have is really important…You’ve got to keep the same mindset for every team you’re playing against. Detroit is a really good team, they showed they have a lot of speed. For us, we’ve just got to stay focused.”
“We have a strong [team] character that it doesn’t matter who we’re playing against or what the score is, you just keep going, and we got rewarded.”
“That’s four really good games from us, and there’s no stopping us right now.”
Forward Frank Vatrano
“It’s good to help the team out, and everyone stepped up tonight.”
“It shows how deep our team is, we can play all four lines, our defense has done a great job and our goalie tandem’s been great this year too. The guys we’ve lost, those are guys you can’t really replace. We’ve got to try to do our job as best as possible every night regardless of who’s playing.”
Goaltender Chris Driedger
“These are big wins for us, we have a lot of key pieces out. I think it says a lot about our team that we’re a hard-working group and nothing gets us down.”
“We have a good dynamic here. The schedule is extremely packed, it’s nice to be able to take some pressure off of Bob [goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky] and we have a good 1-2 punch here.”
