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| 57 | FLORIDA | +120 | Ov 5.5,+120 | +120 | Ov 5.5,+105 | | 58 | PHILADELPHIA | -140 | Un 5.5,-140 | -140 | Un 5.5,-125 |
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| All Games | 13-16-0 | -0.5 | 13-16 | -0.5 | 10-12 | 2.3 | 30.8 | 2.6 | 30.3 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 6-10-0 | -1.2 | 6-10 | -1.2 | 6-7 | 2.3 | 28.4 | 2.7 | 32.0 | | Last 5 Games | 3-2-0 | +1.3 | 3-2 | +1.3 | 2-1 | 2.6 | 30.8 | 2.6 | 28.6 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 29 | 66 | 16 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 893 | 7.4% | 90 | 12 | 13.3% | 115 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 16 | 37 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 454 | 8.1% | 47 | 7 | 14.9% | 64 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 154 | 8.4% | 12 | 0 | 0.0% | 18 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 75 | 22 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 878 | 8.5% | 101 | 20 | 19.8% | 120 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 43 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 512 | 8.4% | 60 | 14 | 23.3% | 68 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 143 | 9.1% | 14 | 3 | 21.4% | 22 |
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| ROBERTO LUONGO (All Games) | 23 | 23 | 675 | 624 | 92.4% | 0 | 11-12 | +1.4 | 11-12-0 | +3 | 7-10 | | ROBERTO LUONGO (Road Games) | 12 | 12 | 391 | 361 | 92.3% | 0 | 5-7 | +0.5 | 5-7-0 | +2 | 4-5 | | ROBERTO LUONGO (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 110 | 102 | 92.7% | 0 | 3-1 | +2.7 | 3-1-0 | +3 | 1-1 | | AL MONTOYA (All Games) | 9 | 6 | 200 | 183 | 91.5% | 0 | 2-4 | -1.9 | 2-4-0 | -1 | 3-2 | | AL MONTOYA (Road Games) | 5 | 4 | 120 | 110 | 91.7% | 0 | 1-3 | -1.8 | 1-3-0 | -1 | 2-2 | | AL MONTOYA (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 3 | 101 | 93 | 92.1% | 0 | 1-2 | -1.4 | 1-2-0 | -1 | 1-1 |
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| All Games | 11-19-0 | -7.8 | 11-19 | -7.8 | 15-14 | 2.7 | 29.4 | 3.0 | 31.2 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 8-7-0 | -0.7 | 8-7 | -0.7 | 8-6 | 3.2 | 31.1 | 2.7 | 30.6 | | Last 5 Games | 3-2-0 | +1.6 | 3-2 | +1.6 | 1-4 | 2.8 | 24.0 | 1.8 | 25.8 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 30 | 80 | 26 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 882 | 9.1% | 103 | 25 | 24.3% | 150 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 15 | 48 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 467 | 10.3% | 54 | 16 | 29.6% | 90 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 120 | 11.7% | 18 | 5 | 27.8% | 27 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 90 | 23 | 29 | 33 | 5 | 8 | 935 | 9.6% | 104 | 26 | 25.0% | 158 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 40 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 459 | 8.7% | 52 | 9 | 17.3% | 69 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 129 | 7.0% | 18 | 4 | 22.2% | 17 |
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| RAY EMERY (All Games) | 11 | 9 | 296 | 266 | 89.9% | 0 | 4-5 | -0.2 | 4-5-0 | 0 | 6-2 | | RAY EMERY (Home Games) | 5 | 5 | 162 | 151 | 93.2% | 0 | 3-2 | +0.8 | 3-2-0 | +1 | 2-2 | | RAY EMERY (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 3 | 91 | 82 | 90.1% | 0 | 1-2 | -1 | 1-2-0 | -1 | 1-2 | | STEVE MASON (All Games) | 21 | 21 | 635 | 583 | 91.8% | 3 | 7-14 | -7.6 | 7-14-0 | -7 | 9-12 | | STEVE MASON (Home Games) | 10 | 10 | 295 | 270 | 91.5% | 0 | 5-5 | -1.5 | 5-5-0 | -1 | 6-4 | | STEVE MASON (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 110 | 103 | 93.6% | 0 | 2-2 | +0.6 | 2-2-0 | +1 | 1-3 |
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| | Average power rating of opponents played: FLORIDA 2.94, PHILADELPHIA 3.17 |
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| 11/22/2014 | at NASHVILLE | 2-3 | L | 0, +165 | L | 5 un | P | | 11/24/2014 | MINNESOTA | 1-4 | L | 0, +105 | L | 5 ev | P | | 11/26/2014 | CAROLINA | 1-0 | W | 0, -125 | W | 5 ov | U | | 11/28/2014 | OTTAWA | 3-2 | W | 0, -110 | W | 5 ov | P | | 12/1/2014 | at COLUMBUS | 1-2 | L | 0, +115 | L | 5 ov | U | | 12/2/2014 | at DETROIT | 4-3 | W | 0, +170 | W | 5 ov | O | | 12/4/2014 | COLUMBUS | 3-4 | L | 0, -145 | L | 5 ov | O | | 12/6/2014 | BUFFALO | 3-2 | W | 0, -190 | W | 5 un | P | | 12/8/2014 | at ST LOUIS | 2-4 | L | 0, +160 | L | 5 ov | O | | 12/12/2014 | at DETROIT | 3-2 | W | 0, +170 | W | 5 ov | P | | 12/13/2014 | at BUFFALO | 3-4 | L | 0, -140 | L | 5 un | O | | 12/16/2014 | WASHINGTON | 2-1 | W | 0, +100 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 12/18/2014 | at PHILADELPHIA | | | 12/20/2014 | at PITTSBURGH | | | 12/22/2014 | PITTSBURGH | | | 12/28/2014 | TORONTO | |
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| 11/22/2014 | COLUMBUS | 4-2 | W | 0, -180 | W | 5.5 ov | O | | 11/24/2014 | at NY ISLANDERS | 0-1 | L | 0, +130 | L | 6 ev | U | | 11/26/2014 | at DETROIT | 2-5 | L | 0, +155 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 11/28/2014 | NY RANGERS | 0-3 | L | 0, -115 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 11/29/2014 | at NY RANGERS | 2-5 | L | 0, +150 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 12/2/2014 | at SAN JOSE | 1-2 | L | 0, +160 | L | 5.5 ev | U | | 12/3/2014 | at ANAHEIM | 4-5 | L | 0, +175 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 12/6/2014 | at LOS ANGELES | 2-1 | W | 0, +175 | W | 5 ov | U | | 12/9/2014 | at COLUMBUS | 2-3 | L | 0, +100 | L | 5.5 ev | U | | 12/11/2014 | NEW JERSEY | 4-1 | W | 0, -135 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 12/13/2014 | CAROLINA | 5-1 | W | 0, -160 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 12/16/2014 | TAMPA BAY | 1-3 | L | 0, -120 | L | 5.5 ov | U | | 12/18/2014 | FLORIDA | | | 12/20/2014 | at TORONTO | | | 12/21/2014 | at WINNIPEG | | | 12/23/2014 | at MINNESOTA | | | 12/27/2014 | at NASHVILLE | | | 12/29/2014 | at ARIZONA | |
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| |  | FLORIDA: LAST SEASON: 29-45-8, 66 points. Missed the playoffs by finishing 15th in the Eastern Conference.
COACH: Gerald Gallant, 1st season with Panthers; 4th overall in NHL, 56-76-4.
ADDED: C Jussi Jokinen, C Dave Bolland, D Willie Mitchell, G Al Montoya, C Derek MacKenzie, LW Shawn Thornton.
LOST: D Tom Gilbert, C Scott Gomez, C Marcel Goc, D Ed Jovanovski, G Tim Thomas, G Scott Clemmensen, G Jacob Markstrom.
PLAYER TO WATCH: G Roberto Luongo. For as much as the Panthers are talking about scoring more goals and improving special teams - and rightly so - Florida's hopes hinge upon one of the most popular players in team history. If Luongo is great, the Panthers could be a playoff team. If he struggles, so will Florida.
OUTLOOK: So much has to change quickly for Florida to get in playoff contention, but the Panthers went out and tried during the offseason to revamp just about everything from locker-room mood to on-ice style. Opening with five road games in the season's first seven outings may set the tone. | | PHILADELPHIA: LAST SEASON: 42-30-10, 94 points. Finished 3rd in Metropolitan Division. Sixth in Eastern Conference. Lost to New York Rangers in first round of playoffs.
COACH: Craig Berube, 2nd season with Flyers (42-27-10); 2nd overall in NHL.
ADDED: C R.J. Umberger, LW Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, D Michael Del Zotto
LOST: LW Scott Hartnell, RW Steve Downie, LW Tye McGinn, C Kris Newbury, D Erik Gustafsson, D Bruno Gervais
PLAYER TO WATCH: Flyers center Claude Giroux. Back earlier than expected from an unspecified lower-body injury, Giroux needs to be in top form if the Flyers expect to play deep into the postseason. Giroux was selected last season as a Hart Trophy finalist, the league's MVP award. He matched a career high with 28 goals and finished third in the NHL scoring race (86 points).
OUTLOOK: The Flyers need Steve Mason to play again like a true No. 1 goalie and for Giroux to play like an MVP candidate for the Flyers to have a shot at ending their Stanley Cup drought. The Flyers are 0 for the Cup since they won consecutive Cups in 1974 and 1975 and seemed poised to build a dynasty. Only the Toronto Maple Leafs (1966-67) have suffered longer than any other team that was won at least one Stanley Cup. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER HOCKEY PREVIEW (FLORIDA-PHILADELPHIA) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Panthers-Flyers Preview* =========================
By NICOLINO DIBENEDETTO STATS Writer
Florida (13-8-8) at Philadelphia (11-14-5), 7:00 p.m. EDT
The Florida Panthers have gone past regulation in each of their past three games, and the length of their latest was one for the record books.
After winning a marathon shootout, the Panthers would certainly prefer to keep things simple Thursday night against the Philadelphia Flyers.
Florida (13-8-8) has sandwiched Saturday's 4-3 overtime loss at Buffalo with a pair of shootout victories, going a league-record 20 rounds before emerging with a 2-1 victory over Washington on Tuesday. The Panthers were down to their last shot five times, but scored each time before Nick Bjugstad's winner.
"I've never seen anything like that," said goaltender Roberto Luongo, who had 23 saves before turning aside 15 chances in the tiebreaker.
Luongo only needed to stop two shootout attempts after making 29 saves in a 3-2 win Friday at Detroit in his previous start.
He's 5-1-1 with a 2.08 goals-against average over his last seven starts, and he'll likely get the nod again as he goes for his first three-game win streak since winning five straight with Vancouver last December.
Luongo, though, stopped 26 shots in a 4-1 loss at Philadelphia on Nov. 6 after winning four of his previous five matchups against the Flyers (11-14-5) behind a 2.01 GAA.
Bjugstad scored the lone goal in the most recent meeting, ending a 10-game drought to start the season. He's added 11 more since then to lead the team and sits four goals shy of his career high set last season.
Still, the 22-year-old center's poise was on display in Tuesday's shootout.
"I kind of relaxed, took a deep breath and tried going in there with confidence and it worked out," Bjugstad said.
The Flyers are trying to bounce back from Tuesday's 3-1 loss to Tampa Bay after scoring 17 goals during a 3-0-2 stretch.
"They didn't give us a lot of room, and we didn't create enough offensive chances," coach Craig Berube said, alluding to Philadelphia's 24 shots.
Wayne Simmonds scored on his only shot against the Lightning, giving him a team-leading 14 goals. The right wing has scored six in six games after getting three over the previous 20, coming up empty in two meetings with Florida over that span.
Simmonds has just two goals in 14 career meetings with the Panthers, while Jakub Voracek has five points in the past seven.
Voracek is tied with Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin on 37 points, one back of Dallas' Tyler Seguin for the league lead. The right wing has collected seven points in the past eight games, but failed to get any Tuesday.
Claude Giroux got on the scoresheet with an assist against Tampa Bay and has eight points during a six-game streak. The center has been more productive at home than on the road, getting 22 of his 35 points there with at least one in 14 of 15 games.
He'll try to carry that momentum into a season-high eight-game trip starting Saturday in Toronto.
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