from George Richards of the Miami Herald,

Florida goes into its Christmas break winners of five consecutive games and 11 of its past 14 and pulled into a virtual tie with Boston for second place in the Atlantic Division and are a point away from first place.

“We definitely played a good game, but it’s a scary game there at 1-0 and then it’s 1-1,” coach Gerard Gallant said. “We held our composure and the guys found a way to get the two points.”

Ottawa was one of the teams to beat Florida during this recent hot streak and, as was the case in New Jersey last week, the Panthers got some measure of revenge on Tuesday.

Anderson, the former Panthers goalie who continues to make his home in South Florida, has been terrific in the past against the Panthers and had to be again Tuesday.

The Panthers were all over Anderson and the Senators through the first two periods yet only held a 1-0 lead going into the third.

Anderson stopped 13 shots in the first period then faced 17 in the second. Anderson made 39 saves overall but gave up a pair in the shootout to automatics Brandon Pirri and Sasha Barkov for Florida to earn the extra point.

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