=== Panthers try to keep rolling in visit to Avalanche ===

(Sports Network) - The Florida Panthers will try to win four straight games
for the first time this season when they visit the Colorado Avalanche tonight
at the Pepsi Center.

The Panthers come into this game six points back of a playoff spot in the
Eastern Conference but appear to be peaking at the right time. They are coming
off of a victory over Minnesota on Tuesday in which they held the Wild to a
Florida franchise record-low 11 shots while picking up their first victory
versus the team since 2001.

It didn't look that way early, as the Wild scored a pair of first-period
goals. However, Michael Frolik and Cory Stillman scored in the third period,
with Frolik lighting the lamp for the fourth time in three games and Stillman
forcing overtime with 9:20 left in the frame. Stillman then scored the lone
tally of the shootout session in a 3-2 victory, the 500th in franchise history
for Florida.

"It's though to come back, but they didn't get a lot of shots -- going into
the third period we had only given up five shots," said Stillman. "We
continued to put pucks on the net and knew good thing......