ELIMINATED: Panthers got swept out of Pittsburgh, as it's a full-circle moment for both teams

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez(@Mandoman12) brought in Hunter Hodies(@HunterHodies) is here to discuss the Pittsburgh Penguins side of things as they swept the Panthers in the season series for the first time since 2016-17. Pittsburgh got off to a great start in the first game of two where Noel Acciari scored 20 seconds in. Panthers did eventually tie it at two at the end of the first, but the Panthers failure to break out of their zone had Pittsburgh scoring 4 goals on 11 shots, where the Cats did not register a single shot on goal in that span, left Sergei Bobrovsky out to dry. Daniil Tarasov came into the game and gave up three more of his own, but Florida did not do themselves any favors, not even getting a single power play on Saturday. Tarasov would get the start again, and Arturs Silovs would start again for Pittsburgh after Stuart Skinner was hit near the eye while sitting on the bench on Saturday, and the Panthers put up a better fight. Dmitry Kulikov returned to the lineup, but the Panthers shot themselves in the foot by getting frustrated after a shoulder to the head of Mackie Samoskevich that went uncalled resulted in Pittsburgh scoring on an odd-man rush, and another demollition was on deck. Matthew Tkachuk let his frustrations known, and resulted in a penalty which the Pens cashed in on. Florida could not close the gap from there, but did have a better second period, getting to the net front, but could not solve Silovs, and one bad pinch resulted in another goal off the rush for Pittsburgh. Sidney Crosby got to multiple milestones passing Steve Yzerman for seventh all time in points, and on Sunday, clinched his 21st point-per-game season in his Hall Of Fame Career. The two discuss how the team has looked since the Olympic break, if the big three of Pittsburgh will have a statue all together or separate, and a full circle moment as the Penguins eliminated the Cats from playoff contention almost three years to the day where a Pittsburgh loss to the Chicago Blackhawks got the Panthers into the postseason in 2023, which started their incredible three year run. We discuss all of this and more on today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast: Your Team, Every Day.

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