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Panthers 6, COYOTES 1
Bure's hat trick leads Panthers past Coyotes
PHOENIX (AP) -- Pavel Bure scored three goals in the third period to lead the Florida Panthers to a 6-1 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Wednesday night and make a winner of Mikhail Shtalenkov in his homecoming.
The game marked the first start for Florida by the former Phoenix goalie, who still owns a house in the area. Shtalenkov was 7-2-2 in his first 11 games and earned NHL Player of the Month in October.
But he lost his next four starts, and Phoenix traded him to the Panthers for Sean Burke on Nov. 19. Burke won two games with Phoenix before he was forced out of action by a torn ligament in his thumb.
Shtalenkov had 26 saves, blanking the Coyotes after giving up a power-play goal to Greg Adams in the first period.
Jeremy Roenick assisted on Adams' goal, extending his scoring streak to a career-best 11 games. Roenick's 10-game streak in January 1993 was his previous best.
But Bure, Lance Pitlick and Bret Hedican got more than enough goals to snap the nine-game winning streak of Bob Essensa (9-1-1), who went in as the NHL's only unbeaten goalie.
Essensa, who stopped 19 of 23 shots before Robert Esche replaced him 9:04 into the third period, last lost on April 3 at Colorado.
Ray Whitney had an unassisted goal with 9:20 remaining, and Bure broke away for his hat trick with 21 seconds left, leaving Esche with two saves on four shots.
Adams redirected a slap shot by Teppo Numminen 9:42 into the game, giving the Coyotes a 1-0 lead.
The Panthers, who won for only the fourth time in 12 road games, put three shots on net in the first 38 seconds of the third period, and Bure broke the tie with a low slap shot that went between the kneeling Essensa's legs.
Hedican blasted a one-timer past the beleaguered goalie 2:10 into the third, and Bure added his second goal on a rebound 35 seconds later.
He scored No. 13 of the season when he picked up a loose puck in the neutral zone and froze Phoenix's rookie goalie with a rush to the net.
Summary
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Florida 1 0 5--6
Phoenix 1 0 0--1
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Phoenix, Adams 7 (power play) (Numminen,
Roenick), 9:42. 2, Florida, Pitlick 2 (Kvasha), 16:27. Penalties: Lumme,
Pho (interference), 4:50; R Svehla, Fla (closing hand on puck), 8:54;
Worrell, Fla (interference), 18:46.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: Simpson, Fla (interference),
14:45.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Florida, P Bure 11 (Mellanby), 0:38. 4,
Florida, Hedican 2 (Whitney, Parrish), 2:10. 5, Florida, P Bure 12
(Kozlov, Mellanby), 2:45. 6, Florida, Whitney 10 (unassisted), 10:40. 7,
Florida, P Bure 13 (unassisted), 19:39. Penalties: R Svehla, Fla
(interference), 7:57.
Shots on goal:
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Florida 8 8 11--27
Phoenix 8 8 11--27
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Power-play Conversions: Fla - 0 of 1, Pho - 1 of 4. Goalies: Florida,
Shtalenkov (27 shots, 26 saves; record: 8-6-2). Phoenix, Essensa (23, 19;
record: 9-1-1), Esche (9:04 of 3rd period, 4, 2). A:14,891. Referee: B
Mccreary. Linesmen: Fartison, Sharrers.
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS
Florida Phoenix
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
Dvorak 0 0 even 0 Adams 1 0 -1 3
Hedican 1 0 +2 3 Alatalo 0 0 -1 2
Kozlov 0 1 +3 1 Carney 0 0 -1 0
Kvasha 0 1 +3 5 Daigneault 0 0 -3 0
Laus 0 0 +1 0 Debrusk 0 0 even 1
Mellanby 0 2 +2 2 Doan 0 0 -3 2
Niedermayer 0 0 even 2 Drake 0 0 -3 2
P Bure 3 0 +3 7 Gill 0 0 -2 2
Parrish 0 1 +3 2 Green 0 0 -2 2
Pitlick 1 0 +4 1 Letowski 0 0 -2 0
R Johnson 0 0 even 0 Lumme 0 0 -2 3
R Svehla 0 0 even 0 Numminen 0 1 -2 3
Simpson 0 0 +2 0 Oliver 0 0 even 1
Spacek 0 0 even 1 Quint 0 0 -2 1
Stewart 0 0 even 1 Roenick 0 1 -2 2
Whitney 1 1 +3 1 Suchy 0 0 even 0
Wilson 0 0 +4 0 Sullivan 0 0 -2 3
Worrell 0 0 even 1 Ylonen 0 0 -2 0
Kuba Healthy Burke Thumb Injury
Wells Healthy Tkachuk Neck Injury
Sheppard Healthy Tocchet Flu
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