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...
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...
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....
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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-...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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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...