2. The Panthers start a four-game homestand tonight against Edmonton. After a tough, five-game road trip in which they went 5-0, this homestand has a chance to cement them as a top team. Certainly they can win the division. After Edmonton, they play Calgary, Ottawa and Carolina. Ottawa is above them in the standings. The Panthers will be favored in each of these individual games. But this is a nightly shuffle right now. All the teams the Panthers are involved with — Ottawa, the Islanders, Toronto, Montreal — won. So the Panthers need to keep winning.