Ottawa Senators at Florida Panthers
· National Hockey League
Panthers beat Senators to remain unbeaten, roll to 6-2 victory for 3-0-0 start
Mackie Samoskevich, Sam Reinhart and Evan Rodrigues also scored for the Panthers, who got two assists from Seth Jones. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 26 shots for Florida, which has trailed for a total of 63 seconds in its first three games.
Florida — which scored three power-play goals and has five with the man advantage already this season — is 3-0-0 for the third time in its 32-season history, joining 2020-21 and 2021-22.
Shane Pinto scored both goals for Ottawa, which is now 0-6-1 in its last seven games at Florida. Linus Ullmark stopped 21 shots for the Senators.
It was Ottawa forward Nick Cousins' first game back in Sunrise since the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs, when the Panthers won their first championship. Cousins — who didn't play at Florida when Ottawa visited last season — was with the Panthers for two seasons.
He was welcomed back with a tribute video.
“Any guy that has 16 nicknames is well liked. He hears it," Panthers coach Paul Maurice said. “He was part of that ‘have fun, play hard’ thing we were trying to build.”
Bobrovsky was the starter for the 26th consecutive Florida game going back to last season's playoff, tying his longest run with the Panthers. If he starts Monday, he would tie the Panthers' record for consecutive goalie starts; Ed Belfour made 27 straight in 2007.
The Panthers played without defenseman Dmitry Kulikov, who was hurt Thursday and has gone on injured reserve. It's not clear how long he'll be sidelined.
Panthers: Visit Philadelphia on Monday to start a five-game road trip.
Regular Season SeriesFLA leads series 1-0
Scoring Summary
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Goal | 1st Period 6:08 | Brad Marchand Goal (2) Backhand, assists: Seth Jones (1), Gustav Forsling (2) |
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Goal | 1st Period 9:54 | Evan Rodrigues Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Aaron Ekblad (1) |
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Goal | 1st Period 17:33 | Shane Pinto Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Ridly Greig (1) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 0:35 | Aaron Ekblad Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Brad Marchand (1), Seth Jones (2) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 18:28 | Anton Lundell Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: Jeff Petry (2), Carter Verhaeghe (1) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 5:29 | Mackie Samoskevich Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Anton Lundell (1) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 11:14 | Sam Reinhart Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Gustav Forsling (3) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 17:35 | Shane Pinto Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Claude Giroux (1) |
Statistics
 OTT |
 FLA |
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|---|---|---|
| 17 | Blocked Shots | 7 |
| 27 | Hits | 28 |
| 13 | Takeaways | 5 |
| 28 | Shots | 27 |
| 0 | Power Play Goals | 3 |
| 2 | Power Play Opportunities | 5 |
| 0.0 | Power Play Percentage | 60.0 |
| 0 | Short Handed Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
| 41 | Faceoffs Won | 20 |
| 67.2 | Faceoff Win Percent | 32.8 |
| 22 | Giveaways | 17 |
| 4 | Total Penalties | 2 |
| 10 | Penalty Minutes | 4 |
Florida Panthers Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Dmitry Kulikov, D | Injured Reserve | Oct 15 |
| Matthew Tkachuk, LW | Injured Reserve | Oct 7 |
| Tomas Nosek, LW | Injured Reserve | Oct 7 |
| Aleksander Barkov, C | Injured Reserve | Oct 7 |
Ottawa Senators Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Brady Tkachuk, LW | Injured Reserve | Oct 16 |
