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MIAMI (AP) - Working overtime failed to help the Florida Panthers end their seven-year playoff drought.

Since their 1996 run to the Stanley Cup final, the Panthers have only won one playoff game, and they haven't reached the post-season since 2000. The Panthers fell six points out of playoffs this year, in part because their 16 overtime and shootout losses. They also struggled early for a second straight season, going 7-17-5 from mid-October into December.

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