Daniil Tarasov made 17 saves and did not yield in the shootout and Matthew Tkachuk collected his first point of the season in the Florida Panthers 2-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets at Canadian Life Centre.
Tkachuk set up Sam Bennett for a one-timer with 1:11 left in the second period, collecting the puck by the left boards and centering to number nine, who blasted his 18th of the campaign past Connor Hellebuyck after an offensive zone faceoff.
The Jets countered 5:24 into the third when...
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The Florida Panthers (25-20-3) will open a three-game road trip when they take on the Winnipeg Jets (20-22-6) tonight in frigid Manitoba in the first of two closely scheduled meetings between the two teams.
The long-awaited return of Matthew Tkachuk to the lineup was dampened by a 4-1 home ice loss to the San Jose Sharks on Monday. San Jose potted three rebounds in a 5:22 of span of the second period to take control of the tilt and all the Panthers could muster in response offensively was...
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The Florida Panthers find themselves five points out of a playoff spot after the results of Tuesday night’s games that saw the Buffalo Sabres and Boston Bruins switch wild card positions. Buffalo beat Nashville 5-3 to jump the Bruins, who lost 6-2 to Dallas. The Panthers have two games in hand on the Bruins.
Stepan Gorbunov scored the go-ahead goal in the third and added a empty-netter which became the game-winner in Chelmet Chelyabinsk’s 3-2 victory over HC Rostov in Wednesday action fro...
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An utterly shite start to the second period cost the Florida Panthers dearly in a 4-1 loss to the San Jose Sharks at Amerant Bank Arena.
The Panthers gave up three goals, all on rebounds, in a 5:22 span to spoil the long-awaited return of Matthew Tkachuk to lineup.
After the goaltenders ruled the first period, Will Smith opened the scoring fifty seconds into the middle frame. Smith, who was left unmarked in the slot, was able to the collect the rebound of Timothy Liljegren’s shot fro...
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After finishing a six-game road trip with a 3-3 record, the Florida Panthers (25-19-3) are back in Sunrise for a home one-off against the much-improved San Jose Sharks (24-20-3) at Amerant Bank Arena. Matthew Tkachuk will make his season debut for the Panthers.
What a difference a day makes. Florida bounced back from Friday’s ugly 9-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes by completing a season-series sweep of the Washington Capitals with a 5-3 victory on Saturday. Uvis Balinskis notched his fi...
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The Florida Panthers bounced back from an embarrassing performance in Raleigh with a gutsy 5-2 win over the Washington Capitals in the second half of a back-to-back to close its six-game road trip on a positive note.
After the Capitals had a goal wiped off the board, the Panthers opened the scoring 13:23 into the first when Sam Bennett tracked down Aaron Ekblad’s dump in. Bennett tried to come out in front and stuff the puck past Logan Thompson. Thompson denied the bid, but kicked the puc...
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The Florida Panthers (24-19-3) will conclude an up and down six-game road trip when they go for the season-series sweep against the Washington Capitals (24-18-6) tonight in the District of Columbia.
Florida will look to quickly turn the page on last night’s embarrassing 9-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh. After Uvis Balinskis scored his second of the season, from Mackie Samoskevich and Sandis Vilmanis, to tie the tilt early in the second period, Carolina registered eight-strai...
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The Florida Panthers suffered a category five loss in Raleigh, getting blown out of Lenovo Center 9-1 by the Carolina Hurricanes, who were highly determined not to be swept by the visiting Cats this season.
Nikolaj Ehlers notched a hat trick and added an assist; Taylor Hall scored twice; and Mark Jankowski lit the lamp and had a pair of helpers in the rout.
Andrei Svechnikov, Eric Robinson and Alexander Nikishin also lit the lamp for the Hurricanes, who went 4-for-5 on the power play...
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The Florida Panthers (24-18-3) will resume its six-game road trip when they take on the Carolina Hurricanes (28-15-4) tonight in Raleigh, looking to complete the season-series sweep against the Metropolitan Division leaders.
Florida evened its record (2-2) on its current six-game road trip by cooling off the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 at KeyBank Center on Monday. A.J. Greer scored twice and Sam Reinhart and Anton Lundell also lit the lamp to provide the offense while Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 20 o...
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With the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers last night, the Florida Panthers now find themselves three points out of a playoff spot. The Sabres climbed into the first wild card while the idle Boston Bruins slipped into the second. Both teams have 54 points, with Buffalo having played two fewer games. The Cats also have two games in hand on the Bruins, who will host the Seattle Kraken tonight at TD Garden.
After routing the Springfield Thunderbirds 8-2 on Tuesday, the Char...
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The Florida Panthers will get a couple more days of rest before facing the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night in Raleigh. After starting its current six-game road trip with losses to Toronto and Montreal, the Panthers have bounced back by posting well-played, one-goal wins over Ottawa and Buffalo. The Hurricanes, who lost 3-0 in St. Louis last night, are also off until Friday. Carolina continues to hold down the top spot in Metropolitan Division, leading the New York Islanders by five points....
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A.J. Greer got off the schneid, scoring a pair of goals to help the Florida Panthers topple the Buffalo Sabres by a 4-3 count at Key Bank Center. It was Buffalo’s first loss at home since November 28.
Aided by an early interference minor on Josh Doan, the Panthers drew first blood 2:35 into the action when Carter Verhaeghe took a pass from Sam Reinhart, who was knocked down, and fed Uvis Baliniskis at the left point. While Reinhart was getting back up and going to the net, Balinskis drift...
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The Florida Panthers (23-18-3) will continue its six-game road trip when they face the surging Buffalo Sabres (24-15-4) at KeyBank Center for the second time this season.
Florida shook off disappointing losses to Toronto and Montreal and left Canada with a big two points after grinding out a 3-2 win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night. Gustav Forsling and Carter Verhaeghe each had a goal and and assist and Evan Rodrigues ended a long goalless drought to knot the score in the first ...
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Gustav Forsling and Carter Verhaeghe each produced a goal and assist in the Florida Panthers much-needed 3-2 win over the Ottawa Senators that ended a two-game losing streak.
The Senators opened the scoring 4:03 into the first, one second after a high-sticking minor on Evan Rodrigues expired, when Fabian Zetterlund fetched the puck off the end boards, curled out and had his off-balance shot blocked by the blade of Gustav Forsling. The puck ramped up in the air and deflected off Sergei Bob...
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The struggling Florida Panthers (22-18-3) will continue its jaunt through eastern Canada when they battle the Ottawa Senators (20-18-5) tonight at Canadian Tire Centre in suburban Kanata.
Florida has been outscored 10-3 in the first two games of the road trip. On Thursday, they were beaten by 6-2 by the Montreal Canadiens, marking the seventh-straight time they’ve lost to the Habs. Sam Bennett scored both goals for the Panthers. The first was unassisted and the second was set up by Evan R...
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Alexandre Texier produced the first hat trick of his career to lead the Montreal Canadiens to an easy 6-2 victory over the Florida Panthers, and first place in the Atlantic Division. at Bell Centre.
Texier, who came into the tilt with just four goals on the season, notched Montreal’s third, fourth and final goals of the game; Noah Dobson opened the scoring with an absolute bomb from the point 2:59 into the first; Oliver Kapanen made it 2-0 later in the frame and added two assists; and Jur...
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The Florida Panthers (22-17-3) will continue its six-game road trip and try to stop a six-game losing streak to the host Habs, when they take on the second-place Montreal Canadiens (24-13-6) at Bell Centre.
Florida opened the trek north with a clunker, dropping a lackluster 4-1 decision to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Carter Verhaeghe ended a cold spell with his 12th of the season to snap Joseph Woll’s shutout bid. Unfortunately, it was way too little, way too late for the Cats, who fell behi...
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The Florida Panthers opened the road-heavy second half of its schedule with a lackluster 4-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena.
Disinterested Florida lost the game by surrendering three goals in a 4:25 span running from late in the first period to early in the middle frame.
Toronto opened the scoring off the rush when Morgan Rielly left the puck for Nicolas Roy after gaining the line. Roy crossed down low to Nick Robertson, who fed an open Easton Cowan for the back-...
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The Florida Panthers (22-16-3) open the second half of the schedule, and a key six-game road trip, when they face off against the Toronto Maple Leafs (19-15-7) tonight in the center of the hockey universe.
Florida bounced back from a borderline embarrassing performance at the Winter Classic by joining the Boston Bruins and the New York Islanders as they only teams to hand the Colorado Avalanche a regulation loss this season. Sam Bennett and Aaron Ekblad scored unassisted goals and Daniil ...
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Sam Bennett and Aaron Ekblad scored unassisted goals and Daniil Tarasov made a game-saving stop on Nathan MacKinnon late in the third period to propel the Florida Panthers to an impressive 2-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche at Amerant Bank Arena.
Clad in their 1938 Miami Clippers-inspired Winter Classic uniforms, the Cats survived some early pressure and opened the scoring 6:27 into the tilt when a determined Bennett stole the puck from Sam Malinski, drove to the net and doggedly worked ...
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Fresh off a rather lackluster performance at Winter Classic, the Florida Panthers (21-16-3) return to Amerant Bank Arena to play host to the juggernaut that is the Colorado Avalanche (31-2-7) this evening.
The Panthers were the better team on the stat sheet, but the scoreboard told a completely different story as the New York Rangers rolled to a 5-1 victory in front of a sold-out crowd at LoanDepot Park on Friday. Sam Reinhart scored the Panthers only goal, on the power play, with the ass...
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Mika Zibanejad notched a hat trick and finished with five points as the New York Rangers remained perfect (now 6-0) in outdoor games by beating the disjointed Florida Panthers by a 5-1 count at the 2026 Winter Classic in Miami.
Zibanejad is the first NHL player to produce three goals and five points in an outdoor game.
The Panthers got off to a good start, but after they failed to score on some good looks and bungled two power-play chances in the first period.
The Rangers grabbe...
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The Florida Panthers (21-15-3) and New York Rangers (19-18-5) will take it outdoors tonight at the 2026 Winter Classic at LoanDepot Park in Miami.
Florida, which will sport uniforms inspired by the Tropical Hockey League’s Miami Clippers, blew a late two-goal lead in Tuesday night’s 3-2 overtime loss to the Montreal Canadiens. Leading goal-scorers Brad Marchand and Sam Reinhart lit the lamp in the third to give the Cats a seemingly comfortable cushion with just under five minutes to go. U...
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Brad Marchand joined already-named Florida Panthers teammate Sam Reinhart on Canada’s 2026 Winter Olympic team. The 37-year-old Marchand is enjoying a stellar season, leading the Panthers in the scoring with 23 goals, 22 assists and 45 points. Marchand and Reinhart played for Canada at the 4 Nations Face-Off this past February.
It won’t be official until Friday, however, defenseman Seth Jones has reportedly been named to the United States entry for the tournament in Milano Cortina. Jones ...
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The Florida Panthers ended a mostly glorious calendar year with a maddening 3-2 overtime loss to the Montreal Canadiens at Amerant Bank Arena.
A duel between goaltenders Daniil Tarasov and former Panther Samuel Montembeault kept the game scoreless until pregame honoree Brad Marchand broke the seal midway through the third period.
After Mackie Samoskevich forced a tripping call on Juraj Slafkovský, Florida’s power play clicked at the 10:18 mark to finally open the scoring when Marchan...
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