The title says it all, the Hawks lost another home game this time to one of the better teams in the league, the Florida Panthers. Even without former head coach Joel Quenneville, the Panthers have stayed close to the top of the standing with former Hawks player, Andrew Brunette behind the bench. The Hawks are digging themselves an even bigger hole for their fading playoff hopes, they were close, but a loss is a loss.
Random Observations:
- The Hawks actually kept up with the Cats for the most part, out shooting them 11-3 in the first period. It was closer than the score indicated as the Panther scored 2 empty net goals after the Hawks made it close at 3-2. If the Hawks came back to win, the turning point might have been when the Panthers seemed to score to make it 4-1 midway through the third, but it was disallowed because of an offside. It was only a few moments later the Hawks made it 3-2.
- Jake McCabe left the game early with an unknown injury and Murphy left the bench briefly after taking a cross check to the face. This left Caleb Jones to play over 23 minutes, which is scary, but he scored the second Hawks goal. Defensively, the Hawks played well, so that's a positive.
- Jerk of the game: Radko Gudas. It was no surprise Gudas took a pair of penalties for late shots on Hagel and DeBrincat. That punch to the face of Hagel was so unnecessary and the fact both Hagel and Gudas were penalized is crazy. The league should clean up crap like that. Next time you watch a Panthers game, watch how many cheapshots Gudas lays on smaller players (it's always smaller skilled players!). He's been previously suspended for hits on Mathieu Perrault (10 games), Nikita Kucherov (2 games) and several other suspensions. What a jerk!
I'm out of town for a couple days, but I'll be back before the Hawks continue their home-stand against New Jersey on Friday night.
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