For precautionary reasons, both Aaron Eklad and Micheal Haley sat out of last night’s match, ensuring that the two would be ready come opening night on Saturday, October. 6.
The Panthers began the first on a strong note, pinning the Lightning in their own end for quite some time. After suffering a 6-2 defeat the other night, the Cats wanted to finish off the preseason in high fashion.
Around the halfway mark in the first, Jonathan Huberdeau put the Panthers on the board first. Coming down on Andrei Vasilevskiy, Huberdeau’s backhanded was initially stopped by the Russian netminder, but after poking a few times at his pads, the puck trickled through and crossed the goal line.