The plowing of the Florida Panthers in the NHL continues.
Esa Lindell fanned Dallas’ 3–1 goal. AOP / USA TODAY SPORTS
The Dallas Stars crushed the Florida Panthers in their home cave with a score of 5-1.
Esa Lindell and Miro Heiskanen were involved in bullying the panther herd. Lindell was responsible for the 3-1 goal at the end of the second period. A heavy wrist shot in the back corner from the second wave surprised me by Spencer Knight. Served a good pass to hit Jamie Benn.
Heiskanen scored Dallas’ 5–1 goal into an empty net at the end of the third period.
The situation of Florida, who won the regular season last year, looks really difficult in terms of the playoff train. Moneypuck.com– website, the team’s chances of reaching the playoffs are only 23.5 percent.
Florida is ranked 11th in the Eastern Conference. The last playoff spot, held by the Pittsburgh Penguins, is six points away, although Florida has two more games played than the Penguins.
Finns regularly play in Florida Alexander Barkov, Anton Lundell and Eetu Luostarinen. In addition Aleksi Heponiemi and Anton Levtchi have navigated between the NHL and AHL this season.
Pasta and Connor wore hats
Last night in the NHL we saw two hat tricks.
of Boston David Pastrňák peppered Anaheim with three goals as the Bruins cruised to a 7–1 rout. The Czech striker has now hit 32 lockers this season and is second in the goal exchange Connor McDavid’s after (33).
Winnipeg also had a three-goal night Kyle Connor, whose peak mood was affected by Vancouver. The meeting between the Canadian clubs ended with a 7–4 victory for the Jets.
Connor now has 20 goals.