Community Picks: NY Rangers 48% vs Florida 52%

The Florida Panthers and the New York Rangers are seemingly going in opposite directions ... yet they are in virtually the same spot. The Rangers, who decided this past February to trade assets and start a rebuilding process in 2018-2019 with a first-year NHL head coach in David Quinn and a bunch of young players, are 13-11-1 (29 points). Meanwhile, the Panthers, who fell just one point short of the playoffs last season and decided to go for it this time around by acquiring high-scoring winger Mike Hoffman, are just 11-11-5 (27 points). Continue to Article

December 07, 2018 9:19:pm EST

Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Erik Gustafsson thought he played poorly a night earlier and things looked even worse early Saturday. Gustafsson scored 2:32 into overtime as the Chicago rallied for a 5-4 victory over the Florida Panthers. Gustafsson wristed in his third goal of the season to beat Florida goalie James Reimer, snapping Chicago's two-game overall losing streak and eight-game road skid. Continue to Article

November 24, 2018 11:09:pm EST

The Blackhawks trailed by two goals on two separate occasions and all signs pointed to their road losing streak reaching nine games. After falling behind 4-2, Alexandre Fortin scored a shorthanded goal at the 9:52 mark of the third period to pull the Blackhawks within a goal and Alex DeBrincat scored with 0.8 seconds left in regulation to tie it up at 4-4. The Blackhawks had 31 shot attempts compared to Florida's 10 in the final frame and also generated 18 scoring chances to Florida's four, according to naturalstattrick.com. Continue to Article

November 24, 2018 10:32:pm EST