PANTHERS POSTGAME RECAP – AUG. 4, 2020
GAME 2 STANLEY CUP QUALIFIERS
| FLORIDA PANTHERS | NEW YORK ISLANDERS |
| 2 | 4 |
- Mike Hoffman put Florida ahead 1-0 with his goal scored at 11:16 of the first period. The goal was his first goal of the postseason.
- Jonathan Huberdeau registered an assist on Hoffman’s first period goal giving him points in each of Florida’s first two Qualifier contests (1-1-2).
- Aleksander Barkov tallied his first goal of the postseason on the power play at 7:54 of the second period. Barkov’s tally marked his second consecutive game with a point (1-1-2) and was Florida’s first power-play goal of the postseason.
- Mike Hoffman (1-1-2) and Keith Yandle (0-2-2) each produced multi-point games.
- For the Islanders, Jordan Eberle scored twice (2-0-2) and Ryan Pulock notched two points (1-1-2). Both Eberle and Pulock tallied on the power play for the Islanders. Eberle led New York with five shots.
- Florida completed the game 5/7 on the penalty kill. Florida finished the first period 3/3 on the penalty kill, including them facing a double-minor penalty. The Panthers posted 26 PIM in the game.
- Aaron Ekblad totaled a team-leading 6:06 shorthanded time on ice in the game, including 3:03 in the first period. Ekblad led the Panthers with five shots and a total of 25:47 TOI.
- Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky made 30 saves on 34 shots, allowing two goals at even-strength. He stopped all 13 shots faced in the first period.
- The Panthers out-hit the Islanders 43-30. Mark Pysyk led Florida with a game-leading eight hits in the game, logging four hits in the first period.
- Florida won 61% of the faceoffs in today’s game with Aleksander Barkov winning 64% of his draws (16/25). Additionally in the faceoff circle, Aleksi Saarela won 75% (3/4), Erik Haula won 63% (5/8), Brian Boyle won 60% (3/5) and Noel Acciari won 57% (12/21).
- Aleksi Saarela made his Panthers playoff debut as he appeared in his second career playoff contest. His first NHL postseason appearance was with Carolina in Game 5 of the 2019 Eastern Conference Round 1 against Washington (April 20, 2019). He logged four hits in today’s game.
- Brady Keeper made his NHL playoff debut in his second career NHL game. The Cross Lake, Manitoba native’s first NHL game was played on March 28, 2019 in Ottawa. In today’s game, Keeper logged two hits, two blocked shots and 13:13 TOI.
- The Islanders lead the best of-five series against the Panthers 2-0.
- Game 3 of Florida vs. New York will take place 24 hours from today’s game with a 12 p.m. match-up on Wednesday, Aug. 5. The last time the Panthers played postseason games in consecutive days was April 14-15, 2016 vs. NY Islanders.
NHL.com Final Score: FLA 2, NYI 4
Game 3 of the Panthers Stanley Cup Qualifiers series against the Islanders will be on Wednesday, Aug. 5 at 12 PM (ET) at Scotiabank Arena.
TV: FOX Sports Florida, NBCSN, NHL.TV, SN, TVAS
Radio: 560 WQAM (Dade/Broward); FOX Sports 640 South Florida (Palm Beach); WCTH-FM Thunder Country 100.3 (Florida Keys), SiriusXM Streaming 932
