In Sunrise, Sergei Bobrovsky made 18 saves in a 3-0 win for the {Panthers over the visiting Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.
“He had the toughest job in the world tonight,” Florida coach Andrew Brunette said. “When you get no shots and then it’s a breakaway and it’s another breakaway, to stay mentally focused, for me, I thought that was his greatest asset.”
In a sketchy game, Florida was The Panthers 2-for-9 on the power play, Ottawa was scoreless in their three chances.
“You’ve got to be more ready than that to play,” Ottawa coach D.J. Smith said. “We knew that they were going to come out hard. The first few shifts were all right, we were hanging in there, coming with the push. And then the penalties start and it’s just downhill from there.”
The Panthers improved to 36-13-5.
Mason Marchment scored to give the Panthers a 1-0 lead, and Patric Hornqvist hit for a goal in the third period for a 2-0 lead.
Ryan Lomberg pushed the advantage to 3-0.
“Their goalie obviously played a really good game,” Lomberg said. “We didn’t really get frustrated. We knew that if we stuck to our game plan that, you know, we were getting enough chances, so eventually they were going to fall for us.”
Anton Forsberg made 45 saves in the Sens loss.
“[Forsberg] was outstanding for us. He kept us in it,” the Senators’ Brady Tkachuk said. “It stings. It [stinks]. It’s definitely frustrating, for sure.”
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