The Ottawa Senators hope of continuing their early season success when the pack their bags for the road to take on the Florida Panthers Thursday at 7:30 pm ET.
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While it's only two games into the season, Kyle Turris appears ready to be a key player in those plans.
The 23-year-old center was acquired from Phoenix last season and instantly clicked in Ottawa, totaling 12 goals and 29 points in 49 games to help the Senators (2-0-0) reach the playoffs. They pushed the top-seeded New York Rangers to seven games before being eliminated in the first round.
Turris, who scored in overtime in Game 4 of that series, has tallied in both of Ottawa's wins this season and posted his fifth career two-goal game in Monday's 4-0 home victory over Florida. He appears to have found a niche with Ottawa's top six forwards among veterans Daniel Alfredsson, Jason Spezza and Milan Michalek as well as Guillaume Latendresse and rookie Jakob Silfverberg, who netted his first NHL goal Monday.
Meanwhile, Florida's offense again was not spectacular at its next stop in Canada, falling 4-1 Tuesday night at Montreal. Since getting four goals in the first 17:27 of their season-opening 5-1 victory over Carolina, the Panthers (1-2-0) have scored just twice, and they showed little jump in their third game in four nights.
Tomas Kopecky's power-play goal 4:33 into the second period ended a scoring drought of 120 minutes, 58 seconds. Four of the team's six goals have come on the power play, but the Panthers also yielded three goals in 10 penalty kills in their back-to-back road defeats.
