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The Panthers accomplished one of their prime off-season goals Friday: acquiring a center who will allow Nathan Horton to move back to right wing.

Saturday's game could be Jay Bouwmeester's last as a member of the Panthers. The All-Star defenseman becomes a free agent at the end of the season.

Screwball comedy joins forces with slam-bang thrills as Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a spy who tries to keep his profession a secret from his wife .

That might be the only way to describe a promising Panthers season derailed by a March losing streak, or the long-standing playoff drought that has become the franchise's albatross.

Having clinched the second seed in the Eastern Conference, the Washington Capitals will try to set a new club single-season record for wins tonight in their regular-season finale versus the Florida Panthers at BankAtlantic Center.

The Panthers ' hope for the playoffs ended 30 minutes after they had won. They watched it shrivel away on a pair of laptop computers.

Through much of the season, the Panthers were very good at putting teams away when they had a third-period lead.

Goalie Craig Anderson has shone in the last week as Florida battles for its playoff life.

Keep an eye on ... 61 CORY STILLMAN LW Age: 35 Ht: 6 feet Wt: 200 lbs. THE SKINNY: Was signed as a UFA by the Panthers on July 1, 2008 ... Missed 19 games earlier this season with post-concussion syndrome ... Has six goals and 10 assists in 30 career games against the Senators.

Coach Peter DeBoer was right. After a long and untimely drought, the Panthers appear to be back on track.

They have been officially relegated to playing out the string in their final six games of the regular season after they were eliminated from the playoff race by going out with barely a whimper in a 5-2 loss to the Florida Panthers last night at the BankAtlantic Center.

By Tristan H. Cockcroft ESPN.com March 27, 2009, 2:49 PM Quick click by section: On tap: Two weeks to go in the NHL season, and the playoff pictures are becoming clearer.

DALLAS : Stephen Weiss and Nathan Horton each scored in the final minute of the second period, and the Florida Panthers beat the reeling Dallas Stars 6-3 Saturday night.

Jason Pominville had a goal and two assists during a 2:07 span of the third period, leading the Buffalo Sabres to a 5-3 comeback victory over the Florida Panthers on Wednesday.

Brett McLean scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period, backup Craig Anderson made 40 saves, and the Florida Panthers snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night.

A key battle in the Eastern Conference playoff race is on tap tonight in Buffalo, as the Sabres welcome the Florida Panthers for a showdown between struggling teams at HSBC Arena.

With the Panthers' offense struggling to find a spark, coach Pete DeBoer mixed things up during Thursday's victory over Toronto and kept things the same going into Saturday's game against Columbus.

Raffi Torres scored twice late in the third period to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a 3-1 victory over the Florida Panthers on Saturday night.

The Panthers ' losing streak grew to four games Tuesday night - their longest skid in more than 2 1/2 months - and created more concern about whether the pressure of this playoff race is getting to the team.

Panthers coach Pete DeBoer did his best to spin the devastating outcome so it didn't seem so bad.