Make it two in a row!
Picking up some important points out of the gate, the Florida Panthers improved to 2-0-0 with a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers at Amerant Bank Arena on Thursday.
As it stands now, they are one of four NHL teams to start 2-0-0 this season.
“I think we’re generating enough,” head coach Paul Maurice said of another hard-fought win for the back-to-back Stanley Cup champions. “That’s kind of the expectation, that we’ll probably score a little less right now and hopefully we don’t have to give up less.”
Below, find some numbers that stood out from the win.
6: The number of reigning Stanley Cup champions in the past 30 years that have won each of their first two games of the season. By beating the Flyers, the Panthers joined Vegas (2023-24), Tampa Bay (2020-21),