2010 Compuware NHL Premiere Series – Florida Panthers face the Pittsburgh Penguins for the first encounter this season
The Florida Panther will be playing host to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the final game of Monday. This is the first of the four meetings that are scheduled to take place between the two teams. The last meeting between the two teams took place on 3rd
January 2010 which saw the Florida Panthers win the match 6-2. They came up with a dominating performance and outplayed the Pittsburgh in every department to come up with an impressive win.
The previous 3 out 4 meetings between the two teams have been won by the Pittsburgh Penguins who will be looking to continue on that. On the other hand, the Panthers will be looking to gain confidence from their last win against the Penguins.
The Penguins have played 21 games in the season so far and won 13 games and are sitting with 24 points. Their opposition for tomorrow have 18 points out of the 18 games they have played winning 9 games and losing 9 games too. Both the teams are in hot pursuit
of the leaders in the Eastern Conference and a win would help them a great deal.
The Penguins have managed good results recently and won their last game against the Carolina Hurricanes 5-4 after shootout. They have had a decent run in the last few games winning last 6 of their 7 games.
The Florida Panthers have also come up with the best hockey recently in the season. They have won the last 4 of the 6 games. The Florida Panthers are on a three games winning streak on home and will be looking to extent the streak.
This past Saturday, the Florida Panthers saw Matt Santorelli rise up to the challenge and score two goals against the New York Islanders. Commenting on his performance he said, "I'm just trying to improve. Playing with great players certainly helps."
The Pittsburgh Penguins have been helped a great deal by the efforts of another talented player Chris Kunitz. This player has played under the assistance of players like Sidney Crosby which have worked for in his favour.
Kunitz has played a major role in the last five games that the Penguins have played. If the Penguins are to win this time out then this player without a doubt would play a major part in it. Not only talented, this player has also makes his presence felt
physically drawing off players while on the offence.
For the Panthers, it is there goal keeper Tomas Vokoun who can be the difference maker in the game. The goal keeper has come up with some splendid performances recently conceding only 1 goal in four of the last five matches.
The match could very well swing in favour of the Tampa Bay Lightning given that their attack clicks which has some big names like Sidney Crosby and Steven Stamkos in it.
Tags: