The Panthers celebrated with a victory in Dallas on New Year’s Eve.
On Wednesday night, they looked a little hung over.
Time and again, the Panthers turned over the puck and then failed to clear it out of their own zone as they watched the visiting Winnipeg Jets — despite playing the night before — dip and dodge their way to a 4-1 victory over Florida at BB&T Center.
“It felt like we lost a lot of races to pucks and lost a lot of battles on pucks,” Shawn Thornton said. “Once we got behind we started to force some things, try and make things happen that were not there.