Florida - The New York Islanders and the Florida Panthers played a wide open, friendly game of shinny tonight. The game was a high scoring affair with not one penalty. Kyle Calder scored the game winner in the third and the Southern Cats hung on for a 5-4 win.
The Panthers carried the play for the first two periods. They out-shot the Isles 28-15 through two frames and held a 4-2 advantage on the scoreboard. Panthers winger Nathan Horton scored three goals in the first two periods to pace the Panthers.
In the third, it was all New York. They were charging hard at Florida for much of the third period and Saku Koivu scored to cut the lead to one with just three minutes to play. Panthers goalie, Manny Fernandez held sway and the Panthers escaped with a one goal win.
NOTES: Marc Savard assisted on all three goals by Horton. Isles defender, Mattias Ohlund left the game with an injury, its not expected to be anything serious. The Panthers have six forwards with 14 or more goals. Calder leads with 19. Paul Ranger has been moved to the second line playing with Ed Jovanovski, against the Isles he played 23 minutes and was a plus2.
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