Mason Marchment and Patric Hornqvist each scored a goal and an assist, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped all 18 shots faced in the Florida Panthers 3-0 blanking of the Ottawa Senators at FLA Live Arena.
The win, coupled with the Tampa Bay Lightning’s 5-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins, put the Cats back on top of the Atlantic Division.
Marchment opened the scoring at the 10:04 mark of the first with Erik Brannstrom serving a double-minor for hi-sticking Anton Lundell. The Panthers were applying tons of pressure and finally cashed in when Sam Bennett’s shot was tipped on goal by Hornqvist and Marchment crashed the crease and knocked the puck over the line with his skate.