"We know how talented this team is, and we knew it was only a matter of time until we got one.
"No panic in the locker room coming into intermissions," Bennett said. Snapping out of a slump on the power play, the Panthers finally turned their wealth of scoring chances into a timely goal when Anthony Duclair found Bennett sneaking down towards the left side of the net for a clutch tap-in goal from in front to even things up and make it 1-1 at 3:59. In the third period, all that hard work eventually paid off. Doing a stellar job of dictating the action up and down the ice, they led the Flyers 21-9 in shot attempts and 16-2 in scoring chances during the middle frame. In the second period, the Panthers were even more in control than they were in the first, but still couldn't find the back of the net. We're just going to look to keep doing that."ĭespite coming out hot and dominating play for the majority of the first seven minutes of the game, the Panthers fell into an early hole when Joel Farabee took a pass from Travis Konecny and beat Bobrovsky on a breakaway to give the Flyers a 1-0 lead at 7:33 of the first period. It's a lot of fun playing in front of our fans and getting wins at home. "It wasn't an easy one, and we're proud of how we're playing at home. "There was a big feeling of pride and joy in the locker room after that win," Bennett said. We're always in the game mentally and we're never worried about the score."īolstered by their historically hot start at home, the Panthers are heading into Thanksgiving not only leading the Atlantic Division, but also sitting atop the NHL's standings with a 14-2-3 record. "We never feel run out of confidence on the bench. "We just come in waves," Ekblad said of the team's effort.
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