GDT: 1/31/13 "Airplanes" - Jets VS Panthers

[Panthers Rock]

Tonight Your Defending Southeast Division Champion Florida Panthers take on the Winnipeg Jets! Game time at 7:30 EST live from BB&T Center!

Make a Wish, They're Gonna Need It


TV: Live on FSFlorida and Center Ice/Gamecenter.
Internet/Radio: Listen Live on NHL Gamecenter​

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[fieldset=Standings]

Florida:

Wins | Losses | OTL/SOL | Total Points
1|5 |0 |2

Winnipeg:

Wins | Losses | OTL/SOL | Total Points
3|2|1|7

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[fieldset=Injuries]

Winnipeg:

Player | Date Of Incident | Status |Injury
Zach Bogosian| 2013-01-07|on injured reserve and is out indefinitely| right wrist surgery
Antti Miettinen| 2013-01-15 |on injured reserve |upper body

Florida:​

Player | Date Of Incident | Status |Injury
Michael Caruso| 2013-01-23 |on injured reserve and is out indefinitely |broken wrist
Stephen Weiss |2013-01-23 |day to day| lower body
Marcel Goc |2013-01-14| expected to play| strained groin
Sean Bergenheim |2013-01-17 |undisclosed |undisclosed
Erik Gudbranson |2013-01-17| on AHL conditioning stint| undisclosed
Ed Jovanovski|2013-01-31|day to day|knee

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[fieldset=Line Combinations (Subject To Change)]

Winnipeg:

LW |C| RW
Evander Kane|Olli Jokinen|Blake Wheeler
Andrew Ladd|Nik Antropov|Bryan Little
Alexei Ponikarovsky|Alex Burmistrov|Kyle Wellwood
James Wright|Jim Slater|Chris Thorburn

LD|RD
Tobias Enstrom|Dustin Byfuglien
Mark Stuart|Ron Hainsey
Grant Clitsome|Paul Postma

Florida:

LW| C |RW
Tomas Fleischmann|Marcel Goc|Kris Versteeg
Jonathan Huberdeau|Drew Shore|Peter Mueller
Tomas Kopecky|Shawn Matthias|Alex Kovalev
Scottie Upshall|Jerred Smithson|Jack Skille

LD|RD
Filip Kuba|Brian Campbell
Dmitry Kulikov|Mike Weaver
Tyson Strachan|Keaton Ellerby

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[fieldset=Expected Starting Goaltenders (Subject To Change)]

Winnipeg:

Ondrej Pavelec

GP | W | L | OTL | GAA | SV% | SO
5|2|2|1|2.56| .918|0

VS.

Florida:

Jose Theodore

GP | W | L | OTL | GAA | SV% | SO
5|1|4|0| 3.48 | .904|0

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[fieldset=Team Leaders]

Winnipeg:

W| Ondrej Pavelec| 2
L| Ondrej Pavelec |2
GAA| Ondrej Pavelec |2.56
G |Dustin Byfuglien |3
A |Tobias Enstrom |7
+/- |Ron Hainsey |4
PIM |Chris Thorburn |12

Florida:

W| Jose Theodore| 1
L |Jose Theodore| 4
GAA |Jose Theodore| 3.48
G |Brian Campbell| 2
A |Alex Kovalev| 2
+/-| Drew Shore |1
PIM| Keaton Ellerby| 36

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[fieldset=Special Teams]

Winnipeg:

PP%|PP Rank|PK%|PK Rank
22.2%|13th|68.8%|27th(tied)

Florida:

PP%|PP Rank|PK%|PK Rank
16.7%|19th(tied)|74.2%|21st

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[fieldset=News And Notes]

"This is obviously embarrassing, losing five straight,'' defenseman Filip Kuba said. "But it's not the right time to put our heads down and feel sorry for ourselves. We have another game, 40-something more left.''

Read more here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/flapanthers/#storylink=cpy
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/fla

George Richards' Blog of the Miami Herald:Your Source For Reliable, Early Panthers Info!​

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[fieldset=Primary Target]

Olli Jokinen, former Panthers captain, he has returned to the Southeast division to feel a little bit warmer...by signing with Winnipeg. In any case, the man who's been the butt of many a HFBoard poster joke via Photoshop is aiming to make a statement that his game is still worthy.​

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[fieldset=Red Hot Cat Of The Night]

Peter Mueller, who has scored in back to back games trying to spark the Panthers offense.​

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Last Game VS. Jets


Last Game Played


Tonight...

LET'S GO PANTHERS!!!!!!!!!!

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[Lynk]

Nice GDT

Good luck tonight, hoping your team can shake the cobwebs out and get back on track, after this game of course

 

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

I've missed you so much Goc.

 

[Tooth Rez]

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[Android 16]

Last season seemed like a lifetime ago..

 

[DT0X]

I don't see Goc injecting any energy tonight directly, but rather indirectly. With him in the lineup he's providing a lot more ice time and allowing some players to get some much needed rest with this condensed season.

 

[Lundell4Prez]

Wow, a center sighting?

 

[PanthersHockey1]

Just win FFS.

 

[adam graves]

I don't see Goc injecting any energy tonight directly, but rather indirectly. With him in the lineup he's providing a lot more ice time and allowing some players to get some much needed rest with this condensed season.

Yes, and a strong 2 way presence.

 

[ShootIt]

Excited for that second line.

hopefully Shore gets some points tonight.

 

[angry_treefrog]

This is how I approach home games at this point...

 

[adam graves]

Seems like from twitter Weiss wants to play tonight, and Org. Thinks not yet....

@GeorgeRichards: Stephen Weiss and Kevin Dineen just spoke on the ice...Weiss not smiling, now doing extra drills...thinking he's out v #nhlJets

 

[Android 16]

Not sure if I want to see them win.

I'm hearing a lot of great things about MacKinnon..

I'd like to see Huberdeau and Shore play well and maybe grab some points and lose. Funny how that's a more reasonable expectation than a win at this point.

 

[Panthers607]

My predicition is Goc makes his return, doesn't have an immediate impact, makes a questionable play, team loses and then all of us here are squeezing into this beauty:

3-1 Jets

 

[Frek]

Goc is a lot better player than most people (non panther fans) give him credit for. That said though this is his first game in like forever and I'm not really expecting him to contribute tonight.

We don't win tonight unless the whole team shows up. Our younger guys have to seize the opportunity and do something with the minutes they are going to get. When Guds and Berg get back that's 2 less spots in the line-up. As Lindsay said the other night, the door of opportunity is open, time to do something with it.

I won't be able to see the game until late tonight or tomorrow. Have fun in the GDT.

 

[Panthers Rock]

Excited for that second line.

hopefully Shore gets some points tonight.

I cannot promise that's the second line, just what I was anticipating. Note that Kopecky was skating with the top line in practice, don't know what it will really be. Just know that all those guys are likely to play and Goc returning, I assume Parros but I do not know that for sure.

 

[adam graves]

I cannot promise that's the second line, just what I was anticipating. Note that Kopecky was skating with the top line in practice, don't know what it will really be. Just know that all those guys are likely to play and Goc returning, I assume Parros but I do not know that for sure.

Kopescky is a much better wing than center. hoping u r correct...

 

[FlaPnthrsPunk]

I'm so glad Goc is back and it looks like Weiss will be in the lineup on Sunday with Gudbranson possibly back on Tuesday. We'll be the closest to healthy as we can get next week for awhile, so now's a better time than ever to put these last five games behind them and go on a winning streak.

I always hate playing Winnipeg though. Sure, these games are incredibly entertaining but they drive me crazy with the typical close score and plenty of physicalness and clutching/grabbing that goes on which leads to penalties. I think coming out to a quick start will help tremendously and scoring the first goal could dictate momentum for the rest of the game.

 

[bigplay41*]

Pregame in Panther Land?!?!

 

[Android 16]

Huberdeau mic'd up tonight..

 

[Android 16]

I bet Wheeler is pretty happy Gudbranson isn't in the lineup tonight..

 

[CoolburnIsGone]

Just saw a tweet that Strachan will be playing tonight, Jovo had no structural damage on the knee but out until Tues.

 

[LUUUUUIS]

Just saw a tweet that Strachan will be playing tonight, Jovo had no structural damage on the knee but out until Tues.

RELEASE THE STRACHAN!!

Hope Jovo is OK.

 

[HockeyRulez]

Just saw a tweet that Strachan will be playing tonight, Jovo had no structural damage on the knee but out until Tues.

Those two words together are like heaven....

 

[PanthersFanatic12]

Go panthers go!