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Panthers play 1,000th game in franchise history

Jan 16, 2007 - 3:32 PM Carolina (24-18-5) at Florida (17-21-9) 7:30 pm EST

SUNRISE, Florida (Ticker) -- The last thing the Florida Panthers need is a repeat of last Thursday's third-period collapse against the Carolina Hurricanes.

The Panthers look for their sixth victory in seven home contests and hope to avenge last week's loss to the Hurricanes when the teams square off again on Tuesday.

Florida jumped to an early three-goal lead on tallies by Olli Jokinen, Stephen Weiss and Juraj Kolnik before Carolina tied a franchise record with six goals in the third period of a 6-4 triumph.

Scott Walker, Cory Stillman and Craig Adams scored in a two-minute span midway through the third session and Ray Whitney added an empty-net goal with 13 seconds left for Carolina.

Florida rebounded to post its fourth consecutive home victory with Saturday's 7-3 win over the Washington Capitals. Weiss recorded his first career hat trick and Jay Bouwmeester added two goals and two assists after being named to the Eastern Conference All-Star squad.

The Panthers will play the 1,000th game in franchise history. They are 376-427-142-54 since joining the league in the 1993-1994 campaign.

Carolina had a three-game winning streak snapped with Saturday's 4-3 shootout loss to the Atlanta Thrashers. Justin Williams scored his 22nd goal - his 11th in 16 games - and Whitney added his 16th.