Florida Panthers at Ottawa Senators

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Florida Panthers

1-1-0

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Ottawa Senators

1-0-0

Ullmark stars in Ottawa debut, Senators beat the Stanley Cup champion Panthers 3-1

Tim Stutzle lights the lamp for Senators

The Panthers lost captain Aleksander Barkov to an injury late in the third period when he crashed into the end boards.

Tim Stutzle opened the scoring on a first-period power play and put it away in the third with an empty-netter. Shane Pinto also scored for Ottawa in the first period.

With the Senators holding a 2-1 lead late in the third, Ullmark made saves on Anton Lundell, Mackie Samoskevich and Carter Verhaeghe.

Gustav Forsling scored for Florida with 4:12 left, and Sergei Bobrovsky made 29 saves. The Panthers opened the season Tuesday night with a 6-4 home victory over Boston.

Takeaways Panthers: Florida paid for the slow start, never recovering after falling behind 2-0.

Senators: With better overall defensive play a priority, Ottawa blocked 27 shots.

Key moment Barkov was hurt while unsuccessfully trying to prevent the empty-net goal. There was no immediate word on the severity of the injury.

Key stat Ullmark is 10-1-0 in his last 11 starts against Florida.

Up next Panthers: At Buffalo on Saturday night.

Senators: At Montreal on Saturday.

Regular Season Series

OTT leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 5:52	Tim Stützle Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Josh Norris (1), Jake Sanderson (1)
Goal	1st Period 10:42	Shane Pinto Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal	2nd Period 15:48	Gustav Forsling Goal (1) Slap Shot, assists: Sam Bennett (1), Matthew Tkachuk (2)
Goal	3rd Period 18:50	Tim Stützle Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Brady Tkachuk (1)

Statistics

FLA		OTT
9	Blocked Shots	30
20	Hits	27
2	Takeaways	2
32	Shots	31
0	Power Play Goals	1
2	Power Play Opportunities	3
0.0	Power Play Percentage	33.3
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
25	Faceoffs Won	32
43.9	Faceoff Win Percent	56.1
13	Giveaways	14
3	Total Penalties	2
6	Penalty Minutes	4