Panthers Win In Colorado With A 8-4 Score! 1/6/24

 

SEVEN IN A ROW

🗣️ CATS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/2T903TX4iT

— Florida Panthers (@FlaPanthers) January 6, 2024

*Sorry for the lack of photos! Hoping to get permission eventually.*

   The Panthers played in Colorado on Saturday, January 6th. The Avalanche lost 8-4, this being the 7th win in a row for the Panthers!

Panthers lineup against the Avalanche:

Verhaeghe - Bennett - Tkackuk

Luostarinen - Lundell - Reinhart

Lomberg - Stenlund - Lockwood

Gadjovich - Lorentz - Samoskevich

Forsling - Ekblad

Mikkola - Montour

Ekman-Larsson - Kulikov

Bobrovsky

Stolarz

Avalanche lineup against the Panthers:

Drouin - MacKinnon - Rantanen

Wood - Johansen - Nichushkin

Meyers - Colton - O'Connor

Cogliano - Olofsson - Kiviranta

Toews - Makar

Girard - Manson

Johnson - Jones

Georgiev

Prosvetov

   Carter Verhaeghe nets one, getting the Panthers in the lead early in the first. Sam Reinhart scores soon after Verhaeghe - 2-0. Sam Reinhart nets another, his second of the night already! 3-0 being the final score of the first period.

   Cale Makar scores the first for the Avalanche just 21 seconds into the period! Josh Manson scores very soon after - Makar's goal being 31 seconds before Manson's. Valeri Nichushkin ties it up, 3-3. Oliver Ekman-Larsson gets Florida back in the lead! The final score of the second period was 4-3.

   Jonathan Drouin ties it back up, 4-4, with 16:29 left in the third. Sam Reinhart gets a hat trick, and the Panthers are back in the lead! Kevin Stenlund gets Florida the sixth goal of the night. Matthew Tkachuk scores an empty-netter, Carter Verhaeghe scores another empty-netter, and his second of the night! The final score was 8-4.

- 700 NHL Games for Aleksander Barkov

- Valeri Nichushkin is now the Avalanche's third 20-goal scorer this season!

- Sam Reinhart got his third hat trick - After his hatty, he is second in the league with 28 goals to help the Panthers win their 7th game in a row.

- 200 NHL Goals for Matthew Tkachuk

 

Good night to be a Florida Panther 🤝 pic.twitter.com/rMNqzang5C

— Florida Panthers (@FlaPanthers) January 7, 2024

POST-GAME : Sam Reinhart

POST-GAME : Jared Bednar