“I think it was like our game,” said Luastalinen, who went up to nine goals in the season. “Everyone was skating hard and we were working with each other. Yeah, I think that was our kind of game.”
“Bobby!” guiding Chanz, Bobrovsky kept the lead intact when he refused Orton Matthews with a point blank slap shot from the slot. The two Vezina Trophy winners are not made there. He then immediately shut down a shot from Matthew Knies on a follow-up attempt.
These were two of the 17 shots that No. 72 was sidelined in the victory.
“He’s great,” Forceling said. “He’s just amazing, he’s there whenever we need him.”
Carter Werhege, who had cleared the game, was ultimately rewarded after scoring a chance to score, filling the empty netter to make it 3-1 with 47 seconds left in regulation.
A more dominant victory than the final score would show, the Panthers finished with a 32-11 lead on a scoring chance and a 73-36 advantage in a shot attempt against Toronto.
“I think we’ve done a lot of good things today,” Captain Alexander Barkov said. “We know how good the team they are, so we wanted to play really hard and really smart. I think we did a good job today.”
They said that
“We said we wanted to get into tight games, but now we have around three months of games. I’m almost full, and maybe you too. These are games that will be playoff time.” – Paul Maurice
“It’s a tight game. I think we played really well. We were ready and won.” – Gustav Farsling
“I definitely liked our efforts. Everyone worked together. They didn’t have ice to play with, it was good.” – Eetu Luostarinen
“He (Gustav Farsling) has that. He has great shots, really hard shots. He gets them in the net.” – Alexander Barkov
Cat statistics
– The Panthers will finish 3-1-0 in the Season Series with the Maple Leafs.
-Aleksander Barkov and Anton Lundell each won seven showdowns.
– Seth Jones blocked a team high two shot.
-Jesse Puljujarvi had a team-high 8 hits.
– The Panthers surrendered just four shots in goal in the third term.
What’s next?
More division games!
Keeping the action inside the Atlantic, the Panthers will close out the season series with the Detroit Red Wings at Amerant Bank Arena at 7pm on Thursday.
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