Jose Theodore News

With a 26-save victory in his first game since December 31, G Jose Theodore improved his career record vs the Islanders to 18-9-1-1 ; final match of the season series is March 25 in Sunrise.

Florida: 26-17-11 New York Islanders : 23-23-8 Season Series: 2-0-0 Game Time: 3:00 PM EST Television: Fox Sports Florida, MSG Plus Radio: 640 WFTL The Panthers make their second afternoon start of the weekend on Long Island today.

Florida Panthers goalie Jose Theodore deflects the puck on a shot by New York Islanders forward Michael Grabner on Sunday.

Oct 8, 2011; Uniondale, NY, USA; Florida Panthers goalie Jose Theodore up ends New York Islanders defenseman Andrew MacDonald during the third period at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

After spending his career as a backup netminder, Florida Panthers goaltender Scott Clemmensen is beginning to shows signs that he may finally be ready to step into the spotlight.

Florida's Clemmsen Befuddles Former Team : Scott Clemmensen stopped 27 of 28 shots in Saturday's 3-1 win over New Jersey.

The prediction panel results for tonight'sA Los Angeles Kings A vs.A Florida Panthers A game are below.

Florida: 24-17-11 Washington: 26-18-10 Game Time: 7:30 PM EST Television: Fox Sports Florida, Fox Sports West Radio: 640 WFTL The Panthers find themselves in a familiar position tonight: looking up at a playoff spot.

Panthers Welcome Theodore Back : Jose Theodore will suit up for Thursday's game against the Kings, Harvey Fialkov of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports.

Alex Ovechkin scored two goals, and former Florida goalie Tomas Vokoun made 42 saves as the Panthers fell out of first in the Southeast.

Avs' Mueller Returns To Practice : Peter Mueller returned to practice Monday, according to the Denver Post.

The Southeast Division may be qualifying only one team for the postseason, making the back-and-forth battle for first place that much more important down the stretch.

For the first time in quite awhile the Florida Panthers are having a sniff at a playoff birth that would end their drought which goes all the way back to the Clinton Administration.

Since Jose Theodore, left, went down with injuries, Scott Clemmensen, bottom right, and Briand Foster, top right, have stepped in.

Avs' Mueller Out Saturday With Illness : Peter Mueller will miss Saturday's game against Vancouver with an unspecified illness, according to the Denver Post.

Maybe the All-Star break came at a perfect time. A For all the moaning and groaning we did without any hockey to watch for seven days last week, it apparently was the best thing to have happened for our Florida Panthers .

The Florida Panthers and Winnipeg Jets have played three times this year and two of those games have been 4-3 shoot out wins and while I think the Jets have a chance to break their back to back curse I have to go with a 4-3 Panthers wina via the shoot out.

He is the latest, albeit brief, casualty in a lineup which is already missing forwards Jack Skille and Scottie Upshall, defensemen Ed Jovanovski and Dmitry Kulikov and goaltender Jose Theodore.

Despite a gritty effort, the road-weary Washington Capitals let one slip away in their first game back following All-Star weekend.

Win enough - maybe even a shootout or two, eh? - to call yourselves division champions.