 Opening night in Miami began with high hopes of a good season to come but the crowd quickly realized that the Anaheim Ducks came to play. After a scoreless first period that saw Anaheim outshoot Florida 9-8, Sergei Fedorov sneaked one past the hometown goalie to give the Ducks a 1-0 lead. Eleven minutes later Mathieu Dandenault increased the lead for the Ducks to 2-0 when he drilled one past an out of position Luongo.The Panthers regrouped and late in the second period Niklas Hagman made it a one goal game when he took a pass from Rotislav Olesz and drilled it past Olaf Kolzig. The Panthers outshot the Ducks 12-9 in the second period. Alexei Ponikarovsky took a late penalty in the second period which carried over into the third. Fifteen seconds into the third period, with the Panthers still on the power play, Olli Jokinen drilled a one-timer past Kolzig to tie the game 2-2. The score would remain knotted through multiple power play opportunities for each team through the third period and on into overtime. The 4-4 skate could not decide the contest and on into a shootout the two teams went. First to shoot was Alexander Ovechkin who nearly got the puck by the Panthers goalie. Luongo made another save on Sergei Fedorov and Olaf Kolzig saved a very good shot from Florida winger Brenden Morrow. Next up was Jokinen who was lucky as anything as he appeared to trip on the blue line only to sneak the puck past a leaning Kolzig to give the Panthers a slight edge in the shootout. Finally it was up to the Ducks forward Vaclav Prospal who skated in hard on Luongo only to sail a backhander wide of the open side post giving the hometown fans their victory at last. For the game the Ducks outshot the Panthers 36-29. Roberto Luongo made 34 saves on the 36 Anaheim shots and was 5-7 on GRS. Olie Kolzig made 27 saves on the 29 Florida shots and was 5-6 on GRS. Florida was successful on 1 in 5 power play opportunities while the Ducks managed 1 out of 3. Niklas Hagman was the first star putting the Panthers on the board in the second period four shots on goal and had one hit. Luongo was second star with his 34 saves and Alexander Ovechkin with an assist on the Sergei Fedorov power play goal in the second period was the third star. Some could have argued though that Jokinen was deserving of the first star with his game tying goal and then game winning marker in the shootout. If I were the judge, I would definitely have given it to Jokinen who scored the game winner. Top notch performance by the cats as they come from behind against arguably a better team in this home opener. |
Anaheim Ducks at Florida Panthers
DATE : 01/01/2008
GOALS 1 2 3 OT SO F
Anaheim Ducks 0 2 0 0 0 (0 -3 )2
Florida Panthers 0 1 1 0 1 (1 -2 )3
SHOTS 1 2 3 OT F
Anaheim Ducks 9 9 16 2 36
Florida Panthers 8 12 9 0 29
S C O R I N G S U M M A R Y
1. ANA. SERGEI FEDOROV(1)( ALEXANDER OVECHKIN, JASON ARNOTT ) (PP) : 2nd 2:24
2. ANA. MATHIEU DANDENAULT(1)( CAM BARKER ): 2nd 13:29
3. FLA. NIKLAS HAGMAN(1)( ROSTISLAV OLESZ ): 2nd 18:02
4. FLA. OLLI JOKINEN(1)( JAY BOUWMEESTER, BRENDEN MORROW ) (PP) : 3rd 0:15
S H O O T O U T S U M M A R Y
1. ANA. ALEXANDER OVECHKIN - Save by ROBERTO LUONGO
2. FLA. BRENDEN MORROW - Save by OLAF KOLZIG
3. ANA. SERGEI FEDOROV - Save by ROBERTO LUONGO
4. FLA. OLLI JOKINEN - Score! (ANA-0 FLA-1)(GDG)
5. ANA. VACLAV PROSPAL - Wide.
P E N A L T I E S S U M M A R Y
1. ANA. KIM JOHNSSON - 2 Minutes: 1st 0:30
2. ANA. FRANCOIS BEAUCHEMIN - 2 Minutes: 1st 12:24
3. FLA. BENCH PENALTY - 2 Minutes: 1st 17:33
EXTRA PENALTY SERVED BY CORY MURPHY
5. FLA. BRENDEN MORROW - 4 Minutes: 2nd 1:05
EXTRA PENALTY SERVED BY NATHAN HORTON
7. ANA. ALES HEMSKY - 2 Minutes: 2nd 1:05
8. ANA. DAVE STECKEL - 4 Minutes: 2nd 5:27
EXTRA PENALTY SERVED BY MATHIEU DANDENAULT
10. FLA. KAMIL KREPS - 2 Minutes: 2nd 5:27
11. FLA. GREG de VRIES - 5 Minutes: 2nd 14:11
12. ANA. CAM BARKER - 5 Minutes: 2nd 14:11
13. ANA. ALEXEI PONIKAROVSKY - 2 Minutes: 2nd 18:35
14. ANA. FRANCOIS BEAUCHEMIN - 2 Minutes: 3rd 4:58
15. FLA. JAY BOUWMEESTER - 2 Minutes: 3rd 4:58
16. ANA. JAN HEJDA - 2 Minutes: 3rd 11:17
17. FLA. DARRYL SYDOR - 2 Minutes: 3rd 13:34
18. ANA. CAM BARKER - 2 Minutes: OT 3:31
19. FLA. GREG de VRIES - 2 Minutes: OT 3:31
I N J U R I E S
NONE
Player Stats For Anaheim Ducks
PLAYER +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA HIT SP AS
ALEXANDER OVECHKIN 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 4-1 38 21:29 4 0 1 1
VACLAV PROSPAL 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 25 14:56 0 0 1 1
JASON ARNOTT 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5-2 32 17:59 0 0 0 1
SERGEI FEDOROV 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 9-6 38 21:24 0 0 0 1
RYAN SHANNON -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2-1 23 13:19 0 0 0 0
MARKUS NASLUND 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 28 16:15 0 0 0 0
MATHIEU DANDENAULT 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1-0 19 10:34 0 0 0 0
ALES HEMSKY 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 35 20:10 1 0 0 1
TRENT HUNTER -1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 33 18:49 1 0 0 2
ALEXEI PONIKAROVSKY -1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1-0 25 14:48 1 1 0 1
KIM JOHNSSON 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 43 24:28 1 3 0 0
TREVOR LETOWSKI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3-0 17 9:11 0 0 0 0
DAVE STECKEL 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 2-2 9 5:10 0 0 0 0
CAM BARKER 1 0 0 1 7 0 0 0-0 42 24:24 0 1 0 0
FRANCOIS BEAUCHEMIN 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 0-0 39 22:52 3 1 0 0
NICLAS HAVELID 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 29 16:25 0 1 0 0
KEITH CARNEY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 19 10:50 1 0 1 0
JAN HEJDA 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 43 25:04 1 1 0 0
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TOTAL 0 36 2 3 23 1 0 27-12 13 8 3 8
Player Stats For Florida Panthers
PLAYER +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA HIT SP AS
OLLI JOKINEN 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 17-12 46 26:23 0 0 0 2
FREDRIK MODIN -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 9 5:10 0 0 0 0
BRENDEN MORROW 0 5 0 1 4 0 0 1-0 50 27:59 1 0 2 2
NATHAN HORTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 38 21:24 0 0 0 1
NIKLAS HAGMAN 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 32 18:28 2 1 1 1
KRISTIAN HUSELIUS 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 27 16:03 0 0 0 2
STEPHEN WEISS 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3-2 23 13:46 0 0 0 0
DAVID BOOTH -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 9 5:10 0 0 0 0
ROSTISLAV OLESZ 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 22 12:45 0 0 0 0
JAY BOUWMEESTER 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0-0 57 31:43 0 1 0 1
STEVE MONTADOR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 22 13:08 0 0 0 0
KAMIL KREPS -1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2-0 9 5:10 0 0 0 0
BOYD GORDON 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3-1 31 17:09 0 0 0 0
CORY MURPHY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 19 10:50 0 1 0 0
DARRYL SYDOR 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 38 21:57 1 1 0 0
GREG de VRIES -1 2 0 0 7 0 0 0-0 42 24:35 1 0 0 0
ERIC BREWER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 37 22:12 0 3 0 0
LADISLAV SMID 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 33 18:13 1 1 0 0
BENCH 2
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TOTAL 0 29 2 3 19 1 0 27-15 6 8 3 9
Goalie Stats For Anaheim Ducks
PLAYER MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS
OLAF KOLZIG 65 29 2 0 6 5 113 LOSS
KARI LEHTONEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goalie Stats For Florida Panthers
PLAYER MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS
PETER BUDAJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ROBERTO LUONGO 65 36 2 0 7 5 113 WIN
POWER PLAY OPP GOALS
Anaheim Ducks 3 1
Florida Panthers 5 1
STARS OF THE GAME
1st star - NIKLAS HAGMAN from Florida
2nd star - ROBERTO LUONGO from Florida
3rd star - ALEXANDER OVECHKIN from Anaheim
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