Florida Panthers Game Notes Tue, Dec 20, 2016 NHL Game #487 Florida Panthers 14 - 13 - 5 (33 pts) Buffalo Sabres 12 - 11 - 7 (31 pts) Team Game: 33 8 - 5 - 0 (Home) Team Game: 31 7 - 6 - 3 (Home) Home Game: 14 6 - 8 - 5 (Road) Road Game: 15 5 - 5 - 4 (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 1 Roberto Luongo 22 10 9 3 2.41 .918 31 Anders Nilsson 10 5 2 2 2.22 .933 34 James Reimer 12 4 4 2 2.77 .904 40 Robin Lehner 21 7 9 4 2.45 .920 # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 3 D Keith Yandle 32 1 13 14 1 18 4 D Josh Gorges 27 0 1 1 -3 23 5 D Aaron Ekblad 32 7 3 10 -15 32 6 D Cody Franson 30 1 6 7 2 14 7 C Colton Sceviour 32 5 7 12 -8 14 9 L Evander Kane 19 5 5 10 -4 18 8 D Dylan McIlrath 5 1 0 1 -2 14 12 R Brian Gionta 30 7 6 13 1 12 13 D Mark Pysyk 32 1 6 7 0 6 15 C Jack Eichel 9 5 3 8 2 2 15 R Paul Thompson 7 0 1 1 -3 4 21 R Kyle Okposo 29 9 13 22 2 8 16 C Aleksander Barkov 32 7 15 22 5 4 22 C Johan Larsson 30 5 5 10 -4 16 17 C Derek MacKenzie 32 3 5 8 4 13 23 C Sam Reinhart 30 6 9 15 -1 4 18 R Reilly Smith 32 6 8 14 -5 8 26 L Matt Moulson 30 8 5 13 -1 2 19 D Michael Matheson 31 3 7 10 -3 12 27 C Derek Grant 26 0 3 3 -2 17 21 C Vincent Trocheck 32 8 8 16 -12 12 28 C Zemgus Girgensons 30 2 3 5 -4 4 22 L Shawn Thornton 10 0 1 1 -3 2 29 D Jake McCabe 30 0 7 7 0 16 24 C Seth Griffith 16 0 4 4 3 2 41 D Justin Falk 16 0 1 1 0 7 27 C Nick Bjugstad 13 0 1 1 -7 6 44 L Nicolas Deslauriers 11 0 0 0 -3 4 36 L Jussi Jokinen 22 2 3 5 -6 14 47 D Zach Bogosian 10 0 0 0 -3 6 46 D Jakub Kindl 12 0 1 1 -8 8 48 L William Carrier 20 1 1 2 1 6 55 D Jason Demers 32 5 7 12 -2 14 55 D Rasmus Ristolainen 30 2 19 21 -1 12 62 C Denis Malgin 29 4 4 8 0 8 77 D Dmitry Kulikov 16 0 0 0 -7 12 68 R Jaromir Jagr 32 6 10 16 3 24 82 L Marcus Foligno 30 4 5 9 2 17 81 C Jonathan Marchessault 26 10 10 20 0 12 90 C Ryan O'Reilly 24 7 10 17 0 6 92 C Kyle Rau 22 2 1 3 -2 4 Executive Chairman | President of Peter Luukko | Dale Tallon Owner/CEO Terry Pegula Hockey Operations President/Alternate Governor Russ Brandon General Manager/Interim Head Coach Tom Rowe General Manager Tim Murray Special Advisor to General Manager Bill Torrey Head Coach Dan Bylsma Assistant General Managers Eric Joyce, Steve Werier Coaching Staff Terry Murray, Bob Woods, Coaching Staff Dave Barr (Associate), Scott Tom Ward, Andrew Allen Allen (Assistant), Robb Tallas (Goaltending Coach), Adam (Goaltending) Nightingale (Video Coach) Tonight's Officials Referees Trevor Hanson (31), TJ Luxmore (21) Linesmen Tim Nowak (77), Kory Nagy (97) Supervisor Video Judge Brian Tipple Ntl. Anthem Summer Thompson Panthers PR Adelyn Biedenbach, Mike Lewis, Chrissy Parente Today's Schedule NYI @ BOS : 7:00 LAK @ CBJ : 7:00 COL @ MIN : 7:00 NSH @ NJD : 7:00 NYR @ PIT : 7:00 WPG @ VAN : 7:00 OTT @ CHI : 7:30 STL @ DAL : 7:30 BUF @ FLA : 7:30 ANA @ MTL : 7:30 CGY @ SJS : 7:30 DET @ TBL : 7:30 Florida Panthers: Roster Active (23 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 1 Roberto Luongo G 6' 3" 217 Apr 4, 1979 Montreal, QC, CAN 3 Keith Yandle D 6' 1" 196 Sep 9, 1986 Boston, MA, USA 5 Aaron Ekblad D 6' 4" 216 Feb 7, 1996 Windsor, ON, CAN 7 Colton Sceviour C 6' 0" 195 Apr 20, 1989 Red Deer, AB, CAN 8 Dylan McIlrath D 6' 5" 236 Apr 20, 1992 Winnipeg, MB, CAN 13 Mark Pysyk D 6' 1" 200 Jan 11, 1992 Sherwood Park, AB, CAN 15 Paul Thompson R 6' 1" 200 Nov 30, 1988 Methuen, MA, USA 16 Aleksander Barkov C 6' 3" 213 Sep 2, 1995 Tampere, FIN 17 Derek MacKenzie C 5' 11" 181 Jun 11, 1981 Sudbury, ON, CAN 18 Reilly Smith R 6' 0" 185 Apr 1, 1991 Toronto, ON, CAN 19 Michael Matheson D 6' 2" 192 Feb 27, 1994 Pointe-Claire, QC, CAN 21 Vincent Trocheck C 5' 10" 182 Jul 11, 1993 Pittsburgh, PA, USA 22 Shawn Thornton L 6' 2" 217 Jul 23, 1977 Oshawa, ON, CAN 24 Seth Griffith C 5' 9" 191 Jan 4, 1993 Wallaceburg, ON, CAN 27 Nick Bjugstad C 6' 6" 218 Jul 17, 1992 Minneapolis, MN, USA 34 James Reimer G 6' 2" 217 Mar 15, 1988 Morweena, MB, CAN 36 Jussi Jokinen L 5' 11" 198 Apr 1, 1983 Kalajoki, FIN 46 Jakub Kindl D 6' 3" 199 Feb 10, 1987 Sumperk, CZE 55 Jason Demers D 6' 1" 200 Jun 9, 1988 Dorval, QC, CAN 62 Denis Malgin C 5' 9" 177 Jan 18, 1997 Olten, CHE 68 Jaromir Jagr R 6' 3" 230 Feb 15, 1972 Kladno, CZE 81 Jonathan Marchessault C 5' 9" 174 Dec 27, 1990 Cap-Rouge, QC, CAN 92 Kyle Rau C 5' 8" 178 Oct 24, 1992 Eden Prairie, MN, USA 23 Players Total Avg: 6' 0" 200 Age: 28.1 Injured Reserve List (2 Players) 6 Alex Petrovic D 6' 4" 206 Mar 3, 1992 Edmonton, AB, CAN 11 Jonathan Huberdeau L 6' 1" 188 Jun 4, 1993 Saint-Jerome, QC, CAN Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks REILLY SMITH (2 / 2 Games) SETH GRIFFITH (2 / 2 Games) REILLY SMITH (2-2-4 / 3 Games) ALEKSANDER BARKOV (1-1-2 / 2 Games) SETH GRIFFITH (0-2-2 / 2 Games) Buffalo Sabres: Roster Active (22 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 4 Josh Gorges D 6' 1" 204 Aug 14, 1984 Kelowna, BC, CAN 6 Cody Franson D 6' 5" 224 Aug 8, 1987 Sicamous, BC, CAN 9 Evander Kane L 6' 2" 211 Aug 2, 1991 Vancouver, BC, CAN 12 Brian Gionta R 5' 7" 178 Jan 18, 1979 Rochester, NY, USA 15 Jack Eichel C 6' 2" 196 Oct 28, 1996 North Chelmsford, MA, USA 21 Kyle Okposo R 6' 0" 218 Apr 16, 1988 St. Paul, MN, USA 22 Johan Larsson C 5' 11" 200 Jul 25, 1992 Lau, SWE 23 Sam Reinhart C 6' 1" 193 Nov 6, 1995 West Vancouver, BC, CAN 26 Matt Moulson L 6' 1" 200 Nov 1, 1983 North York, ON, CAN 27 Derek Grant C 6' 3" 212 Apr 20, 1990 Abbotsford, BC, CAN 28 Zemgus Girgensons C 6' 2" 200 Jan 5, 1994 Riga, LVA 29 Jake McCabe D 6' 1" 209 Oct 12, 1993 Eau Claire, WI, USA 31 Anders Nilsson G 6' 6" 229 Mar 19, 1990 Lulea, SWE 40 Robin Lehner G 6' 4" 239 Jul 24, 1991 Gothenburg, SWE 41 Justin Falk D 6' 5" 222 Oct 11, 1988 Snowflake, MB, CAN 44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 6' 1" 216 Feb 22, 1991 LaSalle, QC, CAN 47 Zach Bogosian D 6' 3" 228 Jul 15, 1990 Massena, NY, USA 48 William Carrier L 6' 2" 212 Dec 20, 1994 LaSalle, QC, CAN 55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 6' 4" 203 Oct 27, 1994 Turku, FIN 77 Dmitry Kulikov D 6' 1" 204 Oct 29, 1990 Lipetsk, RUS 82 Marcus Foligno L 6' 3" 228 Aug 10, 1991 Buffalo, NY, USA 90 Ryan O'Reilly C 6' 1" 210 Feb 7, 1991 Clinton, ON, CAN 22 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 210 Age: 26.3 Injured Reserve List (2 Players) 8 Cody McCormick C 6' 2" 222 Apr 18, 1983 London, ON, CAN 63 Tyler Ennis L 5' 9" 175 Oct 6, 1989 Edmonton, AB, CAN Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks No active streaks JAKE MCCABE (2 / 2 Games) JAKE MCCABE (0-2-2 / 2 Games) EVANDER KANE (2-1-3 / 3 Games) Florida Panthers: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 16 Aleksander Barkov 32 7 15 22 5 4 1 0 2 78 9.0 19:26 46.42 23 15 C 81 Jonathan Marchessault 26 10 10 20 0 12 3 0 2 66 15.2 18:04 50.44 37 8 C 21 Vincent Trocheck 32 8 8 16 -12 12 1 0 1 79 10.1 21:04 49.77 77 22 R 68 Jaromir Jagr 32 6 10 16 3 24 3 0 0 80 7.5 16:49 0.00 11 3 R 18 Reilly Smith 32 6 8 14 -5 8 3 1 2 61 9.8 19:20 50.00 27 10 D 3 Keith Yandle 32 1 13 14 1 18 1 0 0 72 1.4 22:02 0.00 10 32 C 7 Colton Sceviour 32 5 7 12 -8 14 1 2 1 62 8.1 15:01 53.65 41 26 D 55 Jason Demers 32 5 7 12 -2 14 0 0 0 40 12.5 20:29 0.00 38 35 D 5 Aaron Ekblad 32 7 3 10 -15 32 2 0 2 109 6.4 23:06 0.00 59 25 D 19 Michael Matheson 31 3 7 10 -3 12 0 0 0 71 4.2 20:03 100.00 25 37 C 62 Denis Malgin 29 4 4 8 0 8 1 0 1 42 9.5 12:01 37.76 18 9 C 17 Derek MacKenzie 32 3 5 8 4 13 0 0 0 38 7.9 11:57 50.32 76 16 D 13 Mark Pysyk 32 1 6 7 0 6 0 0 0 36 2.8 18:27 0.00 21 39 L 36 Jussi Jokinen 22 2 3 5 -6 14 0 0 1 37 5.4 18:00 53.84 6 9 D 6 Alex Petrovic 16 1 4 5 8 6 0 0 0 14 7.1 17:55 0.00 31 16 C 24 Seth Griffith 16 0 4 4 3 2 0 0 0 13 0.0 11:38 20.00 22 4 C 92 Kyle Rau 22 2 1 3 -2 4 0 0 0 20 10.0 09:57 66.66 23 2 D 8 Dylan McIlrath 5 1 0 1 -2 14 0 0 0 2 50.0 09:39 0.00 13 4 R 15 Paul Thompson 7 0 1 1 -3 4 0 0 0 7 0.0 08:30 0.00 20 8 L 22 Shawn Thornton 10 0 1 1 -3 2 0 0 0 4 0.0 06:28 0.00 7 1 C 27 Nick Bjugstad 13 0 1 1 -7 6 0 0 0 18 0.0 12:52 44.44 19 2 D 46 Jakub Kindl 12 0 1 1 -8 8 0 0 0 7 0.0 15:27 0.00 24 14 # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 1 Roberto Luongo 22 1321 2.41 10 9 3 0 53 591 .918 0 1 0 34 James Reimer 12 628 2.77 4 4 2 0 29 272 .904 0 0 2 Buffalo Sabres: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks R 21 Kyle Okposo 29 9 13 22 2 8 4 0 0 77 11.7 19:27 52.63 27 8 D 55 Rasmus Ristolainen 30 2 19 21 -1 12 1 0 2 71 2.8 26:37 0.00 83 57 C 90 Ryan O'Reilly 24 7 10 17 0 6 3 0 2 80 8.8 21:43 57.97 3 9 C 23 Sam Reinhart 30 6 9 15 -1 4 2 0 1 67 9.0 17:18 38.98 8 12 L 26 Matt Moulson 30 8 5 13 -1 2 7 0 1 60 13.3 13:38 0.00 19 8 R 12 Brian Gionta 30 7 6 13 1 12 0 0 1 63 11.1 17:03 53.84 26 11 L 9 Evander Kane 19 5 5 10 -4 18 1 0 0 52 9.6 18:08 49.02 36 8 C 22 Johan Larsson 30 5 5 10 -4 16 1 0 2 42 11.9 17:21 48.98 28 20 L 82 Marcus Foligno 30 4 5 9 2 17 0 0 0 42 9.5 15:48 0.00 94 24 C 15 Jack Eichel 9 5 3 8 2 2 2 0 2 31 16.1 19:02 42.00 5 7 D 6 Cody Franson 30 1 6 7 2 14 1 0 0 45 2.2 18:16 0.00 29 30 D 29 Jake McCabe 30 0 7 7 0 16 0 0 0 30 0.0 21:26 0.00 35 39 C 28 Zemgus Girgensons 30 2 3 5 -4 4 0 0 0 48 4.2 11:40 51.81 43 10 C 27 Derek Grant 26 0 3 3 -2 17 0 0 0 24 0.0 10:46 53.97 19 17 L 48 William Carrier 20 1 1 2 1 6 0 0 0 28 3.6 09:25 50.00 61 4 L 63 Tyler Ennis 12 1 1 2 -6 0 0 0 0 29 3.4 13:43 0.00 5 3 D 4 Josh Gorges 27 0 1 1 -3 23 0 0 0 12 0.0 19:19 0.00 61 48 D 41 Justin Falk 16 0 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 12 0.0 12:56 0.00 29 7 L 44 Nicolas Deslauriers 11 0 0 0 -3 4 0 0 0 6 0.0 08:29 0.00 28 2 D 47 Zach Bogosian 10 0 0 0 -3 6 0 0 0 14 0.0 19:13 0.00 9 18 D 77 Dmitry Kulikov 16 0 0 0 -7 12 0 0 0 12 0.0 22:18 0.00 17 21 # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 31 Anders Nilsson