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Florida Skates Past Ottawa 4-3 - Recap
Florida needed a shootout to earn a 4-3 victory over Ottawa on Saturday in NHL action at Canadian Tire Centre.
Bettors who backed the Panthers were rewarded as -236 favorites at sportsbooks. Over-Under bettors saw the total score go OVER the closing total of 6.5.
Florida got goals from Aleksander Barkov, Anthony Duclair, and Patric Hornqvist in the victory. Duclair opened the scoring at 8:55 of the second period.
Sergei Bobrovsky turned in a 19-save effort for the Panthers.
Dylan Gambrell, Artem Zub, and Alex Formenton scored for the Senators, finding the net behind Sergei Bobrovsky.
Anton Forsberg stopped 46 of 49 shots for the Senators, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Florida scored 1 times on 2 chances on the power play, while Ottawa went 0-for-4 with the man advantage.
Ottawa lost the shots on goal battle to Florida by a margin of 49-22.
Florida heads into a battle against the Maple Leafs. Ottawa, meanwhile, will have their next action against Nashville.