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Nicklas Backstrom of the Washington Capitals assists on a goal against Stephen Weiss of the Florida Panthers during an NHL hockey game on Saturday at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC.

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Tomas Vokoun made 31 saves for his second straight shutout, Steven Reinprecht opened the scoring early in the third period, and Florida extended Carolina's winless streak to 10 games with a 3-0 victory Wednesday night.

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

Steve Reinprecht scored three times in the first period and Rostislav Olesz had the only goal of the shootout as the Panthers blew two leads before winning.

The Blues' Roman Polak, left, Stephen Weiss of Florida, centre, and Jay McClement chase the puck during Saturday's game.

For Panthers fans it was nice to finally note another a Wa TM to the column and to see the forwards explode in a rare offensive Floridian fireworks display.

The Dallas Stars will try to notch a point in their fifth straight game tonight, when they host the Florida Panthers at American Airlines Center in Marc Crawford's 1,000th game as a NHL head coach.Crawford-led Dallas is 3-0-1 over its last four games, with Wednesday's 4-3 overtime victory against Toronto giving it a win in consecutive games.

The Florida Panthers can't get much to go their way these days. Even pucks off their own players' skates.

Here we are 10 games into the NHL season and already people have begun irrational debating over what is considered a clean hit in hockey.

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.

Mike Grier, Jason Pominville and Matt Ellis each scored in the first 5 minutes of a wild opening period to lift the Buffalo Sabres to a 5-2 win over the Florida Panthers on Wednesday night.

They haven't produced as much as the Panthers would like or need them to, but the No.

SUNRISE, Fla. a ' The Florida fans went home with a bunch of flat-screen TVs, while the local hockey team went home with two points.

Radek Dvorak scored the game-winner in the third period, and the Florida Panthers took a 4-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers at BankAtlantic Center.Stephen Weiss had a goal and an assist while Steven Reinprecht and Nathan Horton each lit the lamp for the Panthers, who snapped a four-game slide.

The visa-delayed arrival of recently signed free-agent center Dominic Moore prompted the demotion of promising rookie Shawn Matthias to the Panthers' AHL affiliate in Rochester, N.Y., and signaled a potential shake-up of the underachieving second line.

Stouffville product Ethan Werek had two goals and an assist and was named first star as his Kingston Frontenacs won 5-4 over the Ottawa 67a TMs in the Ontario Hockey League in Kingston Sunday.

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.

The Montreal Canadiens embark on a six-game road trip today, perhaps wondering how a team can plunge from a near-perfect 4-1 victory over the Maple Leafs on Saturday to Tuesday night's horror show which left them facing a 3-0 deficit before finally losing 3-2 to the Florida Panthers.

Ville Koistinen provided a fitting end to the first regular-season NHL game ever played in Finland.