The Florida Panthers trail the Toronto Maple Leafs by six points for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference. The Panthers are 2-5-1 in eight games in March, but those two wins have come in their past three games. "Who would have thought, the night we played the [New York] Rangers at home, they smoked us, who thought we would come here and win?" forward Jaromir Jagr said after a 4-3 shootout win against the Rangers on Friday. "Nobody gave us a chance. That's probably going to be the same thing [against Pittsburgh]. Not many people are going to believe we can win, but you never know. You start at 0-0." Jagr will join Gordie Howe, Mark Messier and Ron Francis as the only NHL players to have played 1,700 games. Jagr has 1,907 points (763 goals, 1,144 assists) with the Panthers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Dallas Stars, Boston Bruins and New Jersey Devils. Defenseman Aaron Ekblad, who has been out since March 11 because of a concussion, is not expected to play. He is expected to be about a week away from returning.
