Alex Lyon makes 53 saves as Florida Panthers pound Ottawa Senators 7-2
Alex Lyon set a franchise record for saves in a regulation game and Aleksander Barkov scored twice as the Florida Panthers beat the Ottawa Senators 7-2 on Thursday night for their fifth consecutive victory.
Lyon got his fifth consecutive win in place of Sergei Bobrovsky and ended with 56 saves – surpassing the regulation record of 53 set by Craig Anderson on March 2, 2008. Brandon Montour, Sam Reinhart, Eetu Luostarinen, Nick Cousins and Gustav Forsling also scored for Florida, which scored five goals in the second period alone.
The Panthers opened up to a 2-0 game with goals from Montour and Barkov. Florida made it 3-0 on a short-handed goal from Barkov, his 22nd of the season.The Panthers got a power-play goal from Reinhart at 7:48 and then another from Luostarinen less than two minutes later to make it 5-1.
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