[Caged Great]

The third week has come and gone. The preseason concluded, and the first two games of the season were played.

The Panthers dropped the final preseason game in a shootout to Washington, opened the season with a 5-2 win over the Rangers before losing the last game in the last minute against Phoenix 2-1.

The player of the week for this week is Goaltender Vesa Toskala. He went 1-1-1, but had a 1.62 GAA and .913 Sv%.

The runners up were Mike Knuble and Rod Brind'Amour. Knuble didn't register a point, but had 15 shots in the 3 games this week. Brind'Amour scored twice and was a +1.

This week, the Panthers host the Devils, before going to Atlanta, then to New Jersey, before returning to play the Ducks.