Sergei Bobrovsky stars as Florida Panthers shut out Colorado Avalanche 4-0

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP)-- Sergei Bobrovsky made 35 saves in his 3rd nothing of the season, and the Florida Panthers beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-0 on Saturday night.
Carter Verhaeghe, Sam Reinhart, Eetu Luostarinen and Aleksander Barkov scored for the Panthers, who won for the sixth time in seven games. Matthew Tkachuk had 2 assists.
Bobrovsky was showered with chants of "Bobby! Bobby!" by the Amerant Bank Arena crowd toward completion of the video game.
" It's definitely a great sensation," Bobrovsky said. "I value the support, I value the cheering because it's excellent for me. I believed the group made me a star."
Colorado star Nathan MacKinnon left after landing headfirst on the ice with 11:18 to go. He was held back the scoresheet for the third straight game after going pointless in just one game considering that Nov. 18.
Coach Jared Bednar did not offer an upgrade on MacKinnon's status following the game.
" I haven't spoken to the trainer yet, but you saw the play," Bednar stated. "He hit his chin on the ice and it got cut open a bit. He adopted some work but we have not got an update."
Alexandar Georgiev made 39 saves for the Avalanche in their fourth straight loss.
Barkov scored his first objective considering that Dec. 16, snapping an 18-game drought. He notched 19 assists because span, and then added 2 more on Saturday night.
" It feels great," Barkov stated with a chuckle. "I imply, it's been a while, however it's all about striving and trying to shoot the puck. We have an excellent team here and it does not matter who scores the goals. As long as we win and as long we play the right way. And, certainly, I'm happy to get one today."
Reinhart scored his league-leading 22nd power-play goal of the season. Only 4 other active gamers have actually recorded as many in a full project: Alex Ovechkin (3 times), Leon Draisaitl (32 in 2022-23), Chris Kreider (26 in 2021-22) and Steven Stamkos (24 in 2009-10).
Bobrovsky protected his 41st profession shutout, which moved him ahead of New York Islanders goalie Semyon Varlamov for the most by an active Russian-born goaltender. Only Evgeni Nabokov (59) and Nikolai Khabibulin (46) have more.
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