Lyon solid in goal as Florida beats Ottawa 7-2
Associated PressSUNRISE, Fla. — Alex Lyon set a franchise record for saves in a regulation game and Aleksander Barkov scored twice as the Florida Panthers beat the Ottawa Senators 7-2 on Thursday night for their fifth consecutive victory. I was feeling good early and made some good-feeling saves early and that set the table for the game,” said Lyon, who has spent much of the season with Florida’s AHL team in Charlotte. I really want this team to make the playoffs and that is a motivating factor.” Brandon Montour, Sam Reinhart, Eetu Luostarinen, Nick Cousins and Gustav Forsling also scored for Florida, which scored five goals in the second period alone. Ottawa made Cam Talbot a healthy scratch.. Matthew Tkachuk had assists on Florida’s first two goals giving him 105 points which surpassed his career-high of 104 set with Calgary last season.. Brady Tkachuk, Matthew’s younger brother and captain of the Senators, was given a 10-minute game misconduct and was ejected from the game for fighting Florida defenseman Marc Staal in the second period.