Posted at 12:30 PM EST

OT included. The Panthers played in Calgary last night and lost 5-2 but that was a flattering score to the Panthers, as they probably should have lost 7-0. Florida’s first two goals came on their first nine shots and both were by Vincent Trocheck in virtually the exact same spot. Calgary had two goals overturned in the third period that were both coaches’ challenges for offside. Both offsides were by a fraction of an inch (if that), which took the refs quite some time to determine in both instances.

Florida had 12 shots about midway through the third period last night before the Flames took a series of penalties that resulted in four minutes of power play time. The Panthers also pulled their goalie with 3 minutes remaining and a man advantage so it was a 6-on-4 situation. The 11 shots on net by the Panthers in the third period looks prettier on paper than it did on the ice. With that loss last night, Florida is now 5-18 against top-16 teams. The Panthers were running around (badly) in their own end last night and that’s tiring. Playing the second game of back-to-backs against the speedy Oilers is not a recipe for success. The Panthers are laboring miserably.

Edmonton has allowed 22, 25, 19, 18 and 20 shots on net in five of its last six games while dominating the time of possession, scoring chances and shots on net. Edmonton has won three in a row and five of seven but the puck is not going in for them like it should be. Edmonton has either run into some hot goaltending of its luck around the net has been poor. Incredibly, the Oil has scored three goals or less in 16 of their last 17 games but they are not going to be contained much longer. Edmonton creates a ton of high quality scoring chances. In that regard, they rank sixth in the league and somebody is going to pay. The Oilers rank top-6 in several other analytical categories too so their lack of goals scored recently is in line for a major correction. This visitor could provide that correction.          

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