Tomas Vokoun News

Benoit Pouliot #57 of the Montreal Canadiens celebrates a goal with teammates against the Florida Panthers at the BankAtlantic Center on December 31, 2009 in Sunrise, Florida.

Nikolai Kulemin can't help but keep impressing Maple Leafs coach Ron Wilson. "Kulie has been one of our better forwards," Wilson said.

Leafs de-claw Panthers Nikolai Kulemin #41 of the Toronto Maple Leafs shoots on Tomas Vokoun #29 of the Florida Panthers during game action January 5, 2010 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Alex Kovalev broke a lengthy scoring slump with a career-best four goals and an assist, lifting the Ottawa Senators to a 7-4 victory against the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday.

A strong offensive performance helped the Florida Panthers earn a much-needed win in their last game.

Radek Dvorak scored three goals for his third NHL hat trick, and Tomas Vokoun stopped 46 shots as the Florida Panthers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-2 on Sunday night, sending the Stanley Cup champions to their season-high, fifth straight loss.

The Montreal Canadiens probably didn't feel too good about themselves when they started their season-long road trip nearly two weeks ago.

Montreal defenceman Marc-Andre Bergeron looks to make a pass during the first period on Thursday.

Blossoming Panthers forward Stephen Weiss wasn't expecting to be picked for the talent-laden Canadian Olympic team Wednesday, but coach Pete DeBoer said at least he and teammate Nathan Horton are in the conversation.

A few days off for the holidays is hopefully just what the Dayton Gems need. The Gems have lost four of their past five games with only three points in the standings during that stretch.

Boston's Michael Ryder, centre, celebrates his goal against Florida on Sunday. Marco Sturm broke a third-period tie, and Tim Thomas made 25 saves in the Boston Bruins' 2-1 victory over the hometown Florida Panthers on Sunday night.

The New York Rangers try to make it four straight wins this evening when they welcome the Florida Panthers to Madison Square Garden.

Vinny Prospal scored a pair of goals and Henrik Lundqvist made 33 saves, as the New York Rangers snapped a five-game skid on home ice with a 4-1 victory over the Florida Panthers at Madison Square Garden.

Nathan Horton scored two goals as the Florida Panthers dropped the struggling Philadelphia Flyers, 4-1, at Wachovia Center.

The Florida Panthers hope to record a season-high fourth straight win tonight and a second victory in as many nights over the Hurricanes, as the two teams conclude a home-and-home set at Carolina's RBC Center.

Panthers. Florida's Tomas Vokoun made 32 saves. Patrick Dwyer, Scott Walker and Eric Staal scored for the Hurricanes, who have only one win on the road this season.

Following Monday morning's skate, Panthers coach Pete DeBoer said all he wanted for Christmas for his injury-ravaged team was to have a record above .500 so that when his players heal they could make a playoff push in the second half.

FLA NYI 14:28 Michal Repik Unassisted 1 0 FLA NYI 2:53 2 0 4:17 2 1 12:40 Nathan Horton Unassisted 3 1 FLA NYI 0:13 4 1 0:55 5 1 6:45 6 1 14:18 7 1 UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Florida Panthers coach Peter DeBoer was hoping Nathan Horton would sometimes be more selfish and shoot instead of pass.

Penguins coach Dan Bylsma hinted this morning that a goal might be coming the way of struggling winger Ruslan Fedotenko , who scored later in the day in a 3-2 win over the Florida Panthers at Mellon Arena.

Evgeni Malkin's power-play goal 37 seconds into overtime ended his five-game goal drought and sent the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 3-2 win over the Florida Panthers.