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November 12, 2010, Friday
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THE Florida Panthers extended the misery of the Toronto Maple Leafs, pushing their losing streak to seven games with a 4-1 victory on Wednesday.
Florida's Bryan Allen, Steven Reinprecht, Shawn Matthias and Michael Frolik each scored to put the Maple Leafs in a 4-0 hole with about seven minutes remaining.
Tomas Vokoun made 32 saves but had his shutout bid spoiled when a Mikhail Grabovski slapshot found the back of the Florida net.
For Toronto (5-7-3), which last won against Florida (6-7-0) on October 26, its current losing skid is its longest since opening last season 0-6-1.
Having won just once in their last 11 games, the Maple Leafs had an emergency players' meeting prior to Wednesday's game.
"We met for about an hour, and hashed some things out," forward Kris Versteeg said. "We came out and had a great first trip. Then we took a penalty on the second shift that took our momentum away."
The Panthers opened the scoring at 7:42 in the first on an unassisted goal from Allen.
After notching a power-play conversion in the second, Florida twice beat goaltender Jonas Gustavsson in the third to put the game away. Gustavsson finished with 24 saves.
"I thought we played a good game. We were opportunistic," Panthers coach Peter DeBoer said. "We got some scoring from some people we needed to."
In other games, it was: Blue Jackets 8, Blues 1; Bruins 7, Penguins 4; Coyotes 2, Blackhawks 1; Ducks 1, Islanders 0; and Sabres 5, Devils 4, SO.
In Columbus, Ohio, the Blue Jackets recorded the biggest winning margin in franchise history with an 8-1 thrashing of the previously in-form St Louis Blues.
St Louis came into the game on a seven-game winning streak but that came to a shuddering end as Columbus also equaled its highest ever score.
Jake Voracek scored on two breakaways to chase the Blues red-hot goalie Jaroslav Halak as the Blue Jackets scored early and often. They had previously been the only team in the NHL this season that had not scored more than three goals.
In Pittsburgh, Boston piled on five goals in the third period to cap a comeback win over Pittsburgh.
Boston entered the third period facing a 4-2 deficit, but Nathan Horton and Zdeno Chara scored 15 seconds apart to tie it, Shawn Thornton scored the go-ahead goal, Blake Wheeler added insurance and Milan Lucic put in an empty-netter.
Mark Recchi and Brad Marchand scored the earlier goals for the Bruins, who are 6-1 on the road.
Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists for the Penguins.
In Chicago, Kyle Turris and Eric Belanger scored 35 seconds apart in the second period to lift Phoenix past Chicago.
In Newark, Buffalo won in Lindy Ruff's 1,000th game as the Sabres' coach, defeating New Jersey.
Derek Roy and Thomas Vanek scored shootout goals. Roy, Jason Pominville, Tyler Myers and Tyler Ennis scored in regulation for the Sabres.
Florida's Bryan Allen, Steven Reinprecht, Shawn Matthias and Michael Frolik each scored to put the Maple Leafs in a 4-0 hole with about seven minutes remaining.
Tomas Vokoun made 32 saves but had his shutout bid spoiled when a Mikhail Grabovski slapshot found the back of the Florida net.
For Toronto (5-7-3), which last won against Florida (6-7-0) on October 26, its current losing skid is its longest since opening last season 0-6-1.
Having won just once in their last 11 games, the Maple Leafs had an emergency players' meeting prior to Wednesday's game.
"We met for about an hour, and hashed some things out," forward Kris Versteeg said. "We came out and had a great first trip. Then we took a penalty on the second shift that took our momentum away."
The Panthers opened the scoring at 7:42 in the first on an unassisted goal from Allen.
After notching a power-play conversion in the second, Florida twice beat goaltender Jonas Gustavsson in the third to put the game away. Gustavsson finished with 24 saves.
"I thought we played a good game. We were opportunistic," Panthers coach Peter DeBoer said. "We got some scoring from some people we needed to."
In other games, it was: Blue Jackets 8, Blues 1; Bruins 7, Penguins 4; Coyotes 2, Blackhawks 1; Ducks 1, Islanders 0; and Sabres 5, Devils 4, SO.
In Columbus, Ohio, the Blue Jackets recorded the biggest winning margin in franchise history with an 8-1 thrashing of the previously in-form St Louis Blues.
St Louis came into the game on a seven-game winning streak but that came to a shuddering end as Columbus also equaled its highest ever score.
Jake Voracek scored on two breakaways to chase the Blues red-hot goalie Jaroslav Halak as the Blue Jackets scored early and often. They had previously been the only team in the NHL this season that had not scored more than three goals.
In Pittsburgh, Boston piled on five goals in the third period to cap a comeback win over Pittsburgh.
Boston entered the third period facing a 4-2 deficit, but Nathan Horton and Zdeno Chara scored 15 seconds apart to tie it, Shawn Thornton scored the go-ahead goal, Blake Wheeler added insurance and Milan Lucic put in an empty-netter.
Mark Recchi and Brad Marchand scored the earlier goals for the Bruins, who are 6-1 on the road.
Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists for the Penguins.
In Chicago, Kyle Turris and Eric Belanger scored 35 seconds apart in the second period to lift Phoenix past Chicago.
In Newark, Buffalo won in Lindy Ruff's 1,000th game as the Sabres' coach, defeating New Jersey.
Derek Roy and Thomas Vanek scored shootout goals. Roy, Jason Pominville, Tyler Myers and Tyler Ennis scored in regulation for the Sabres.
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