<div id="subtitle">Craig Anderson makes 41 saves in Panthers' 2-0 victory over host Oilers</div><div><p>Craig Anderson stopped 41 shots for his third shutout of the season and the Florida Panthers won their second in a row to start a five-game road trip, beating the Edmonton Oilers 2-0 Thursday night.</p><p>Stephen Weiss and Radek Dvorak scored for the injury-depleted Panthers, who are 6-1-2 in their last nine games.</p><p>Edmonton's three-game winning streak was snapped, and the Oilers fell to 3-4-2 at home.</p><p>The Oilers outshot the Panthers 41-16.</p><p>The scoreless first period was a reversal from most Edmonton games this season, as the Oilers were able to get 13 shots on Anderson while Florida managed only four against Mathieu Garon.</p><p>Edmonton had a good chance early in the second period as Ales Hemsky was sprung on a breakaway, but Anderson made a clutch save.</p><p>Florida finally broke the deadlock with five minutes to play in the second period on a power play, as Weiss fired a one-timer past Garon from the top of the circle.</p><p>The Oilers continued to press in the third but couldn't get one past Anderson. Dvorak added an empty-netter to secure the Panthers' victory.</p><p>Notes:@ After playing much of the first quarter of the season on the road, the Oilers will play six of nine and 18 of 23 at home. Oilers forward Sam Gagner was back in the Edmonton lineup after missing two games due to a concussion. The 19-year-old Gagner skated on a fourth-line unit with Liam Reddox and Gilbert Brule. ... Injured Panthers David Booth (shoulder), Cory Stillman (concussion), Nathan Horton (laceration), Richard Zednik (elbow) and Cory Murphy (shoulder) all practiced on Wednesday, but were still unable to play. ... Panthers D Jay Bouwmeester entered the game leading the Panthers with 16 points. He is the only NHL defenseman leading his team in scoring.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=38558931&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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