Silver Nuggets: Foligno's "charge" on Ellerby
A look at the penalty assessed to Nick Foligno for his hit on Keaton Ellerby of the Florida Panthers, and a number of headlines about the Ottawa Senators from 23 December 2011.
| Final - 12.22.2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Panthers | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Ottawa Senators | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
A look at the penalty assessed to Nick Foligno for his hit on Keaton Ellerby of the Florida Panthers, and a number of headlines about the Ottawa Senators from 23 December 2011.
Florida falls in overtime to the Senators
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Ottawa | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| First Period |
|---|
| - 1, Ottawa Power-Play Goal - Chris Neil (4), from Erik Karlsson and Daniel Alfredsson at 6:58. Penalties - Sergei Gonchar, Ottawa (Hi-sticking), :17; Shawn Matthias, Florida (Tripping), 6:44; Bobby Butler, Ottawa (Too many men/ice - bench), 19:30. |
| Second Period |
| - 2, Florida Power-Play Goal - Michal Repik, from Tomas Fleischmann and Kris Versteeg at 6:37. Penalties - Nick Foligno, Ottawa (Charging (maj)), 3:01; Nick Foligno, Ottawa (Game misconduct), 3:01. |
| Third Period |
| - 3, Ottawa Power-Play Goal - Daniel Alfredsson (10), from Chris Neil at 7:38. 4, Florida Power-Play Goal - Shawn Matthias (6), from Brian Campbell and Mike Santorelli at 9:05. 5, Ottawa Goal - Erik Karlsson (4), from Daniel Alfredsson and Colin Greening at 9:43. 6, Florida Goal - Tomas Kopecky (5), from Kris Versteeg and Matt Bradley at 18:48. Penalties - Dmitry Kulikov, Florida (Interference), 7:07; Chris Phillips, Ottawa (Roughing), 7:07; Krys Barch, Florida (Roughing), 7:07; Erik Condra, Ottawa (Hooking), 8:00. |
| Overtime |
| - 7, Ottawa Goal - Bobby Butler (3), from Kyle Turris and Jared Cowen at 2:02. |