Rostislav Olesz News

Goaltender Jose Theodore #60 of the Washington Capitals defends the net against Rostislav Olesz #85 of the Florida Panthers at the BankAtlantic Center on November 6, 2009 in Sunrise, Florida.

Alex Ovechkin was the biggest name out of the Washington lineup Friday night, but the Capitals also lost Mike Green and Jeff Schultz to undisclosed injuries in the first two periods.

Tomas Vokoun made 32 saves, including 21 in the opening period, to post his second consecutive shutout, as the Florida Panthers defeated the spiraling Carolina Hurricanes, 3-0, at BankAtlantic Center.

Dallas -- Steven Reinprecht had a natural hat trick in a 5:11 span of the first period, and Rostislav Olesz scored in the second round of a shootout to give the Florida Panthers a 6-5 victory over the Dallas Stars on Friday night.

Steven Reinprecht had a natural hat trick in a 5:11 span of the first period, and Rostislav Olesz scored in the second round of a shootout to give the Florida Panthers a 6-5 victory over the Dallas Stars on Friday night.

Florida Panthers forward David Booth spoke with the media for just less than five minutes Tuesday, which is good because that's about the limit for any activity since his first-ever concussion Saturday.

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Florida's Jordan Leopold, left, battles as Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby swats a puck out of the air during Friday's game.

The Pittsburgh Penguins will shoot for a seventh straight win tonight when they welcome the Florida Panthers for a battle at Mellon Arena.

John Tavares scored in the shootout to give the New York Islanders their first victory of the season, 4-3 over the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night.

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PHI FLA 6:35 1 0 PHI FLA 6:49 1 1 12:14 2 1 19:06 2 2 PHI FLA 7:02 2 3 18:40 Steve Reinprecht Assists: Rostislav Olesz, Michael Frolik 2 4 SUNRISE, Fla.

On paper, the game versus the tough-hitting Philadelphia Flyers looked like an intimidating opponent for the Florida Panthers, who had lost 4 straight games coming into last night's contest.

When he makes his Panthers debut tonight against the Flyers, goalie Scott Clemmensen won't have to feel awkward wearing his old red-and-black Devils mask.

When/where: 7:30 p.m., St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa. TV/radio: No TV; 790 AM. The game: The Lightning got its first win of the season Saturday by beating visiting Carolina 5-2. . . . Florida split the six-game series with the Bolts last season, winning two of three in Tampa.

David Clarkson scored a power-play goal with 3:35 left to give the New Jersey Devils a 3-2 victory over the Florida Panthers on Saturday night.

The Hurricanes rolled to a 7-2 victory over the Panthers at the RBC Center. Matt Cullen's goal early in the third period pushed the Canes ahead 5-1. But Carolina wasn't through, adding goals by Rod Brind'Amour and Jay Harrison a ' the first career goal for Harrison.

Dennis Seidenberg and Cory Stillman scored goals 29 seconds apart at the end of the first period, and the Florida Panthers beat Finnish league club Jokerit 4-2 Wednesday.

The Florida Panthers have officially named Randy Sexton their new general manager.

The Florida Panthers start regular-season play today and Saturday in Finland. Perhaps they wish they could wait another day or two.