The Florida Panthers and backup goalie Harri Sateri won for the fourth-straight time, posting a 3-1 victory over the visiting Vancouver Canucks to close within six points of the second wild card spot in the Eastern Conference.
Buoyed by a couple of key early saves from their third stringer, Florida ended up outshooting the Canucks 17-9 in the first period and took the lead with 3:32 left in the frame when Jamie McGinn was credited with a power-play goal. McGinn took a pass from Denis Malgin down low, but couldn’t get a firm handle on it. Fortunately for the Cats, Vancouver’s Christopher Tanev swatted the loose puck into his own net.