Record win- Florida beats Minnesota 3-2
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Bill Jempty | Tuesday, March 9, 2010 |
Tonight’s Panther game was frankly unbelievable.
The Wild scored two goals on four shots and were up 2-0 approximately 11 minutes into the game.
Minnesota had only 7 shots on goal for the first two periods but were still ahead 2-0. Florida had 21 SOG and had lots of opportunities to score but couldn’t. I was ready to throw in the towel on the game and the Panthers remote chances of making the playoffs.
For how often has Florida come back from a 2-goal deficit with just one period to play? I don’t know but it is not often.
Minnesota still couldn’t put pucks on net as the 3rd period opened. In fact they went 10 minutes into it before Panther Goalie Tomas Vokoun had to make a save.
In the meantime, Florida tied up the game. Michael Frolik scored two minutes into the period to make the game 2-1.
Then at the 10:40 mark, Cory Stillman took the puck away from fellow Panther Steven Reinprecht and got it past Wild Goalie Niklas Backstrom. Florida had wiped out the 2-goal deficit and the game was now tied.
Nothing more happened in regulation and the same for overtime. Then as the shootout commenced, I asked myself when’t the last time Florida won a shootout. It was last year I think and Florida hasn’t beaten Minnesota in 9 years either. The Panthers are doomed.
The first two Panther and Wild players a piece can’t score in the shootout. A 3rd Wild player can’t beat Vokoun. Then Peter DeBoer sends out Holy Kreps to get a shootout goal. Guess what happens?
Kamil loses control of the puck and doesn’t get a shot off. How embarrassing and what was DeBoer thinking by sending a player out in the shootout who had 1 goal in the first 63 games of this season?
A 4th Wild player does nothing then Cory Stillman beats Backstrom again and Florida wins 3-2.
Holy Cow! Even with the win, Florida is still 6 points out of the last playoff spot.
Minnesota finished the game with just 11 shots on goal. That is the lowest total ever allowed by a Florida team. The previous mark was set in 1997. It ties Minnesota’s all-time low output and this NHL season’s lowest.
Who out there thought Florida could overcome a two goal deficit with 20 minutes left to play, allow only 11 shots on goal the whole game, and win in a shootout?
Bueller? Bueller?
Donny at The Litter Box is also commenting. He makes mention of tonight’s Florida win being the 500th in franchise history.
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