After treating us to two relatively clean games against Anaheim and Detroit, the Florida Panthers tricked us into thinking they just might be able to play defense and kill penalties.
The powerful Tampa Bay Lightning laid waste to the theory, shredding the Cats by an 8-5 count in the third meeting between Florida’s two NHL clubs in three weeks.
Brayden Point opened the scoring just 2:48 into the first period when he deflected Braydon Coburn’s shot past James Reimer. Coburn’s defense partner Dan Girardi picked up the secondary assist.
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