The Florida Panthers (21-15-2) and Montreal Canadiens (20-12-6) will do battle for the first time this season tonight in the second half of a back-to-back at Amerant Bank Arena for the surging Cats, who are 9-3-1 over their last 12 games.
Florida is coming off a rousing 5-3 comeback win over the Washington Capitals. Down 3-2 in the third, the Panthers got goals from Brad Marchand, Aaron Ekblad and Sam Reinhart to maintain possession of the second wild card spot in the Eastern Conference. ...
24 days ago
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Sam Reinhart scored twice and set up Aaron Ekblad’s game-winning goal in the Florida Panthers 5-3 victory over the Washington Capitals at Amerant Bank Arena.
Tom Wilson scored the first of his two first period goals at the 3:53 mark to give the Capitals an early lead. Dylan Strome sent Martin Fehérváry away on a rush and after the blueliner’s shot was stopped by the Sergei Bobovsky, Wilson easily potted the rebound.
The Panthers countered 42 seconds later when Aliaksei Protas threw p...
25 days ago
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Sam Reinhart scored twice and set up Aaron Ekblad’s game-winning goal in the Florida Panthers 5-3 victory over the Washington Capitals at Amerant Bank Arena.
Tom Wilson scored the first of his two first period goals at the 3:53 mark to give the Capitals an early lead. Dylan Strome sent Martin Fehervary away on a rush and after the blueliner’s shot was stopped by the Sergei Bobovsky, Wilson easily potted the rebound.
The Panthers countered 42 seconds later when Aliaksei Protas threw p...
25 days ago
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The Florida Panthers (20-15-2) will continue its three-game run at Amerant Bank Arena when they play host to the Washington Capitals (20-13-5) tonight in Sunrise in a battle between two fourth-place teams.
Florida returned to action from the holiday break on Saturday and were beaten 4-2 by the Tampa Bay Lightning in a feisty, penalty-filled contest. Eetu Luostarinen opened the scoring and Brad Marchand notched a 5-on-4 goal off a beautiful passing play to extend his point streak to seven ...
26 days ago
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The Florida Panthers were beaten 4-2 by the Tampa Bay Lightning in a feisty, penalty-filled contest at Amerant Bank Arena.
Eetu Luostarinen opened the scoring 5:27 into the action, on Florida’s first shot on goal, when he backhanded the puck out of the air off the shaft his stick with the assists going to Mackie Samoskevich and Evan Rodrigues.
With Steven Santini serving time in the sin bin, Max Crozier and Anthony Cirelli combined to work the puck up the ice where Jake Guentzel caug...
27 days ago
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The Florida Panthers (20-14-2) resume play tonight when they play host to the Tampa Bay Lightning (20-13-3) at Amerant Bank Arena in the latest edition of the Sunshine State Showdown.
Florida awoke from a 40-minute slumber and went off in the third period of Tuesday’s night tilt against the Carolina Hurricanes, scoring five times to turn a two-goal deficit into a 5-2 victory. Niko Mikkola, Luke Kunin, Anton Lundell, Sam Bennett and Seth Jones lit the lamp and Sam Reinhart dished out three...
28 days ago
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The 2026 World Junior Championship gets underway with four games from Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN on the slate today.
The Florida Panthers have two prospects who will participate in the tournament. Linus Eriksson, Florida’s second-rounder (58th overall) in 2024 will represent Sweden. Eriksson currently has two assists in 25 games with Timrå IK of the Swedish Hockey League. Also taking part is 2025 fourth-round selection (112th overall) Mads Kongsbak Klyvø, who will skate for Denmark. Klyvø...
29 days ago
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Just wanted to wish everyone who stops by and supports the site the happiest of holidays!
With the NHL on a break for the next two days, let’s check in on the Panthers European-based, CHL and NCAA prospects.
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Linus Eriksson (2024 2/58) – Eriksson has two assists in 25 Swedish Hockey League games with Timrå IK to go along with a minus-six rating and 6 PIM. The 19-year-old will represent Sweden in the 2026 World Junior Championship. He is one of two Panthers prospects taki...
30 days ago
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The Florida Panthers erupted in the third period, overcoming a two-goal deficit to post a 5-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes at the Jerk Store in their final game before the holiday break.
Carolina got a first period goal off the rush by Eric Robinson, from Sebastian Aho and Joel Nystrom, and a breakaway goal courtesy of Andrei Svechnikov, who emerged from the penalty box to take a lead pass from Jordan Staal and solve Sergei Bobrovsky between the wickets early in the second period ...
about 1 month ago
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The Florida Panthers (19-14-2) and Carolina Hurricanes (22-10-3) will play the second game of their season series tonight at Lenovo Center four days after the Cats rallied for a stunning 4-3 shootout win at Amerant Bank Arena.
Tired Florida had its four-game winning streak snapped Saturday night in a 6-2 home ice loss to the St. Louis Blues. Goals from A.J. Greer and Sam Reinhart helped the Panthers overcome a two-goal deficit, but Justin Faulk’s second period buzzer-beater took the wind ...
about 1 month ago
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The Charlotte Checkers split a weekend set with the Springfield Thunderbirds at Bojangles Coliseum to maintain its third-place standing in the AHL’s Atlantic Division.
The Thunderbirds took the Saturday night opener by a 3-1 count. After a scoreless first period, Hunter St. Martin scored his first AHL goal from Gracyn Sawchyn and Marek Alscher 2:35 into the middle frame. Springfield’s Dylan Peterson lit the lamp late in the second and Matt Luff potted the eventual game-winner with 6:23 re...
about 1 month ago
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The Florida Panthers fought back in the second period before giving up the last four goals of the game in a 6-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues that brought its season-high four-game winning streak to an end.
St. Louis opened the scoring midway through the opening frame when rookie Otto Stenberg sent the puck back to Cam Fowler following an offensive zone faceoff. The veteran defenseman moved to the middle and let a shot go that Jake Neighbours tipped by a helpless Daniil Tarasov. It was Sten...
about 1 month ago
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The Florida Panthers (19-13-2) will go for a sweep of its three-game homestand when they take on the St. Louis Blues (13-15-8) at Amerant Bank Arena in the second half of a weekend back-to-back.
Florida scored three times in the second half of the third period to erase a three-goal deficit and then outdid the Carolina Hurricanes in the shootout to post a stunning 4-3 victory over the Eastern Conference’s top team last night. Brad Marchand, Sam Bennett and Sam Reinhart each had a goal and ...
about 1 month ago
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The Florida Panthers scored three times in the back half of the third period to erase a three-goal deficit and then outdid the Carolina Hurricanes in the shootout to post a stunning 4-3 victory over the top team in the Eastern Conference.
Carolina opened the scoring 11:53 into the first when veteran Jordan Staal banged in a rebound following a point shot from Shayne Gostisbehere that came off the back glass. Eric Robinson drew the primary assist on Staal’s tenth of the season.
The Hu...
about 1 month ago
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The surging Florida Panthers (18-13-2) will continue its three-game homestand tonight when the play host to the Eastern Conference-leading Carolina Hurricanes (22-9-2) at Amerant Bank Arena.
Florida will be shooting for its first four-game winning streak of the season. The Cats won three in a row for the third time after completing its first season-series sweep of the Los Angeles Kings since 2019 with a hard-fought 3-2 decision on Wednesday. Anton Lundell, Carter Verhaeghe and Sam Bennett...
about 1 month ago
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Anton Lundell, Carter Verhaeghe and Sam Bennett each scored their 11th goal of the season in the Florida Panthers gritty 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings at Amerant Bank Arena.
The Panthers fell behind 13:39 into the first when they yielded a rare power-play goal to the Kings after the table was set by Bennett’s double-minor for high-sticking.
After taking a low to high pass from Alex Laferriere at the left point, Brandt Clarke moved to his right and sent a shot towards the goal th...
about 1 month ago
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Anton Lundell, Carter Verhaeghe and Sam Bennett each scored their 11th goal of the season in the Florida Panthers gritty 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings at Amerant Bank Arena.
The Panthers fell behind 13:39 into the first when they yielded a rare power-play goal to the Kings after the table was set by Bennett’s double-minor for high-sticking.
After taking a low to high pass from Alex Laferriere at the left point, Brandt Clarke moved to his right and sent a shot towards the goal th...
about 1 month ago
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The Florida Panthers (17-13-2) return home after a successful road trip to play host to the Los Angeles Kings (14-9-9) in the first of three games at Amerant Bank Arena over the next four days.
Florida evened up the season series with the Tampa Bay Lightning by besting their arch-rivals by a 5-2 count on Monday to conclude its four-game roadie with an impressive 3-1 record. Sam Reinhart scored shorthanded and on the power play, Brad Marchand notched the game-winner, Carter Verhaeghe contr...
about 1 month ago
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The Florida Panthers finished off its four-game road trip in fine fashion, rolling to a 5-2 win over the division-leading Tampa Bay Lightning at Benchmark International Arena.
A hooking call on Niko Mikkola gave the Lightning an early man-advantage, but it was the Panthers who’d get the opening goal at the 2:16 mark.
After Sam Reinhart got a piece of Darren Raddysh’s shot, Aaron Ekblad settled the puck and sent Reinhart away with Anton Lundell on a 2-on-1 break. Raddysh laid out to t...
about 1 month ago
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The Florida Panthers (16-13-2) will conclude its four-game road trip when they do battle with the Atlantic Division-leading Tampa Bay Lightning (18-11-3) tonight at Benchmark International Arena.
Florida played a near-perfect road game on Saturday, blanking the Dallas Stars by a 4-0 count to sweep the season series from the NHL’s second-best team. Brad Marchand scored two goals and added an assist, Anton Lundell opened the scoring and set up Marchand’s empty-netter, Sam Bennett notched hi...
about 1 month ago
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The Florida Panthers shrugged off Thursday night’s one-sided loss in Denver, delivering a gem of a road game in a dominant 4-0 victory over the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center to sweep the season series against the league’s second best team.
After a low event first period that saw the teams combine for just four shots, Anton Lundell opened the scoring 19 seconds into the middle frame when he took a pass from Eetu Luostarinen and somehow kept possession of the puck while splitting...
about 1 month ago
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After getting its three-game winning streak snapped in Denver, the Florida Panthers (15-13-2) will resume its tough four-game road trip tonight when they face the Dallas Stars (21-6-5) at American Airlines Center.
A night after defeating the Utah Mammoth, the Panthers got a rude awakening when they were battered 6-2 by the high-flying Colorado Avalanche. While positives were at a minimum, Noah Gregor did notch his first goal with Florida and Mackie Samoskevich ended an eight-game goalless...
about 1 month ago
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The Florida Panthers hit a bump in the road last night, a big one, as they were rocked 6-2 by the league-leading Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena.
It was Florida worst defeat since they were thrashed 7-3 by the Anaheim Ducks on November 4, while the Avalanche became the first team to reach 50+ points this season.
Nathan MacKinnon, Gavin Brindley and defenseman Sam Malinski each contributed a goal and an assist and Martin Necas and Josh Manson also produced multi-point games with two ...
about 1 month ago
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The Florida Panthers (15-12-2) will continue its tough four-game roadie when they pay a visit to the league-leading Colorado Avalanche (21-2-7) tonight at Denver’s Ball Arena.
Latter game saint Anton Lundell lit the lamp with 52 seconds left in regulation to lift the Panthers to a 4-3 win over the Utah Mammoth last night at Delta Center, getting the trip off to a positive start. Sam Bennett scored twice and added an assist and linemate Carter Verhaeghe contributed a goal and an assist to ...
about 1 month ago
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Latter game saint Anton Lundell lit the lamp with 52 seconds remaining in regulation to lift the Florida Panthers to a 4-3 win over the Utah Mammoth, stunning the crowd at Delta Center.
As the clock headed towards overtime, Lundell won an offensive zone draw back to Aaron Ekblad, who pushed the puck forward to Sam Reinhart. Reinhart sent a pass from the right boards down low to Eetu Luostarinen, who tipped it across the goal mouth. Lundell was able to bat the puck out of the air and just ...
about 1 month ago
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