In Sunrise, Sergei Bobrovsky made 22 saves in a 4-0 shutout of the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night.
It was his first shutout of the season.
“I felt good,” Bobrovsky said. “It’s a big, big two points for us. It’s a big game, and I thought the guys did a great job. They shut them down. They didn’t give them anything.”
Florida took a 1-0 lead in the first period on a strike from Brandon Montour.
The Panthers improved to 14-12-4.
“We had two solid periods,” Blue Jackets coach Brad Larsen said. “The first was really good. The second they had a few looks with their power play and stuff, but there wasn’t a lot. It’s tough to come out of those two periods down 3-0, let’s put it that way.”
Matthew Tkachuk pushed the lead to 2-0 in the second period.
Alexander Barkov extended the advantage to 3-0 in the middle frame.
“It’s always nice to get a shutout,” Barkov said. “It’s nice for the goalie and it’s nice for us too that we were able to play well defensively and not to let them do that much in our zone. I think overall it was a good game by us.”
Columbus dropped to 10-16-2.
“It’s all about putting the puck in the back of the net,” Columbus forward Sean Kuraly said. “When you don’t do that, it’s going to make it tough. It’s a good team. They finished their chances and there’s some we would have liked to have tonight.”
Sam Reinhart hit an empty net for the 4-0 final late in the third.
“We didn’t do anything special,” Reinhart said. “I think us and our whole group really focused on the defensive side of the puck. When the offense opens up, it’s easier to attack it from the defensive side of it. We had some success with it.”
Elvis Merzlikins made 22 saves in the Blue Jackets loss.
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