FLORIDA PANTHERS at TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
APRIL 15, 2021
Amalie Arena – Tampa, Fla.
| FLORIDA PANTHERS | TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING |
| 2 | 3 |
[OVERTIME]
- Patric Hornqvist tallied his 13th goal of the season and led FLA with eight shots on goal, his highest shot total in a game this season.
- Anthony Duclair scored his fifth goal of the season. He has produced a point in each of his last four games played (2-2-4).
- Markus Nutivaara posted two assists, his first multi-point game of the season. He has produced three assists over his past two games.
- Alex Wennberg notched an assist and won eight of his 11 faceoffs (73%).
- Jonathan Huberdeau recorded his team-leading 30th assist of the season. He has registered an assist in each of his past two games.
- Brandon Montour, Nikita Gusev and Lucas Wallmark each made their season debuts for FLA.
- Radko Gudas led FLA with five hits.
- The Panthers went to overtime for the second consecutive game.
- Florida out-shot Tampa Bay 38-19. The Lightning’s 19 shots are the fewest shots allowed by the Panthers in a game this season, and are tied for the second-fewest shots in a game by TBL against FLA in franchise history.
- Florida out-shot Tampa Bay 15-5 in the third period.
- The Panthers won 35 of their 53 total faceoffs (66%), led by Noel Acciari (7-8, 88%).
- Acciari blocked five TBL shots, tied for the most by a Panther in a game this season.
PANTHERS POSTGAME QUOTES – APRIL 15, 2021
Head Coach Joel Quenneville
“We had some great chances tonight. I liked the balance of our lines…we had some depth in our lineup. I liked the way we competed.”
“Playing meaningful games means every shift is important. Keeping the momentum of a game, bringing the consistency, everybody expects the job to get done by the prior line, the next line or your line. It just seems to bring that type of an emotion to the game, and if you want to win that’s the consistency predictability that’s going to make your team get to the next level. We welcome the challenge.”
Forward Anthony Duclair
“I think we had a pretty solid game all around. All four lines were playing pretty good, we had some solid goaltending. Came up short but there’s a lot of positives to take out of this game. We knew it was going to be a grind against these guys, one of the top teams in the league. I think we did a great job of sticking with them. Just got to look forward to the next game.”
Defenseman Brandon Montour
“We were the better team five-on-five…Low-scoring game, 2-2, and then in overtime anything can happen. We’ve just got to take that five-on-five approach that we had in the first period and carry it into the next game.”
