Entries by Alex Baumgartner

Ekblad and Montour make season debut, Barkov leaves game with injury in Panthers’ 2-1 win over Ducks

Aaron Ekblad, Brandon Montour and Jonah Gadjovich all made their season debut Friday night, Anthony Stolarz had 34 saves against his former team and the Florida Panthers beat the Anaheim Ducks 2-1 at the Honda Center.    Eetu Luostarinen and Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored as the Panthers won for the sixth time in seven games. Anton […]

Bobrovsky starts tonight against Kings, Ekblad and Montour could return tomorrow against Ducks

Sergei Bobrovsky will get his 13th start of the season tonight as the Florida Panthers enter Thursday’s road matchup against the Los Angeles Kings riding a five-game win streak.   Panthers coach Paul Maurice said today that the only lineup change would be in net, with Bobrovsky coming back in for Anthony Stolarz, who started […]

Verhaeghe Scores 100th Career Goal, Panthers Begin California Road Trip With Fifth-Straight Win

The Florida Panthers kicked off their three-game California road trip on the right track, defeating the San Jose Sharks 5-3 at the SAP Center Tuesday night.   Here’s some updates from last night’s late west-coast game in case you missed it.    — Florida had five different goal scorers Tuesday night; Ryan Lomberg, Sam Reinhart, […]

Takeaways from Panthers 4-3 win over Blackhawks

SUNRISE — The Florida Panthers picked up their fourth-straight win Sunday afternoon, defeating the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 at Amerant Bank Arena.    Florida is now 6-1 on home ice this season, improving their overall record to 9-4-1.   Here’s this afternoon’s takeaways.   Sam Reinhart can’t stop scoring Florida’s leading scorer Sam Reinhart continued his […]

Takeaways from Panthers 5-2 win over Hurricanes

SUNRISE — The Florida Panthers continued their winning ways on Friday night, defeating the Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 at Amerant Bank Arena.   The Panthers have won three-straight games as they improve to 8-4-1 on the season.    Here’s tonight’s takeaways.   Uvis Balinskis scores his first NHL goal 27-year-old Uvis Balinskis thought his chance to […]

Sam Reinhart scores OT winner in Panthers 4-3 win over Capitals

For a second straight game, the Florida Panthers put together a third period comeback, defeating the Washington Capitals 4-3 in overtime at Capital One Arena.   Sam Reinhart’s overtime winner wrapped up Florida’s short one-game road trip with two points as the team improved to 7-4-1 on the season.   Here’s tonight’s takeaways.    Ekman-Larsson […]

Barkov and Bobrovsky hit career milestones in Panthers 2-0 win over Red Wings

The Florida Panthers bounced back from their recent overtime loss in Boston, defeating the Detroit Red Wings 2-0 on Thursday night at Little Caesars Arena.   On the shoulders of Sergei Bobrovsky’s 22-save shutout performance, the Panthers improved their record to 5-3-1.   Here’s tonight’s takeaways.    Not a special night for special-teams  In a […]