Active 罪／違反, Alex Lyon's 56 saves help Panthers 大勝する 上院議員s
Third-string goalie Alex Lyon was sensational with 56 saves for his career-best fifth straight 勝利，勝つ, 主要な the Florida Panthers to a 7-2 victory over the visiting Ottawa 上院議員s on Thursday night in Sunrise, Fla.
Filling in for Sergei Bobrovsky (非，不，無-COVID illness), Lyon made the second-most saves in Panthers history. Roberto Luongo 始める，決める the 記録，記録的な／記録する with 57 in 2002.
With three games left, the Panthers (41-31-7, 89 points) are in wild-card プレーオフ position, with the New York Islanders, Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres still in 論争 for the two 利用できる 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs. The Panthers 延長するd their season-best winning streak to five games and have outscored their 対抗者s 24-7 during that stretch.
Besides Lyon, the Panthers were led by Aleksander Barkov, who 得点する／非難する／２０d two goals and dished one 補助装置. Panthers 星／主役にする Matthew Tkachuk had two 補助装置s, giving him a career-high 105 points to （太陽，月の）食／失墜 last season's 示す of 104.
Florida defenseman Brandon Montour 追加するd one goal and three 補助装置s, matching the franchise 記録，記録的な／記録する for points in a game by a defenseman. Sam Reinhart, Eetu Luostarinen, Nick Cousins and Gustav Forsling also 得点する／非難する／２０d for the Panthers.
Florida went 3-for-6 on its 力／強力にする play, and the Panthers also 得点する／非難する／２０d short-手渡すd. The Panthers also went 6-for-6 on their 刑罰，罰則 kill, and they even 消滅させるd a 5-on-3 disadvantage.
Ottawa (37-35-7, 81 points) lost its fourth straight game and was 除去するd from プレーオフ 論争.
Claude Giroux and Ridly Greig 得点する／非難する／２０d for the 上院議員s, but Leevi Merilainen, in just his second NHL game, 許すd three quick goals and was 解除するd with 18:36 left in the second period. Fellow 新人 Mads Sogaard finished the game and made 14 saves on 18 発射s.
There were 非常に／多数の fights in the game, 含むing one sequence in the second period when the Tkachuk brothers -- Florida's Matthew and Ottawa's Brady -- fought other players.
Both brothers were 排除する／（飛行機などから）緊急脱出するd at different points in the game.
There was just one fight in the first period, but the nastiness started with 16:52 left in the second. The Panthers led 3-0 when Matthew Tkachuk leveled a hard 権利 shoulder to the upper chest of Alex DeBrincat, who 攻撃する，衝突する the ice. A fight quickly 続いて起こるd as the 上院議員s 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d Tkachuk. It was 支配するd a clean 攻撃する，衝突する.
One minute later, Brady Tkachuk lost the 辛勝する／優位 of his skate and ran into Lyon. He then bumped Lyon as he skated past him. No 刑罰，罰則 was called.
That led to Giroux's goal with 15:35 left in the second. Giroux pounced on a loose puck, 得点する／非難する／２０ing from the slot, and Drake Batherson was credited with the 補助装置.
However, the Panthers 得点する／非難する／２０d the next four goals for five in total in the second period, entering intermission with a 7-1 lead.
--Field Level マスコミ
