The Florida Panthers have their work cut out for them over the next week, as they begin a difficult four-game road trip starting tomorrow night in Salt Lake City that features matchups against the top two teams in the league and ends with their cross-state rival.
Wednesday night’s game against the Utah Mammoth is the only one of the four against a team not currently holding down a playoff spot. The struggling Mammoth, who recently lost leading goal-scorer Logan Cooley, are 4-6 in their la...
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The Florida Panthers concluded a rough six-game homestand on a high note, delivering a complete effort to beat the New York Islanders 4-1 at Amerant Bank Arena.
Florida opened the scoring at the 12:14 mark. After A.J. Greer lost the handle behind the net, Mackie Samoskevich took firm possession and sent a bounce pass off the boards back to Uvis Balinksis. The Latvian defenseman notched his first of the season when his wrist shot from the left point eluded David Rittich, who was screened b...
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The Florida Panthers (13-12-2) will conclude a disappointing six-game homestand when they host the rising New York Islanders (16-10-3) late this afternoon at Amerant Bank Arena.
Sam Bennett (1G/3A), Brad Marchand (1G/3A) and Carter Verhaeghe (2G/1A) combined for eleven points in Florida’s wild 7-6 overtime victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets that saw Bennett take a pass from Marchand and beat Elvis Merzlikins with four seconds to go in the extra session. Seth Jones had a goal and an as...
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Sam Bennett lifted the Florida Panthers to an electrifying 7-6 comeback win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, ending the Cats five-game winless streak at Amerant Bank Arena with four seconds remaining in overtime.
The deciding goal came after Brad Marchand and Bennett combined to dispossess Zach Werenski of the puck at center ice. Bennett dropped to Gustav Forsling, who head-manned to Marchand on the left side. Marchand patiently waited for the incoming Bennett before letting go of a langui...
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The Florida Panthers (12-12-2) welcome the Columbus Blues Jackets (13-9-5) to Amerant Bank Arena this afternoon for the first of three meetings between the two clubs this season.
Slumping Florida finally earned a point in its current six-game homestand, which is turning out to be downright disastrous, in Thursday’s 2-1 overtime loss to the Nashville Predators. New dad Carter Verhaeghe scored the Panthers’ only goal, with the assists going to Sam Bennett and A.J. Greer, late in the first p...
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Despite scoring first (again), the Florida Panthers were beaten 2-1 in overtime by the Nashville Predators at Amerant Bank Arena, sending the tail-spinning two-time defending champions to a fifth-straight defeat on home ice.
The opening period featured strong goaltending from both Sergei Bobrovksy and Juuse Saros, and it was a big Bob stop on Matthew Wood that lead to Florida’s only goal at 16:26.
After denying Wood on a short track breakaway, Bobrovsky sweep the puck to the left sid...
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The Florida Panthers (12-12-1) will shoot for the season series sweep and an end to a three-game losing streak when they face the Nashville Predators (9-13-4) tonight at Amerant Bank Arena.
Struggling Florida was beaten 4-1 by the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday, falling to a putrid 0-3 on their current homestand to land in the Eastern Conference basement. Sam Reinhart took a pass from Anton Lundell scored shorthanded in the second period to pull the Panthers within a goal, but that would ...
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The Florida Panthers dropped their third straight game at home, falling to the Toronto Maple Leafs by a 4-1 count at Amerant Bank Arena.
Toronto scored twice in a 2:30 span of the first period to take control of the scoreboard.
Recent waiver claim Troy Stecher opened the scoring at the 5:24 mark. After taking a low to high pass from Bobby McMann, Stecher beat Sergei Bobrovsky with a wrister from the right point through a screen. The second assist on Stecher’s first of the season went...
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The Florida Panthers (12-11-1) will continue their six-game homestand when they play the first of four against the Toronto Maple Leafs (11-11-3) tonight at Amerant Bank Arena in a clash between two struggling 25-point teams that currently reside at the bottom of the Atlantic Division.
Florida blew a two-goal lead for the second-straight game in Saturday’s 5-3 loss to the Calgary Flames. Quick strikes from Evan Rodrigues and Sam Bennett had the Cats sitting pretty 2:58 into the game. The v...
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The Charlotte Checkers split a weekend set at Bojangles Coliseum against the Toronto Marlies.
Charlotte posted its tenth win of the season on Saturday, besting the Marlies by a 5-1 count. Brett Chorske scored two goals and added an assist and Riese Gaber, Gracyn Sawchyn and Sanid Vilmanis also lit the lamp for the Checkers. In addition to his goal, Vilmanis also finished the game with the two assists. Also collecting helpers were Trevor Carrick (2), Brian Pinho, Tobias Bjornfot, Jack Stud...
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The Florida Panthers blew a two-goal lead for the second straight game and went on to suffer a disturbing 5-3 loss to the Calgary Flames at Amerant Bank Arena.
Former Panther Jonathan Huberdeau was in giving mood as his turnover led to the game-opening goal just 54 seconds in. Jesper Boqvist got a piece of Huberdeau’s risky outlet pass and Sam Reinhart backhanded down low to Evan Rodrigues, who finished five-hole on Devon Cooley.
A bad line change left a lonely Rasmus Andersson facin...
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The Florida Panthers (12-10-1) will play the second tilt of a six-game homestand when they face the Calgary Flames (8-14-3) in matinée action from Amerant Bank Arena in suburban Sunrise.
Florida got off to a good start against the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night, opening up a 2-0 lead on goals from Brad Marchand and Carter Verhaeghe, both off sweet primary assists courtesy of Sam Bennett. Unfortunately, the Cats drifted off to sleep after that and the Flyers quickly tied things up ...
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The Florida Panthers surrendered two goals in the final minute to drop a frustrating 4-2 decision to the Philadelphia Flyers at Amerant Bank Arena on Thanksgiving Eve.
Florida got off to a fast start, opening the scoring at the 5:21 mark.
After Nick Seeler broke his stick at the other end, A.J. Greer passed to Sam Bennett, who head-manned to Carter Verhaeghe. Verhaeghe returned to Bennett and he drove to the net, slipping a pass underneath Seeler as he being knocked down. Brad Marcha...
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The Florida Panthers (12-9-1) and the Philadelphia Flyers (11-7-3) will quickly finish off their season series tonight, with the winner taking it, at Amerant Bank Arena as the Cats open a key six-game homestand.
Florida bounced back from a disappointing home loss to Edmonton over the weekend by laying waste to the Nashville Predators by an 8-3 count at Bridgestone Arena on Monday. The game saw six Panthers deliver multi-point performances. Those players were A.J. Greer (2G/1), Sam Reinhar...
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A.J. Greer scored two goals and added an assist to spark the Florida Panthers to a 8-3 drubbing of the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena.
Greer began the scoring 11 seconds into the game, finishing off a centering feed from Carter Verhaeghe from the right circle after Seth Jones dumped the puck into Nashville end following the opening faceoff. It was the third-fastest game-opening goal in franchise history and the fastest opening goal scored this season.
The Panthers quickly a...
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The Florida Panthers (11-9-1) will play a one-off road game tonight and make their only stop in Music City when they face the struggling Nashville Predators (6-11-4) at Bridgestone Arena
A sloppy start and an off night from Sergei Bobrovsky doomed the Cats in Saturday night’s 6-3 loss to the Edmonton Oilers. Down 4-1 early in the second, the Panthers replaced Bobrovsky with Daniil Tarasov and closed the gap to one on goals from Mackie Samoskevich and Sam Reinhart. Unfortunately, they coul...
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The Florida Panthers almost dug themselves out of a three-goal, but couldn’t quite complete the comeback and fell to the Edmonton Oilers by a 6-3 count at Amerant Bank Arena.
The Oilers scored four times in the first 36:45 of game play, chasing Sergei Bobrovsky when Vasily Podkolzin took a pass from Leon Draisaitl and snapped a shot off the 72 on the goaltender’s right shoulder into the top of the net.
Jack Roslovic opened the scoring 25 seconds into the game beating Bobrovsky with a...
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The Florida Panthers (11-8-1) will conclude a five-game homestand when they play host to the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl-winning Edmonton Oilers (9-9-5) tonight at Amerant Bank Arena in the first meeting between the teams since the 2025 Stanley Cup Final.
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped all 31 shots to make Sam Reinhart’s first period snipe stand up in Florida’s 1-0 win over the New Jersey Devils. It was Bobrovsky’s second shutout of the season and the 51st of his career. Gustav Forsling drew the ...
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Sergei Bobrovsky had all the answers in the Florida Panthers 1-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils at Amerant Bank Arena.
The 37-year-old veteran stopped 31 shots, including a handful of tricky redirections to post his second shutout of the season, and the 51st of his illustrious career.
Sam Reinhart notched the game’s only goal 12:58 into the opening frame when he drove down the left side after Gustav Forsling knocked the puck up the ice and cut inside of Luke Hughes before sniping...
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The Florida Panthers (10-8-1) will do battle with the New Jersey Devils (13-5-1) tonight at Amerant Bank Arena in the visitors only stop in suburban Sunrise this season.
Florida posted a wild, back-and-forth, 1980s-style 8-5 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Monday. Seth Jones scored twice on the power play, Sam Reinhart dished out three helpers, Sam Bennett and Brad Marchand each had a goal and an assist, and Carter Verhaeghe collected two assists as fifteen of Florida’s 18 skaters got o...
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The Florida Panthers get another day off to bask in the goal-scoring glory of Monday night’s wild 8-5 victory over the Vancouver Canucks. Florida has posted a 2-1 record on its current five-game homestand and will face the New Jersey Devils tomorrow night at Amerant Bank Arena. The Devils were soundly beaten 5-1 by the Tampa Bay Lightning at Benchmark International Arena last night.
With Cole Schwindt joining the seemingly unending list of injured Cats, the Panthers have recalled Jack Dev...
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The Florida Panthers exploded offensively to pull off a wild 8-5 victory over the Vancouver Canucks at Amerant Bank Arena in a game that saw huge shifts in momentum and not much in the way of defense.
Picking up where they left off in Tampa, the Canucks struck twice within a 24-second span of the first period to grab a two-goal lead.
Drew O’Connor was able to dig the puck free from Sergei Bobrovsky glove after he put the puck on goal after a Tyler Myers shot missed wide at 14:50. The...
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The Florida Panthers (9-8-1) will continue its five-game homestand when they take on the Vancouver Canucks (9-9-2) tonight at Amerant Bank Arena.
Florida had a modest two-game winning streak snapped in Saturday night’s frustrating 3-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. Brad Marchand beat Andrei Vasilevskiy with a backhander off the post to tie the score in the second period, with the assists going to Sam Reinhart and Anton Lundell, before Jack Finley took advantage of a fallen Donovan Sebra...
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The Charlotte Checkers went on the road and swept the Iowa Wild over the weekend to raise their record to 8-4-1 after thirteen games.
On Friday, Wilmer Skoog scored a pair of goals to power the Checkers to a 4-3 win in front of 6.307 souls at Casey’s Center. Brett Chorske and Marek Alscher also lit the lamp for Charlotte. Rookie Gracyn Sawchyn collected two assists and Mike Benning, Sandis Vilmanis, Tobias Bjornfot and Ben Steeves also contributed helpers. Cooper Black stopped 22 shots to...
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The Florida Panthers saw their modest two-game winning streak snapped in a frustrating 3-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amerant Bank Arena
Tampa Bay was the better team in the opening frame, outshooting the Panthers 10-6 and opening the scoring at 12:19 when Nikita Kucherov collected the puck after a faceoff in the right circle and fed Emil Lilleberg. The defenseman snapped a shot past Sergei Bobrovksy from the left circle.
The Panthers would even the score when they quickly co...
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