After putting together an impressive four-game win streak over the holidays, the Florida Panthers continued their recent success, shutting out the Montreal Canadiens 2-0 in front of the home crowd at the BB&T Center. The Panthers were once again led by the sublime goaltending of James Reimer, who has really found his groove and is putting the Panthers in a position to win on any given night with his consistent play.
The first period was full of scoring chances for both teams but the always-stalwart Carey Price kept the Panthers off the board, and Reimer provided quite a few big early saves as Florida (see: Matheson, Mike) had tons of trouble getting out of their own zone safely.