Ottawa 3, Florida 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, October 10, 2024
Where: Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Ontario
Referees:
Jon McIsaac, Dan O'Rourke
Linesmen:
Andrew Smith, James Tobias
Attendance:
19346
By Field Level Media
Linus Ullmark made 30 saves in his Ottawa debut, Tim Stutzle scored twice and the Senators defeated the visiting Florida Panthers 3-1 on Thursday night.
Shane Pinto also scored for the Senators. Ullmark, obtained in a June trade with the Boston Bruins, made 16 saves in the third period.
Travis Green was a winner in his Senators coaching debut.
Gustav Forsling scored for the Panthers, who opened a four-game road trip. Sergei Bobrovsky made 28 saves for the defending Stanley Cup champions.
Florida had Ottawa on its heels throughout the second half of the third period with Ullmark making a series of saves around the 13-minute mark. Minutes later, Florida's Aaron Ekblad was called for a holding penalty, breaking the momentum.
The Panthers killed off the penalty and Bobrovsky was lifted for the extra skater with about 1:30 left. Stutzle, however, beat Aleksander Barkov to a puck near the Panthers' net and tipped it into the empty net at 18:50 for the 3-1 final. Both players went down and slid into the boards, with Barkov needing help to leave the ice.
Stutzle gave the Senators a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal at 5:52 of the first period. He took a pass at the point from Josh Norris, drifted toward the slot and fired a wrist shot through traffic and past Bobrovsky.
Pinto made it 2-0 at 10:42 when he picked up a loose puck in the defensive zone, entered the Panthers' end 2-on-1 with David Perron, kept the puck and scored far side from the right circle.
Ottawa outshot Florida 17-8 over the first 20 minutes.
Ullmark made a strong pad save on Nate Schmidt's wrist shot near the end of a Panthers power play at 6:35 of the second period.
Forsling pulled the Panthers within 2-1 at 15:48 of the period. The Panthers worked the puck behind the Senators' net and Sam Bennett passed to Forsling, who scored on a slap shot from the point that beat Ullmark glove side.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Florida |
|
Ottawa |
|
Gustav Forsling 1 |
Points |
Tim Stutzle 2 |
|
Gustav Forsling 1 |
Goals |
Tim Stutzle 2 |
|
Sam Bennett 1 |
Assists |
Josh Norris 1 |
|
N/A |
Power Play Goals |
Tim Stutzle 1 |
|
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
|
Sergei Bobrovsky .933 |
Save Percentage |
Linus Ullmark .969 |
|
Sergei Bobrovsky 28 |
Saves |
Linus Ullmark 31 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
| Florida
|
32 |
1 |
0-2 |
2-3 |
6 |
25 |
| Ottawa
|
31 |
3 |
1-3 |
2-2 |
4 |
32 |
Upcoming Games
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Ottawa will play their next game on the road against Montreal. The Senators have a W/L % of 1.000 after a win and .000 after a loss.
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Florida will play their next game on the road against Buffalo. The Panthers have a W/L % of .500 after a win and .000 after a loss.
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