Nathan Horton News

Vinny Prospal broke out of a 14-game scoring drought with a pair of goals, and the New York Rangers stretched their winning streak to four games with a 4-1 victory over the Florida Panthers on Wednesday night.

Nathan Horton scored two goals as the Florida Panthers dropped the struggling Philadelphia Flyers, 4-1, at Wachovia Center.

A quick glance at the standings in the National Hockey League Friday morning shows the Florida Panthers sitting very nicely in eighth placed in the Eastern Conference.

Not a lot of people outside of the Florida Panthers community have heard the name Nathan Horton.

Peter DeBoer likely isn't the first Florida Panthers coach who felt like he was herding cats, trying to get the most out of Stephen Weiss and Nathan Horton.

The Thrashers have won two straight after Monday's 3-2 shootout victory over the Rangers.

The Atlanta Thrashers will take aim at a third straight victory when they visit the Florida Panthers for this evening's Southeast Division battle at BankAtlantic Center.Atlanta had losses in four of five games to begin the month of December, but has since rebounded with back-to-back victories -- both of which came after regulation.

The spirit OF giving in effect Monday night was more apropos for the throngs at the neighboring malls than it was for half-empty Nassau Coliseum .

Following Monday morning's skate, Panthers coach Pete DeBoer said all he wanted for Christmas for his injury-ravaged team was to have a record above .500 so that when his players heal they could make a playoff push in the second half.

Nathan Horton scored three times for his second career hat trick and the Florida Panthers routed the New York Islanders 7-1 on Monday night.

Evgeni Malkin scored a power-play goal 37 seconds into overtime to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 3-2 victory over the Florida Panthers on Saturday night.

Florida's Dennis Seidenberg gets tripped up going for the puck in the first period.

Tomas Vokoun has more victories against the Blue Jackets than any other team he has faced during his career.

TV/radio: FSN; WAXY-790. The series: Washington leads 40-38-9. The game: The Capitals won the first two meetings of the season by a combined 11-5 score.

Florida goalie Tomas Vokoun, making his first start since sustaining an odd injury during Florida's 4-3 loss to the Thrashers on Monday, made 36 saves.

Rich Peverley scored the winning goal in a shootout to lift the Atlanta Thrashers to a 2-1 win over the slumping Florida Panthers on Saturday night.

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Panthers 6, Avalanche 5 : Stephen Weiss got his second NHL hat trick and scored in the shootout to lift Florida over visiting Colorado last night.

Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals takes a shot in the second period against the Boston Bruins on October 1, 2009 at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.

Stephen Weiss recorded his second NHL hat trick and scored in the shootout to lift the Florida Panthers to a 6-5 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday night.