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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The Florida Panthers (9-7-1) will shoot for their second three-game winning streak of the season when they host the Tampa Bay Lightning (8-6-2) this evening at Amerant Bank Arena.
Florida opened a five-game homestand with an exciting 6-3 romp over the Washington Capitals on Thursday that was chalk full of milestones. Brad Marchand assisted on two goals to reach 1,000 points, Evan Rodrigues and Seth Jones each scored their 100th NHL goals, Gustav Forsling collected the 200th point of his c...
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The Florida Panthers matched a season-high in goals during an impressive 6-3 romp over the Washington Capitals at Amerant Bank Arena in a night chalk full of milestones.
Five Cats finished the tilt with multiple points including Sam Reinhart, who the led the way offensively with two goals and one assist. Eetu Luostarinen scored an empty-net goal and added two assists; Anton Lundell had three helpers; Seth Jones finally found the net and had an assist; and Brad Marchand drew two assists to...
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Back in Broward after going 2-2 on a difficult four-game road trip, the Florida Panthers (8-7-1) will open a key five-game homestand when they play host to the Washington Capitals (8-7-1) tonight in suburban Sunrise.
Sergei Bobrovsky made 30 saves to backstop Florida to its first season-series sweep in a 3-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena on Monday. Red-hot Brad Marchand contributed a goal and an assist and Sam Reinhart’s power-play marker in the final frame was his t...
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The Florida Panthers are idle tonight as they prepare for Thursday’s homestand-opener versus the Washington Capitals, against the Carolina Hurricanes last night in Raleigh
Rewinding to the weekend, the Charlotte Checkers swept the Syracuse Crunch at Bojangles Coliseum to up its record to 6-4-1 on the season.
On Friday, rookie Jack Devine tallied twice in the third period to lead the Checkers to a 4-1 victory. Brian Pinho’s power-play goal, assisted by Devine, tied the tilt 19 seconds...
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Ace Brad Marchand scored a goal and added an assist and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 30 shots in the Florida Panthers 3-2 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena.
Jesper Boqvist found the back of the net to end a long scoring drought and put the Panthers on top 14:47 into the first. After Jeff Petry missed wide, the puck came to Donovan Sebrango at the right point. He immediately fed Boqvist, who shot the puck while on edge and caught the top corner through traffic with rookie...
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The Florida Panthers (7-7-1) will wrap up a four-game road trip and go for the season series sweep when they do battle with the Vegas Golden Knights (7-3-4) tonight at T-Mobile Arena.
Despite peppering Yaroslav Askarov with 39 shots, Florida fell 3-1 to the rapidly-improving San Jose Sharks at SAP Center on Saturday to drop to 1-2 on the trek west. Brad Marchand scored his tenth of the season to pull the Cats within a goal early in the second period, but they couldn’t find the back of the...
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The Florida Panthers peppered Yaroslav Askarov with 39 shots, but they only managed to find the back of the net once in a tough 3-1 loss to the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center.
After carrying the play for most of the first period, the Sharks opened the scoring when Aaron Ekblad couldn’t come up with Vincent Desharnais long clear down the ice and Will Smith took possession and centered to Macklin Celebrini, who one-timed the pass past Daniil Tarasov at 17:25.
San Jose doubled the lead 3...
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The Florida Panthers (7-6-1) are in the Bay Area to pay their only visit of the season to the improving San Jose Sharks (6-6-3) at SAP Center.
Another stand-out performance from Brad Marchand, who notched his teaming-leading eighth and ninth goals, helped the Panthers pull away for a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday. Sams Bennett and Reinhart also lit the lamp and Anton Lundell scored a key shorthanded marker 8:41 into the third to give the Cats a two-goal lead. Sergei B...
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Brad Marchand continued his hot start to the season, scoring a pair to help the Florida Panthers topple the Los Angeles Kings by a 5-2 count at Crypto.com Arena.
After surrendering five-straight goals in Anaheim, the Cats opened the scoring in La La Land at the 2:06 mark when Jesper Boqvist fed Jeff Petry at the right point and he sent a shot towards the net that Sam Bennett deflected on Anton Forsberg. Forsberg was up to the initial task, but the rebound came back to Bennett and he was a...
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The Florida Panthers (6-6-1) continue their western swing tonight at Crypto.com Arena where they will pay their one and only regular season visit to the Los Angeles Kings (6-4-4), who are currently holding down fourth place in the Pacific Division.
Florida opened its four-game road trip with a thud, collapsing late and losing 7-3 to Cutter Gauthier, who delivered his first career hat trick, and the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday. The Panthers held a 3-2 lead midway through the game, only to see...
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The Florida Panthers surrendered three goals in a 3:04 span of the third period to turn a close game into an ugly 7-3 loss to the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center.
Down 4-3 at the start of third, the Cats kept within striking distance until Jacob Trouba snuck in to pot a rebound after Cutter Gauthier redirected Mason McTavish’s shot from the right point on Sergei Bobrovsky at the 11:23 mark. The assist was Gauthier’s fourth point of the night. More on him in a bit.
The deficit grew to t...
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The Florida Panthers (6-5-1) will open a four-game road-trip when they visit the Anaheim Ducks (7-3-1) to complete the season-series between the two 1993 expansion cousins.
Brad Marchand opened and closed the scoring in the Panthers enthralling 4-3 shootout win over the Dallas Stars on Saturday. Sam Reinhart extended his goal-scoring run to four games with the 300th of career and Sam Bennett finally found the back of the net. Sergei Bobrovsky made five saves in overtime to get the Cats to...
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The Florida Panthers are idle today. They will open a four-game road trip tomorrow night against the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center, quickly concluding the season series between the two clubs. Anaheim beat the Panthers 3-2 in a shootout on Tuesday.
After splitting a pair of games on the road over the weekend, Charlotte Checkers record stands at 4-4-1.
On Saturday, the Checkers skated to a 5-3 win over the Springfield Thunderbirds. Sandis Vilmanis notched his first two goals of the sea...
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The Florida Panthers held off the Dallas Stars to finish its four-game homestand on a high note by posting a 4-3 victory, thanks to Brad Marchand’s thrilling shootout goal.
Following a scoreless first period, Marchand opened the scoring 1:48 into the second. After Anton Lundell intercepted Mikko Rantanen’s crossing he fed Eetu Luostarinen as the Cats went the other way. Luostarinen crossed to Marchand and he fired a wrister by Casey DeSmith’s glove from the left circle.
Sam Reinhart ...
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The Florida Panthers held off the Dallas Stars to finish its four-game homestand on a high note by posting a 3-2 victory, thanks to Brad Marchand’s thrilling shootout goal.
Following a scoreless first period, Marchand opened the scoring 1:48 into the second. After Anton Lundell intercepted Mikko Rantanen’s crossing he fed Eetu Luostarinen as the Cats went the other way. Luostarinen crossed to Marchand and he fired a wrister by Casey DeSmith’s glove from the left circle.
Sam Reinhart ...
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After getting a three-day break, the Florida Panthers (5-5-1) will finish off a four-game homestand when they face the Dallas Stars (6-3-2) tonight at Amerant Bank Arena in suburban Sunrise.
Florida played pretty well, but had a hard time getting the puck past Lukas Dostal in their last outing, falling 3-2 in a shootout to the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday. Anton Lundell and Sam Reinhart lit the lamp in the third as the Panthers rallied from two-down to earn a point. Seth Jones set up Reinhart...
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Just in time for Halloween, The Athletic’s One scary statistic from each NHL team early in the 2025-26 season ($) is sure to terrify. Here’s what writer James Mirtle had to say about the Florida Panthers:
1.89 goals per 60 at five-on-five
Incredibly, the Panthers are scoring more goals than just two teams at even strength right now, a huge reason they’ve started the season 5-5-1. Some of that is bad luck — their shooting percentage is unsustainably low — but they also clearly miss Al...
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Stepan Zvyagin scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner, to lead HC Dinamo-Molodechno to a 3-1 victory over HK Lida in action from the BETERA Extraleague in Belarus. Zvyagin, Florida’s seventh-rounder in 2023, has six goals and 18 points in 19 games played. Last season, Zvyagin had just 10 points in 20 Extraleague games.
Shea Busch lit the lamp twice and added an assist in the Everett Silvertips 6-3 win over the Kamloops Blazers. Busch, a fourth-rounder in 2025, leads the Western...
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The Florida Panthers erased a two-goal third period deficit before falling 3-2 in a shootout to former head coach Joel Quenneville and the Anaheim Ducks at Amerant Bank Arena.
After a scoreless first period that saw the Panthers outshoot the Ducks 12-6, Anaheim burned Florida while a man down to open the scoring 9:59 into the second on their first shot of the frame.
Drew Helleson bounced the puck off the boards to Leo Carlsson, sending the young Swede and Troy Terry rushing up the ic...
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