COLUMBUS–For the second Friday night in a row the Florida Panthers won a game in a shootout, besting the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 Friday night. Aleksander Barkov scored in the fourth round of the shootout after Jonathon Huberdeau scored on his attempt to keep the game tied after the first three shooters.
Earlier in the game Vincent Trocheck scored when his shot from the goal line banked off the leg of a Columbus defenseman trying to cut off a cross-ice pass early in the second period. Later that period Michael Chaput tied the game for the Blue Jackets.
For the Panthers, they received a solid relief game from backup goalie Al Montoya, who stopped 23 of 24 shots in regulation and three of four attempts in the shootout. Highlights and a full nhl.com summary can be found here:
http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?hlg=20152016,2,383&navid=sb:highlights
The win pushed the Panthers (13-9-4) into fourth place in the Atlantic Division. It was the fifth straight win for the Panthers, who go for a sweep of a five-game road trip Sunday evening in New Jersey.
The Panthers top line was held scoreless again. It’s been a week since Brandon Pirri was promoted to the first line, and while he has scored two goals in that time, Barkov and Jaromir Jagr have yet to score. Jagr was robbed by a highight reel save by Pekka Rinne in Thursday’s game and was trying to jam in a rebound in the final minute Friday.
Jagr has been kept off the scoresheet since straining a knee in a domino collision in the win over the Islanders Nov. 27. Without a quality substitute the proud Jagr continues to press on, adapting his game and still getting chances to impact the game.
Yesterday we had a technical error and now present an article from NHL.com about his effectiveness.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=790708+
An OT loss by Boston enabled the Panthers to pass the Bruins in the standings.
The Jagr-O-Meter
As the Panthers go for their sixth straight win Sunday, one of our twitter friends offers this:
Dawn McGuire It would be great to see Jagr tie for 4th all time in goals against his former team tomorrow night! #legend @FlaPanthers @68Jagr @68isgr8
Assorted Jagr-related links:
Florida Panthers 2015-16 Media Guide
http://panthers.nhl.com/v2/ext/Florida201516MediaGuide_web.pdf
Florida Panthers Team website: http://www.floridapanthers.com
Some Jagr-related social media accounts:
@68Jagr This is the real site, the one and only official Jaromir Jagr twitter account. Postings are rare.
The two best Jagr facebook pages are: https://www.facebook.com/68Jagr/ This is the page Jagr posts on, if he is going to post at all.
Another good facebook page is one produced by someone in the Czech Republic. It has more than 100,000 likes. This is not the official page, but it is very good.
https://www.facebook.com/JaromirJagrfan/?fref=nf
@FlaPanthers and @FLAPanthersPR The official twitter accounts for news about the team.
@dougielarge Doug Cifu, few owners in sports relate to the fans as much as this man who interacts with fans and media on twitter.
@goldieonice — Steve Goldstein, TV play-by-play of the Panthers. Brings all those exciting highlights to life.
@DenisPotvinFox — NHL Hall of Famer Denis Potvin works along side Goldstein in the booth.
@HeyRedDeer color man Randy Moller who left the radio booth to help Goldstein and Potvin on TV.
@GeorgeRichards Panthers beat writer for the Miami Herald.
@HFialkov Panthers beat writer for the Sun Sentinel
@AntwanStaley Includes Panthers coverage in his all sports all the time reports
@Cats0ntheprowl twitter for Cats On the Prowl, offering detailed reviews of Panthers games and more.
@SunshineSkate twitter for The Sunshine Skate, another blog with special emphasis on advanced stats and charts that will make you dizzy.
@Zdenek_Janda US-based Czech reporter who covers the NHL and reports on other news for the people of the Czech Republic.
@Jsmidcro Jan Smid was a US-based Czech reporter who collaborated on “Jagr”, an autobiography in the late 90’s detailing Jagr’s early life and career in the NHL.
@NHLHistoryGirl This hockey loving woman shares interesting informational tidbits about hockey and the NHL in general. How does she do it?
@MyRegularFace She’s another gem. Watches lots of games and gets up GIFs faster than nhl.com or anyone else out there.
@KrRutherford Kristina Rutherford wrote a great article for Canada’s sportsnet magazine.
Nigel Buchanan, whose superhero treatment of Jagr in his art for sportsnet magazine is one of the many efforts he has on display at http://www.nigelbuchanan.com.
Quant Hockey: Career stats updated game by game by a hockey lover in Europe. Site enables you to find career leaders in any offensive category by clicking on the category you are researching.
http://www.quanthockey.com/nhl/records/nhl-players-all-time-points-leaders.html
@rytiriKladno The Kladno Hockey Club: Before coming to the NHL Jagr played for this team in the Czech league as a teenager. Now he owns the team. It’s in Czech but some devices can translate to English. Follow them at:
@HockeyCzech National organization for hockey in the Czech Republic.
@68isgr8 is the twitter for The Traveling Jagrs. Clad in different Jagr jerseys and hair styles from 68’s career, they gained league-wide recognition when they caught Jagr’s attention during a pre-game skate of a Dallas Stars game in Canada during the 2012-2013 season. Since then, they convene at games in Western Canada and make a road trip or two every year, playing street hockey with locals, posing for hundreds of pictures, and having a good time with fans while honoring an all-time NHL legend.
https://twitter.com/search?q=traveling%20jagrs&src=savs.
Ray Haluska aka Kladno Jagr, curator of the Jagr-O-Meter
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