Dennis Seidenberg News

New York Rangers' Ryan Callahan, left, checks Florida Panthers' Dennis Seidenberg during the second period of Saturday's game.

When, where: Tonight, 7, at TD Garden. TV, radio: NESN, WBZ-FM . Goals: Steven Reinprecht 9, Nathan Horton 4, Stephen Weiss 4. Assists : Horton 7, Cory Stillman 6, Bryan McCabe 6, Dennis Seidenberg 6, Dmitry Kulikov 6. Goaltending: Tomas Vokoun , Scott Clemmensen .

Steven Reinprecht gave the Panthers a 1-0 lead at 5:09 of the third, tipping in a Cory Stillman shot.

Carolina's quest to snap its franchise-record tying losing streak just got a little harder, as the Hurricanes will be without center Eric Staal for tonight's game against the Florida Panthers at BankAtlantic Center.

Tomas Vokoun stopped all 34 shots he faced for his first shutout of the season as Florida shut down host St.

Things can turn around pretty quickly in hockey, especially early in a season. The Panthers sure hope that's the case for them.

Florida's Steve Reinprecht scored a natural hat trick, getting three goals in succession within 5 minutes, 11 seconds of the first period, and the visiting Panthers eventually topped the Dallas Stars, 6-5, in a shootout last night.

Tomas Vokoun stopped all 34 shots he faced for his first shutout of the season as Florida shut down St.

Rostislav Olesz notched a disputed goal in the shootout as Florida topped Dallas, 6-5, at American Airlines Center.

The effort was good. The finishing product was not. Lady luck did not smile on the Panthersa 'as they struggled with shots, hitting the posts wide, and having pucks trickle agonizingly past Tomas Vokoun at the other end.

Florida Panthers forward David Booth spent Saturday night at a local hospital after being removed from the ice on a stretcher following a scary open-ice hit from Philadelphia Flyers center Mike Richards .

Sidney Crosby #87 of the Pittsburgh Penguins celebrates his goal with Evgeni Malkin #71 in front of Dennis Seidenberg #4 of the Florida Panthers on October 23, 2009 at Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

I'm a big fanA of general managers in hockey who are trying to get it done. I lived through the 80s in Calgary where there was a constant push to make the team better.

There is little comparison to the home and visitors locker rooms at Carolina's RBC Center.

FLA CAR 7:00 Tom Kostopoulos Unassisted 0 1 10:20 0 2 17:05 Jussi Jokinen Unassisted 0 3 FLA CAR 13:30 0 4 16:41 1 4 FLA CAR 1:32 1 5 15:14 1 6 15:33 1 7 17:48 2 7 RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Carolina Hurricanes looked ready to play from the moment the puck dropped.

Florida Panthers assistant general manager Randy Sexton has accepted the G.M. job, and an announcement will be made before tonight's game, Darren Dreger of TSN.ca reports via his Twitter account .

File photo by The Associated Press David Booth, right, of the Florida Panthers signed a six-year, $25 million contract last year and is one of the building blocks of the team.

The Florida Panthers are undeafeated! Woooooo! Sure, they're just 1-0 , but what a 1 it was: Florida came back three times to force overtime, survived a defensive stand, and then took the formidable Chicago Blackhawks in a shootout to win, 4-3 . Must be the fresh juju of new GM Randy Sexton , whose promotion was announced just hours before the ...

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As he enters his ninth season with the Carolina Hurricanes, Niclas Wallin has seen a lot of fellow defensemen come and go.