nhl Game Recap
Ottawa Senators vs Florida Panthers Wrap - Florida Wins 5-3
Florida earned a 5-3 victory over Ottawa behind a 2-goal performance from Carter Verhaeghe on Saturday at FLA Live Arena.
Florida was favored by -190 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.5.
Carter Verhaeghe(2), Brandon Montour, Aleksander Barkov, and Matthew Tkachuk each scored for the Panthers in the victory. Verhaeghe opened the scoring for Florida.
Spencer Knight turned in a 23-save effort for the Panthers.
Brady Tkachuk, Nick Holden, and Shane Pinto scored for the Senators, finding the net behind Spencer Knight.
Anton Forsberg stopped 48 of 52 shots for the Senators, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Florida went 1-for-4, while the Senators were 1-for-2 with the man advantage.
Ottawa lost the shots on goal battle to Florida by a margin of 53-26.
Florida heads into a battle against the Coyotes. Ottawa, meanwhile, will have their next action against Tampa Bay.