GAME THREAD: NHL: FLORIDA (11-13) at WASHINGTON (8-16)

NHL: FLORIDA at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NHL FLORIDA 1
WASHINGTON 1 15:24 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

NHL: FLORIDA at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NHL FLORIDA 1
WASHINGTON 1 10:00 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

NHL: FLORIDA at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NHL FLORIDA 1
WASHINGTON 1 7:47 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

NHL: FLORIDA at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NHL FLORIDA 1
WASHINGTON 1 3:50 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

NHL: FLORIDA at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NHL END OF THE 3RD GOING INTO OT

1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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FLORIDA 1 0 0 1
WASHINGTON 0 1 0 1 GOING INTO OT

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: FLA - (PP) RICHARD ZEDNIK 8 (JOZEF STUMPEL, RUSLAN SALEI)
4:49
2ND PRD: WAS - CHRIS CLARK 5 (UNASSISTED) 14:27
3RD PRD: NONE

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
FLA 13 7 9 29
WAS 9 8 9 26

GOALIES: FLA - TOMAS VOKOUN
WAS - OLAF KOLZIG</div>

 

NHL: FLORIDA at WASHINGTON

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Florida 1 0 0 --1
Washington 0 1 0 --1
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Florida, Richard Zednik 8 (power play)
(Jozef Stumpel, Ruslan Salei), 4:49. Penalties: A Semin, Was
(hooking), 2:04; Bench, Was (too many men served by A Ovechkin), 4:02;
R Zednik, Fla (tripping), 14:29.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Washington, Chris Clark 5 (Unassisted),
14:27. Penalties: D Brashear, Was (holding), 3:40; S Montador, Fla
(hooking), 6:30; G Murray, Fla (fighting), 11:01; M Bradley, Was
(fighting), 11:01; C Clark, Was (hooking), 15:12; O Jokinen, Fla
(hooking), 19:22.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: M Pettinger, Was (tripping), 11:16; R
Zednik, Fla (holding), 13:01.

Shots on goal:
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Florida 13 7 9 --29
Washington 9 8 9 --26
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Goalies : Florida, Tomas Vokoun (26 shots, 25 saves). Washington, Olaf
Kolzig (29 shots, 28 saves). Referees: Brad Watson, Greg Kimmerly.
Linesmen: Mark Shewchyk, Pat Dapuzzo.</div>

 

NHL: FLORIDA at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NHL FLORIDA 1
WASHINGTON 1 4:55 LEFT, OT</div>

 

NHL: FLORIDA at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NHL FLORIDA 1
WASHINGTON 1 2:57 LEFT, OT</div>

 

NHL: FLORIDA at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NHL END OF OT 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
FLORIDA 1 0 0 0 1
WASHINGTON 0 1 0 0 1 END OF OT

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: FLA - (PP) RICHARD ZEDNIK 8 (JOZEF STUMPEL, RUSLAN SALEI)
4:49
2ND PRD: WAS - CHRIS CLARK 5 (UNASSISTED) 14:27
3RD PRD: NONE
OT: NONE

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
FLA 13 7 9 0 29
WAS 9 8 9 7 33

GOALIES: FLA - TOMAS VOKOUN
WAS - OLAF KOLZIG</div>

 

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Florida 1 0 0 0 --1
Washington 0 1 0 0 --1
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Florida, Richard Zednik 8 (power play)
(Jozef Stumpel, Ruslan Salei)4:49. Penalties: A Semin, Was (hooking),
2:04; Bench, Was (too many men served by A Ovechkin), 4:02; R Zednik,
Fla (tripping), 14:29.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Washington, Chris Clark 5 (Unassisted),
14:27. Penalties: D Brashear, Was (holding), 3:40; S Montador, Fla
(hooking), 6:30; G Murray, Fla (fighting), 11:01; M Bradley, Was
(fighting), 11:01; C Clark, Was (hooking), 15:12; O Jokinen, Fla
(hooking), 19:22.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: M Pettinger, Was (tripping), 11:16; R
Zednik, Fla (holding), 13:01.

OVERTIME -- Scoring: None. Penalties: J Cullimore, Fla (tripping), 3:01.

Shots on goal:
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Florida 13 7 9 0 --29
Washington 9 8 9 7 --33
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Goalies : Florida, Tomas Vokoun (33 shots, 32 saves). Washington, Olaf
Kolzig (29 shots, 28 saves). Referees: Brad Watson, Greg Kimmerly.
Linesmen: Mark Shewchyk, Pat Dapuzzo.</div>

 

NHL: FLORIDA at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NHL FINAL IN SHOOTOUT 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
FLORIDA 1 0 0 0 (4) 2
WASHINGTON 0 1 0 0 (3) 1 FINAL IN SHOOTOUT

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: FLA - (PP) RICHARD ZEDNIK 8 (JOZEF STUMPEL, RUSLAN SALEI)
4:49
2ND PRD: WAS - CHRIS CLARK 5 (UNASSISTED) 14:27
3RD PRD: NONE
OT: NONE
SO: FLA - VILLE PELTONEN (SAVED), OLLI JOKINEN (GOAL),
JOZEF STUMPEL (SAVED), NATHAN HORTON (GOAL),
ROSTISLAV OLESZ (SAVED), STEVE MONTADOR (SAVED),
RICHARD ZEDNIK (SAVED), KAMIL KREPS (GOAL),
JAY BOUWMEESTER (SAVED), DAVID BOOTH (SAVED),
STEPHEN WEISS (GOAL)
WSH - MIKE GREEN (SAVED), ALEXANDER OVECHKIN (SAVED),
VIKTOR KOZLOV (GOAL), NICKLAS BACKSTROM (GOAL),
MICHAEL NYLANDER (SAVED), BROOKS LAICH (MISSED),
MATT PETTINGER (SAVED), BOYD GORDON (GOAL),
DAVID STECKEL (SAVED), TOM POTI (SAVED),
BRIAN POTHIER (SAVED)

POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: FLA - 1 OF 5, WAS - 0 OF 5.

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
FLA 13 7 9 0 29
WAS 9 8 9 7 33

GOALIES: FLA - TOMAS VOKOUN
WAS - OLAF KOLZIG

OFFICIALS: REF - BRAD WATSON, GREG KIMMERLY
LIN - MARK SHEWCHYK, PAT DAPUZZO

ATT: 10,526</div>

 

NHL: FLORIDA at WASHINGTON

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Florida 1 0 0 0 (4) --2
Washington 0 1 0 0 (3) --1
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Florida, Richard Zednik 8 (power play)
(Jozef Stumpel, Ruslan Salei)4:49. Penalties: A Semin, Was (hooking),
2:04; Bench, Was (too many men served by A Ovechkin), 4:02; R Zednik,
Fla (tripping), 14:29.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Washington, Chris Clark 5 (Unassisted),
14:27. Penalties: D Brashear, Was (holding), 3:40; S Montador, Fla
(hooking), 6:30; G Murray, Fla (fighting), 11:01; M Bradley, Was
(fighting), 11:01; C Clark, Was (hooking), 15:12; O Jokinen, Fla
(hooking), 19:22.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: M Pettinger, Was (tripping), 11:16; R
Zednik, Fla (holding), 13:01.

OVERTIME -- Scoring: None. Penalties: J Cullimore, Fla (tripping), 3:01.

SHOOTOUT -- Florida, Ville Peltonen (saved), Olli
Jokinen (goal), Jozef Stumpel (saved), Nathan Horton (goal), Rostislav
Olesz (saved), Steve Montador (saved), Richard Zednik (saved), Kamil
Kreps (goal), Jay Bouwmeester (saved), David Booth (saved), Stephen
Weiss (goal). Washington, Mike Green (saved), Alexander Ovechkin
(saved), Viktor Kozlov (goal), Nicklas Backstrom (goal), Michael
Nylander (saved), Brooks Laich (missed), Matt Pettinger (saved), Boyd
Gordon (goal), David Steckel (saved), Tom Poti (saved), Brian Pothier
(saved).

Shots on goal:
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Florida 13 7 9 0 --29
Washington 9 8 9 7 --33
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Power-play Conversions: Florida - 1 of 5, Washington - 0 of 5. Goalies
: Florida, Tomas Vokoun (33 shots, 32 saves; record: 12-10-0).
Washington, Olaf Kolzig (29 shots, 28 saves; record: 7-11-1). A:
10,526. Referees: Brad Watson, Greg Kimmerly. Linesmen: Mark
Shewchyk, Pat Dapuzzo.</div>

 

NHL: FLORIDA at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NHL
FLORIDA 2
WASHINGTON 1</div>

 

NHL: FLORIDA at WASHINGTON

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Florida 1 0 0 0 (4) --2
Washington 0 1 0 0 (3) --1
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Florida, Richard Zednik 8 (power play)
(Jozef Stumpel, Ruslan Salei)4:49. Penalties: A Semin, Was (hooking),
2:04; Bench, Was (too many men served by A Ovechkin), 4:02; R Zednik,
Fla (tripping), 14:29.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Washington, Chris Clark 5 (Unassisted),
14:27. Penalties: D Brashear, Was (holding), 3:40; S Montador, Fla
(hooking), 6:30; M Bradley, Was (major fighting), 11:01; G Murray, Fla
(major fighting), 11:01; C Clark, Was (hooking), 15:12; O Jokinen, Fla
(hooking), 19:22.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: M Pettinger, Was (tripping), 11:16; R
Zednik, Fla (holding), 13:01.

OVERTIME -- Scoring: None. Penalties: J Cullimore, Fla (tripping), 3:01.

SHOOTOUT -- Florida, Ville Peltonen (saved), Olli
Jokinen (goal), Jozef Stumpel (saved), Nathan Horton (goal), Rostislav
Olesz (saved), Steve Montador (saved), Richard Zednik (saved), Kamil
Kreps (goal), Jay Bouwmeester (saved), David Booth (saved), Stephen
Weiss (goal). Washington, Mike Green (saved), Alexander Ovechkin
(saved), Viktor Kozlov (goal), Nicklas Backstrom (goal), Michael
Nylander (saved), Brooks Laich (missed), Matt Pettinger (saved), Boyd
Gordon (goal), David Steckel (missed), Tom Poti (saved), Brian Pothier
(saved).

Shots on goal:
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Florida 13 7 9 0 --29
Washington 9 8 9 7 --33
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Power-play Conversions: Florida - 1 of 5, Washington - 0 of 4. Goalies
: Florida, Tomas Vokoun (33 shots, 32 saves; record: 12-10-0).
Washington, Olaf Kolzig (29 shots, 28 saves; record: 7-11-1). A:
10,526. Referees: Brad Watson, Greg Kimmerly. Linesmen: Mark
Shewchyk, Pat Dapuzzo.</div>

 

NHL: FLORIDA at WASHINGTON

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FLORIDA 1 0 0 0 (4) --2
WASHINGTON 0 1 0 0 (3) --1
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Florida, Richard Zednik 8 (power play)
(Jozef Stumpel, Ruslan Salei)4:49. Penalties: A Semin, Was (hooking),
2:04; Bench, Was (too many men served by A Ovechkin), 4:02; R Zednik,
Fla (tripping), 14:29.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Washington, Chris Clark 5 (Unassisted),
14:27. Penalties: D Brashear, Was (holding), 3:40; S Montador, Fla
(hooking), 6:30; M Bradley, Was (major fighting), 11:01; G Murray, Fla
(major fighting), 11:01; C Clark, Was (hooking), 15:12; O Jokinen, Fla
(hooking), 19:22.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: M Pettinger, Was (tripping), 11:16; R
Zednik, Fla (holding), 13:01.

OVERTIME -- Scoring: None. Penalties: J Cullimore, Fla (tripping), 3:01.

SHOOTOUT -- Florida, Ville Peltonen (saved), Olli
Jokinen (goal), Jozef Stumpel (saved), Nathan Horton (goal), Rostislav
Olesz (saved), Steve Montador (saved), Richard Zednik (saved), Kamil
Kreps (goal), Jay Bouwmeester (saved), David Booth (saved), Stephen
Weiss (goal). Washington, Mike Green (saved), Alexander Ovechkin
(saved), Viktor Kozlov (goal), Nicklas Backstrom (goal), Michael
Nylander (saved), Brooks Laich (missed), Matt Pettinger (saved), Boyd
Gordon (goal), David Steckel (missed), Tom Poti (saved), Brian Pothier
(saved).

Shots on goal:
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FLORIDA 13 7 9 0 --29
WASHINGTON 9 8 9 7 --33
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Power-play Conversions: FLA - 1 of 5, WAS - 0 of 4. Goalies : Florida,
Tomas Vokoun (33 shots, 32 saves; record: 12-10-0). Washington, Olaf
Kolzig (29 shots, 28 saves; record: 7-11-1). A: 10,526. Referees:
Brad Watson, Greg Kimmerly. Linesmen: Mark Shewchyk, Pat Dapuzzo.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

FLORIDA WASHINGTON
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
D Booth 0 0 even 2 M Bradley 0 0 even 0
G Campbell 0 0 even 3 B Gordon 0 0 even 1
O Jokinen 0 0 -1 7 C Clark 1 0 +1 3
R Dvorak 0 0 even 0 M Pettinger 0 0 even 1
J Stumpel 0 1 -1 3 N Backstrom 0 0 even 2
N Horton 0 0 even 0 B Pothier 0 0 even 0
V Peltonen 0 0 even 0 B Laich 0 0 even 1
B Mezei 0 0 even 1 M Jurcina 0 0 even 0
R Zednik 1 0 -1 3 V Kozlov 0 0 even 0
J Cullimore 0 0 -1 0 S Morrisonn 0 0 +1 2
R Salei 0 1 even 2 A Semin 0 0 even 1
J Bouwmeester 0 0 even 0 T Poti 0 0 even 2
B Allen 0 0 even 2 D Steckel 0 0 +1 1
K Kreps 0 0 even 2 M Green 0 0 +1 2
G Murray 0 0 even 2 J Schultz 0 0 even 1
S Montador 0 0 -1 1 A Ovechkin 0 0 +1 11
R Olesz 0 0 even 1 D Brashear 0 0 even 1
S Weiss 0 0 even 0 M Nylander 0 0 even 4
J Erskine HEALTHY
S Eminger HEALTHY
T Fleischmann HEALTHY</div>

 

WASHINGTON (Ticker) -- It seems like the Florida Panthersreally are beginning to get comfortable with the shootout.

Stephen Weiss scored the decisive goal in the 11th round of thebonus format and Tomas Vokoun made 32 saves to lead the Panthersto their fourth straight victory, a 2-1 triumph over theWashington Capitals on Wednesday.


Florida also edged the New York Rangers, 3-2, in a shootout inits previous game Friday.


With the shootout even at 3-3, Weiss skated in and beat slidinggoaltender Olaf Kolzig with a backhander. Vokoun then stoppeddefenseman Brian Pothier's attempt to preserve the win in thelongest shootout of the season.


Olli Jokinen, who scored the decisive goal in Friday's shootout,netted his seventh career goal in the bonus format, tallying inthe second round to give the Panthers the early advantage. Butformer Panther Viktor Kozlov answered in the third round,beating Vokoun between the pads with a wrist shot.

Nathan Horton scored for Florida in the fourth round, but rookieNicklas Backstrom immediately answered on his first careershootout attempt.


Brooks Laich had a chance to win it for the Capitals in thesixth round, but his backhander went wide of a vacant net.

Florida's Kamil Kreps and Washington's Boyd Gordon each talliedin the eighth round of the bonus format. Both teams failed toscore over the next two rounds, setting the stage for Weiss.

With the victory, the Panthers improved to .500 with one gameremaining this month. Florida has not been above the break-evenmark at the end of November since the 1999-2000 campaign, whichwas the last time they made the playoffs.


Vokoun narrowly avoided disaster midway through overtime.Michael Nylander dumped the puck on net from center ice and ittook an usual bounce, skipping past Vokoun but trickling justwide.


Vokoun, who made seven saves in the extra session while his teamfailed to record a single shot, made a game-saving stop with 13seconds left, gloving Alex Ovechkin's one-timer.


A costly turnover in their own zone cost the Panthers the leadin the second period. After intercepting an ill-advised pass byblue-liner Steve Montador in the slot, Chris Clark immediatelyfired a shot past Vokoun with 5:33 remaining to knot the contestat 1-1.


Former Capital Richard Zednik gave Florida a 1-0 lead at 4:49 ofthe opening session with a power-play goal.

 

NHL: FLORIDA at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NHL
FLORIDA 2
WASHINGTON 1</div>

 

WASHINGTON (Ticker) -- The Florida Panthers are gettingcomfortable with the shootout.


Stephen Weiss scored the decisive goal in the 11th round of thebonus format and Tomas Vokoun made 32 saves to lead the Panthersto their fourth straight victory, a 2-1 triumph over theWashington Capitals on Wednesday.


Florida also edged the New York Rangers, 3-2, in a shootout inits previous game Friday.


With the shootout even at 3-3, Weiss skated in, deked to hisleft and beat sliding goaltender Olaf Kolzig with a backhander.

"I wanted to shoot, but I didn't see much room, so I just dekedhim and it worked out," Weiss said.


Vokoun then stopped defenseman Brian Pothier's attempt topreserve the win in the longest shootout of the season andsecond-longest in Capitals' history.


"It was a relief when I stopped that shot," Vokoun said."Getting two points and getting a win, that's why we came to therink today. It's frustrating when you can win and you don'tstop the puck, and we don't score and you have to stop the puck,but that's how it is.


"I played in international competition, and shootouts over theremeans elimination, so it's a lot worse than playing for onepoint here. They are fun to win and tough to lose. It's alwaysgoing to be like that, so you have to enjoy when you're on topbecause you don't know how the next one is going to end up."

Captain Olli Jokinen, who scored the decisive goal in Friday'sshootout, netted his seventh career goal in the bonus format,tallying in the second round to give Florida the earlyadvantage. But former Panther Viktor Kozlov answered in thethird round, beating Vokoun between the pads with a wrist shot.

Nathan Horton scored for Florida in the fourth round, but rookieNicklas Backstrom immediately answered on his first careershootout attempt.


Brooks Laich had a chance to win it for the Capitals in thesixth round, but his backhander went wide of a vacant net.

"I was hoping it would end when we had the final shot all thosetimes," Capitals interim coach Bruce Boudreau said. "We had theopportunity. Brooks had a whole net and shot wide. You startto think you are snakebit after a while."


Florida's Kamil Kreps and Washington's Boyd Gordon each talliedin the eighth round of the bonus format. Both teams failed toscore over the next two rounds, setting the stage for Weiss.

Kolzig praised Voukon for leading the Panthers to victory.

"Let me give some credit to the other guy over there, he made agreat save on (Alex Ovechkin) in overtime and the power play,"Kolzig said. "And he made a couple of big saves in the thirdwhere we could have just walked away with it. What can I say?This team has our number."


Florida is 3-0-0 against Washington this season.


With the victory, the Panthers improved to .500 with one gameremaining this month. Florida has not been above the break-evenmark at the end of November since the 1999-2000 campaign, whichalso was the last time they made the playoffs.


"We put ourselves at the start of the season in a bad position,and it takes a lot of work to get the results," Vokoun said."We've got to make sure we play hard."


Vokoun narrowly avoided disaster midway through overtime.Michael Nylander dumped the puck on net from center ice and ittook an unusual bounce, skipping past Vokoun but trickling justwide.


Vokoun, who made seven saves in the extra session while his teamfailed to record a single shot, made a game-saving stop with 13seconds left, gloving Ovechkin's one-timer.


"He moved and got lucky," Ovechkin said. "If he was lefthanded,it would have been a goal. He didn't move but made the save.It's OK, though, I'll get it next time."


Vokoun credited his defensemen for helping him through the toughstretch.


"We played our triangle well, and obviously (Ovechkin's) got agreat shot," Vokoun said. "I just moved over, got my glove inposition, and luckily I was fortunate enough the puck went in myglove."


"I thought we did a great job penalty-killing tonight," Pantherscoach Jacques Martin said. "To be able to keep those guys likeOvechkin off the scoreboard on their power play was a huge job,especially in the overtime (while playing) 4-on-3. I thoughtthe guys did a good job of blocking shots and showingdesperation."


A costly turnover in their own zone cost the Panthers the leadin the second period. After intercepting an ill-advised pass byblue-liner Steve Montador in the slot, Chris Clark immediatelyfired a shot past Vokoun with 5:33 remaining to knot the contestat 1-1.


"The one goal they got, I thought we gave to them," Martin said."I thought we had a tremendous first period. After that, welost our momentum. Tomas Vokoun played a big part in keeping usin the game, and the penalty-killing."


Former Capital Richard Zednik gave Florida a 1-0 lead at 4:49 ofthe opening session with a power-play goal.