New Lines in Coral Springs ... Tomas Vokoun IN ... The Rangers Lose ... Scoreboard Watching on a Saturday ... Scores, Standings

With the Panthers desperate for some offense after scoring just one goal Friday night in a loss to Atlanta, coach Pete DeBoer mixed things up today in practice at Incredible Ice.

DeBo says he's trying to find some new combinations and he hopes this gives Florida a spark Sunday against the Penguins.

New Lines:

Radek Dvorak-Stephen Weiss-Cory Stillman

David Booth-Nathan Horton-Richard Zednik

Rostislav Olesz-Gregory Campbell-Ville Peltonen

Brett McLean-Kamil Kreps-Michael Frolik

-- Biggest news of the day is the return of one Tomas Vokoun to the pipes tomorrow. Vokoun has sat out the past four games, with Craig Anderson sparking the Panthers to three wins. DeBo says Anderson didn't lose the gig last night, and thought he played well. But, Vokoun ''is our money guy.''

My thought: Good move. You have to put Vokoun in right now, although there could really be an argument made to keep Anderson in there. But Vokoun deserves the shot, and he's played well against the Pens in the past.

DeBo said historical performance has little to do with the decision. Perhaps all this rest was nothing but good for Vokoun. We'll sure find out.

-- Not a whole lot else. Oh, the lights went out at II and the Panthers never skipped a beat. It felt very cozy in there with only the emergency lights on.

-- Friday's Games (and how they affected the Panthers): Buffalo wins, now two back of Los Panteros. Bad loss for the Cats, bad loss.

-- Saturday's Games (and who the Panthers would be rooting for if they weren't so busy watching Sabado Gigante)

@ Bruins 1, Rangers 0: Another big loss for the Blueshirts. Rangers have dropped two straight, scoring two goals in the process. Florida still trails by two, but has one game in hand but two fewer losses. Again, Friday night's loss was huge. Panthers with a win would be tied in points with a game in hand.

Devils @ Sabres, 7: Sabres probably get two and even things withFlorida as the Devils have hit a real rough patch. Panthers hope NJs wake up tonight.

Penguins @ Hurricanes, 7: Doesn't really matter to Panthers, but they sure would love to see this one go deep into a shootout. Pens are here tomorrow at 5.

Canadiens @ Maple Leafs, 7: Canadiens are probably too far gone, but one never knows.

-- The Standings (presented by the NCAA Final Four and courtesy of TSN.ca. Does not include Rangers/Boston game from earlier today.)

Eastern
Rank	Team	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	GF	GA	Home	Away	Last 10	Streak
1	y-Boston	77	50	17	10	110	259	181	27-6-6	23-11-4	7-2-1	Won 5
2	y-Washington	78	47	23	8	102	254	230	28-9-3	19-14-5	6-2-2	Lost 1
3	x-New Jersey	78	48	26	4	100	234	199	27-11-1	21-15-3	3-6-1	Won 1
4	Philadelphia	77	42	25	10	94	252	225	23-12-4	19-13-6	5-5-0	Won 1
5	Carolina	78	43	28	7	93	224	216	24-13-1	19-15-6	7-1-2	Won 7
6	Pittsburgh	77	42	27	8	92	245	226	24-13-3	18-14-5	7-1-2	Won 3
7	Montreal	77	40	27	10	90	235	231	24-8-7	16-19-3	4-3-3	Won 2
8	NY Rangers	78	40	29	9	89	201	212	24-11-4	16-18-5	5-4-1	Lost 1
9	Florida	78	38	29	11	87	219	221	20-12-7	18-17-4	4-4-2	Lost 1
10	Buffalo	77	38	30	9	85	233	224	22-13-3	16-17-6	5-3-2	Won 1
11	Toronto	78	32	33	13	77	238	281	15-14-9	17-19-4	5-5-0	Lost 1
12	Ottawa	77	33	34	10	76	203	222	20-12-6	13-22-4	6-4-0	Lost 2
13	Atlanta	78	34	38	6	74	243	265	17-19-2	17-19-4	7-3-0	Won 4
14	Tampa Bay	78	24	36	18	66	201	260	12-16-11	12-20-7	2-4-4	Lost 5
15	NY Islanders	77	25	43	9	59	193	254	16-16-6	9-27-3	3-6-1	Lost 3
Western
Rank	Team	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	GF	GA	Home	Away	Last 10	Streak
1	y-San Jose	77	51	15	11	113	247	189	31-3-4	20-12-7	7-2-1	Won 3
2	y-Detroit	77	49	19	9	107	283	230	26-8-4	23-11-5	5-4-1	Lost 3
3	x-Vancouver	77	42	25	10	94	236	210	22-11-5	20-14-5	7-2-1	Lost 1
4	x-Chicago	77	42	24	11	95	249	208	23-9-7	19-15-4	5-3-2	Won 2
5	x-Calgary	78	44	28	6	94	244	237	25-10-4	19-18-2	4-6-0	Lost 1
6	Columbus	77	40	29	8	88	214	212	25-12-2	15-17-6	6-2-2	Won 1
7	Anaheim	78	40	32	6	86	230	225	19-17-3	21-15-3	8-2-0	Won 3
8	St. Louis	78	38	31	9	85	220	226	22-13-5	16-18-4	7-2-1	Won 1
9	Nashville	78	38	32	8	84	198	214	23-12-4	15-20-4	5-2-3	Lost 2
10	Minnesota	78	37	32	9	83	200	189	21-11-7	16-21-2	5-4-1	Won 1
11	Edmonton	78	36	33	9	81	222	238	16-16-6	20-17-3	4-6-0	Lost 3
12	Dallas	78	34	34	10	78	218	244	19-16-5	15-18-5	2-6-2	Lost 1
13	Phoenix	78	34	37	7	75	197	236	22-14-3	12-23-4	6-3-1	Won 3
14	Los Angeles	77	31	35	11	73	194	224	16-15-8	15-20-3	2-6-2	Lost 3
15	Colorado	77	31	44	2	64	193	250	18-20-0	13-24-2	2-7-1	Lost 8

Comments

[Daniel T]

Is Olesz double shifting or is Frolik playing with Pelts and Soup?

[george richards]

frolik with kreps and mclean..sorry...

[Slapshot1106]

It doesn't really matter which goalie plays, when the rest of the players can't play better than last night--VERY DISAPPOINTING... The fans were just dying for something to cheer for and NADA...They probably could've sold some more tickets with a decent showing, but now people realize this is the same old thing over and over again...They had a nice run with limited talent...Too bad because PDB has done a tremendous job with this group...Yes still a decent season overall, but how long do we have to wait for some exciting hockey players here!!