Hello, Senator: Ottawa Senators @ Florida Panthers ... Nothing New to See Here ... Scoreboard Watch, Standings

Hello hockey fans and thanks for being patient. I haven't posted here today because I was in a rush to leave the billboard so I could watch some exciting Grapefruit League baseball over at Fort Lauderdale Stadium.

Good times, although I left early.

Had to beat the traffic out of there, you know.

Was at the skate this morning, and if you weren't, well, you didn't miss anything.

Save for Richard Zednik being back in the lineup after missing Saturday with some sort of illness, everything remains the same.

Big game tonight against the Senators, a team that would love to play spoiler and hurt Florida's playoff chances. This is another must-win for the Panthers, who remain one point out of eighth and four out of seventh. It's still close, but the Panthers have to close the deal.

-- Monday's Game (and how they affected the Panthers): The Rangers beating the Devils was not good for the Panthers. They did not like that one bit. Now, watching Sean Avery get tossed around like a rag doll? I'm sure a lot of people liked seeing that.

-- Tuesday's Games (and who the Panthers would be rooting for if they weren't so busy with their fantasy baseball draft)

Blackhawks @ Canadiens, 7 (Versus): Panthers really need a Chicago win. Go Cubs.

-- The Standings (presented by Nacho Mamas in Canton, Maryland; courtesy of ESPN.com)

Eastern Conference
		GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA	PP%	PK%	HOME	AWAY	L10
1	y-Boston	75	48	17	10	106	254	179	23.1	82.3	25-6-6	23-11-4	6-3-1
2	x-Washington	76	46	23	7	99	245	222	24.8	80.1	27-9-2	19-14-5	6-2-2
3	x-New Jersey	76	47	25	4	98	228	189	19.6	79.9	26-11-1	21-14-3	4-5-1
4	Philadelphia	75	41	24	10	92	242	217	21.8	82.8	22-12-4	19-12-6	5-5-0
5	Carolina	77	42	28	7	91	220	214	17.8	79.4	23-13-1	19-15-6	7-1-2
6	Pittsburgh	76	41	27	8	90	239	225	16.6	81.9	23-13-3	18-14-5	7-1-2
7	NY Rangers	77	40	28	9	89	199	208	14.2	88.0	24-11-4	16-17-5	6-3-1
8	Montreal	75	38	27	10	86	226	229	17.9	81.8	23-8-7	15-19-3	4-3-3
	Florida	76	37	28	11	85	213	216	16.1	82.5	19-11-7	18-17-4	3-4-3
	Buffalo	75	37	30	8	82	226	217	21.3	82.6	22-13-3	15-17-5	4-5-1
	Ottawa	75	33	32	10	76	200	215	19.7	81.3	20-12-6	13-20-4	7-3-0
	Toronto	76	31	32	13	75	230	271	19.9	75.3	14-14-9	17-18-4	5-5-0
	e-Atlanta	76	32	38	6	70	237	262	20.2	75.2	16-19-2	16-19-4	7-3-0
	e-Tampa Bay	76	24	35	17	65	196	252	18.4	78.9	12-16-11	12-19-6	3-3-4
	e-NY Islanders	75	25	41	9	59	189	244	16.9	82.3	16-15-6	9-26-3	4-4-2

Western Conference
		GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA	PP%	PK%	HOME	AWAY	L10
1	y-San Jose	76	50	15	11	111	245	188	24.1	83.7	31-3-4	19-12-7	7-2-1
2	x-Detroit	76	49	18	9	107	279	225	25.5	77.6	26-7-4	23-11-5	6-3-1
3	Calgary	76	43	27	6	92	242	232	18.4	83.5	25-10-4	18-17-2	4-6-0
4	Chicago	74	40	23	11	91	242	202	20.4	80.8	21-9-7	19-14-4	4-4-2
5	Vancouver	75	41	25	9	91	229	203	18.8	80.7	22-11-4	19-14-5	7-2-1
6	Columbus	76	39	29	8	86	212	211	12.9	82.1	24-12-2	15-17-6	6-2-2
7	Nashville	76	38	30	8	84	196	209	15.5	83.5	23-12-4	15-18-4	5-1-4
8	St. Louis	76	37	30	9	83	214	219	20.4	83.0	22-13-5	15-17-4	7-2-1
	Anaheim	76	38	32	6	82	219	217	21.8	80.3	19-17-3	19-15-3	7-3-0
	Edmonton	76	36	31	9	81	218	231	16.9	77.8	16-14-6	20-17-3	4-4-2
	Minnesota	76	36	32	8	80	195	187	19.6	87.5	20-11-6	16-21-2	4-4-2
	Dallas	76	33	33	10	76	214	240	14.8	78.6	19-15-5	14-18-5	2-6-2
	Los Angeles	75	31	33	11	73	191	219	19.4	83.0	16-14-8	15-19-3	3-5-2
	Phoenix	76	32	37	7	71	192	235	14.5	76.9	21-14-3	11-23-4	4-4-2
	e-Colorado	76	31	43	2	64	193	247	16.4	78.7	18-19-0	13-24-2	2-7-1

Comments

[Jeff]

I would have watched the first period if the morons at Sportsnet were broadcasting the game. I have Centre Ice up here but the game isn't on. I call my cable company and they say it's Sportsnet's fault.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Sorry, had to rant. I hope they had a good first period.

[Jeff]

Okay,

The game is back and Zednik has scored. Can we not hear that horn or siren or whatever they play after a goal? I mute the TV when I hear that thing.

3-1! Good stuff!

[J-Yo]

What luck, Montreal decides to string together some points. Can't they go back to their hole? I'm glad to see we're back on our game.

[bill baker]

WE JUST DONT GET ANY HELP.THATS WHY WHERE NOT MAKING IT

[Salty Dog]

Hey if the Cats can win as many as possible, then we should not get concerned about the others. Stephen Weiss said it right in his quote. You just have to take care of your business. 5 games left and 10 points for the taking. Don't squander any of them.

Need to beat ATL on Friday b4 even thinking about PIT on Sunday.

If we don't get in because of the tie-breaker on wins, losing some of those 3rd period leads a few weeks ago, will also be our downfall.