NEW YORK (AP) James Reimer has been coming up big for the surging Panthers the last six weeks. His latest effort was his second shutout
this month and it helped Florida move closer to a playoff spot.Reimer stopped 32
shots for his fifth straight win as the Panthers beat the reeling New York
Islanders 3-0 Monday night.”I just tried to be big in there and try to read the
puck as best as I could and be on it
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fourth shutout this season and 21st of his career, improving his record to 7-1-0
since returning from an injury Feb. 12.”Reims has answered the bell every time,”
Panthers coach Bob Boughner said. ”This is the part of the season you need guys
stepping up and he’s been one of our guys that’s stepped up for us. … His
preparation is real good and you can see he was focused right from the drop of
the puck tonight, made some big saves.”Evgenii Dadonov and Keith Yandle each had
a goal and an assist, and Nick Bjugstad also scored to help Florida win for the
13th time in 17 games (13-3-1).The Panthers moved within one point of idle New
Jersey for the second wild card in the Eastern Conference. They have eight games
remaining, one more than the Devils, over the final 13 days of the season.”I
really haven’t been paying much attention to what’s going on with the Devils and
those other teams
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room here at the end of the year. … We’ve got a tough schedule coming up here, a
lot of games, but it’s going to be a fun challenge.”Christopher Gibson finished
with 38 saves for the Islanders, who were eliminated from postseason contention
for the second straight year with their 14th loss in 16 games (2-10-4).”It’s
tough,” coach Doug Weight said. ”It’s tough for us, and it’s not good enough.
It’s tough for the fans, it’s tough for everybody involved. All we can say is
we’re going to be better. … I think we have the ingredients and we have the
drive and we’re going to work at it.”
