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Jokinen eyes franchise points record as Panthers face Canadiens

Oct 16, 2007 - 2:41 PM Florida (2-3-0) at Montreal (2-1-1) 7:30 pm EDT

MONTREAL (Ticker) -- Olli Jokinen will take aim at the record books, as well as try and help the Florida Panthers to a third straight win when they visit the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday.

Jokinen is one point away from passing Scott Mellanby as Florida's all-time points leader with 355.

The 10-year veteran has scored two goals and recorded two assists in the past two games, helping the Panthers rebound from an 0-3-0 start. Jokinen, who has spent seven seasons in Florida, tied the record with a goal and two assists in Saturday's 6-4 win over Tampa Bay.

Jokinen's recent surge has been a welcome sight for Florida, which had scored just three goals in its first four games.

Now he will try and break the record against Montreal goaltender Cristobal Huet, who has a 2.61 goals-against average in three games this season.

As for the Canadiens, they are coming off their first regulation loss, a 3-1 setback to Carolina in which they were outshot 30-8 through the first two periods.

Huet stopped 35 shots in the loss, but allowed two power-play goals, contributing to the Canadiens horrible 77.3 penalty kill percentage.

Things will not be any easier against Florida, considering the Canadiens lost three of the four meetings last season and are 1-3-7 against the Panthers since 2003-2004.