Count the Florida Panthers’ Mackie Samoskevich and Paul Maurice among those cheering for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in Monday’s College Football Playoff national championship game against the Ohio State Buckeyes.
“I’m playing with my food here a little bit,” the Florida Panthers’ veteran coach said.
With the Panthers earning nine seconds of a 5-on-3 power play early in the third period, Aleksander Barkov made the most out of that limited time by winning a faceoff draw in the offensive zone, going to the net and scoring to make it 2-0 at 4:43.
(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) Detroit Red Wings right wing Jonatan Berggren (48) skates with the puck as Florida Panthers right wing Mackie Samoskevich (25) defends during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla.
Sam Reinhart snapped a three-game goal drought and the Florida Panthers beat the Anaheim ... Sam Bennett and Uvis Balinskis added goals. Mackie Samoskevich and Tomas Nosek each had two assists ...
The final NHL game on Wednesday's schedule will pit the defending champion Panthers against the Kings out on the West Coast.
Rookie Mackie Samoskevich has been playing quite well and may have earned himself a longer look in the top six
Bennett’s goal 4:55 into regulation came when he took a feed from Tkachuk across the goal crease and sent a wrist shot high as Kings goaltender Dary Kuemper was sprawled down on the ice.
Having already played a pair of back-to-backs on their recent road trip, the Panthers will now host the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday before kicking off yet another back-to-back against the Chicago Blackhawks and New York Islanders on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
The Florida Panthers will celebrate some milestone nights on Wednesday against the Los Angeles Kings. Not only will Dmitry Kulikov play in his 1,000th NHL game, but Paul Maurice will coach in his 1,900th game.
You get all that, plus your weekly segment catching up on all things Florida Panthers, including the ascension of rookie Mackie Samoskevich and the red-hot play of goaltender Spencer Knight.