The Florida Panthers were outclassed 5-2 by Elias Pettersson, who scored twice on the man-advantage to reach 200 career goals, and the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Place.
Pettersson halted a 20-game drought when he smacked Marco Rossi’s crossing pass by Sergei Bobrovsky 3:49 after opening puck drop. Brock Boeser drew the second helper on the power-play goal, which came with Dmitry Kulikov off for hooking.
The Panthers evened it up at 11:41 when Carter Verhaeghe blocked off Petter...
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The Florida Panthers (33-30-3) will play the first of three north of the border when they take on the cellar-dwelling Vancouver Canucks (20-38-8) tonight at Rogers Arena.
Florida opened its four-game road trip with a disappointing 6-2 loss to Seattle Kraken on Sunday. Newcomer Vinnie Hinostroza and Eetu Luostarinen were the only Panthers to beat Joey Daccord. Jesper Boqvist, Luke Kunin, Gustav Forsling and Mackie Samoskevich were credited with assists. Daniil Tarasov surrendered the six g...
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The Florida Panthers opened a four-game road trip with a thud, dropping a one-sided 6-2 decision to the Seattle Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena.
First Star Kaapo Kakko had a goal and an two assists and Bobby McMann, Ryan Winterton, Berkly Catton, Ben Myers and Jamie Oleksiak each contributed a goal and an assist for the Kraken, who passed the San Jose Sharks to move into the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
Vinnie Hinostroza got the Panthers on the board 12:07 into the fi...
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The Florida Panthers (33-29-3) hit the pacific northwest looking to extend its winning streak to four when they face the Seattle Kraken (30-26-9) tonight at Climate Pledge Arena in the first of two meetings between the two far-flung clubs this season.
Sam Reinhart, who won’t be on the four-game trip, scored a power-play goal 2:20 into overtime to lift the Panthers to a 2-1 overtime win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday. Reinhart also assisted on Sam Bennett’s power-play marker th...
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Louis Domingue stopped all 18 shots faced to backstop the Charlotte Checkers to a 3-0 win over the Bridgeport Islanders last night at Bojangles Coliseum.
It was the 34-year-old veteran’s first shutout of the season.
Team scoring leading Ben Steeves got the eventual game-winner 6:03 into the first period with the lone assist going to Jack Studnicka.
Steeves assisted on Brett Chorske’s goal to make it 2-0 with 1:55 left in the middle frame.
Sandis Vilmanis notched his 11th of...
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Sam Reinhart scored the deciding goal 2:20 into overtime as the Florida Panthers extended its winning streak to three games with a hard-fought 2-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets at Amerant Bank Arena.
After a ridiculously good first period from Sergei Bobrovsky (14 saves) kept the outplayed Panthers even, the Blue Jackets finally broke through 13:01 into the second when Adam Fantilli took a lead pass from Mason Marchment and wired a wrister home from the right circle.
The Cats op...
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The Florida Panthers (32-29-3) will look to extend its winning streak to three when they host the Columbus Blue Jackets (33-21-10) tonight at Amerant Bank Arena in the final meeting of the season between the two clubs.
Carter Verhaeghe’s late brace lifted the Panthers to a shocking 4-3 home ice victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday. Matthew Tkachuk set up both of Verhaeghe’s goals; newcomer Vinnie Hinostroza had a goal and an assist; Niko Mikkola also scored; and goaltender Daniil...
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Carter Verhaeghe scored a stunning pair of late markers to a turn a one-goal deficit into a 4-3 Florida Panthers win over the visiting Detroit Red Wings.
Down 3-2 with time running out and Daniil Tarasov on the bench, Verhaeghe took a crossing pass from Matthew Tkachuk and snapped off a seeing-eye shot through a mass of bodies in front, catching the left post and igniting the red light with 90 seconds remaining in regulation.
The winner came 1:15 later with Verhaeghe again providing ...
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The Florida Panthers (31-29-3) will finish off a home and home againts the third-place Detroit Red Wings (36-21-7) tonight at Amerant Bank Arena in suburban Sunrise.
Matthew Tkachuk scored all the goals in Florida’s 3-1 win over Detroit in Motown on Friday to help his club halt a four-game losing streak. It was the sixth hat trick of Tkachuk’s career and his fourth since joining the Panthers. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 28 shots and Carter Verhaeghe, Brad Marchard and Sam Reinhart contribute...
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The Florida Panthers faint playoff chances dimmed even further over the weekend as the Boston Bruins picked up three out of a possible four points by beating the Washington Capitals 3-1 on home ice on Saturday and getting to overtime in yesterday’s 5-4 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena.
That leaves the Panthers, who host Detroit and Columbus before opening a four-game road trip in Seattle on Sunday, 11 points behind the Bruins with each team having played 63 games.
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The Charlotte Checkers swept a road back-to-back against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms at PPL Center.
On Friday, the Checkers skated to a 5-3 win over the Phantoms. Nolan Foote scored a goal and added an assist and Noah Gregor, Nate Smith, Brett Chorske and Mikulas Hovorka also lit the lamp for the Checkers. Luke Kunin set up the Gregor and Hovorka goals and Jack Studnicka and Mike Benning had the assists on Foote’s game-opener. Kirill Gerasimyuk got the start and stopped 33 shots to up his ...
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Matthew Tkachuk scored the sixth hat trick of his career to lead the Florida Panthers to a 3-1 win over the Detroit Red WIngs at Little Casars Arena, ending a four-game losing streak.
Tkachuk opened the scoring at 11:06 of the first period by one-timing a centering pass from Carter Verhaeghe past John Gibson.
The Red Wings evened it up midway through the second when Alex DeBrincat batted the puck out of the air and into the net after Patrick Kane’s initial shot came off the back glas...
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The struggling Florida Panthers (30-29-3) will look to finish its four-game road trip with a win when they take on the third-place Detroit Red Wings (35-20-7) tonight at Little Caesars Arena in Motown.
It was a Tallonesque deadline day as the Panthers did end up making a couple of minor acquistions (small moves, Ellie) while standing pat on the current roster, including Sergei Bobrovksy.
Florida acquired veteran forward Vinnie Hinostroza, who played nine games for the Cats during the...
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Looks like we (almost) made it ♪ It’s Friday, March 6, and the NHL’s trade deadline is upon us. After 3:00 p.m. ET today, no more deals can be made.
Yesterday, the Florida Panthers traded veteran defenseman Jeff Petry to the Minnesota Wild for a conditional seventh-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. The pick becomes a fifth-round selection if Minnesota wins two playoff rounds and Petry plays in 50% or more of the Wild’s postseason games during those first two rounds.
The 38-year-old P...
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The Florida Panthers ugly losing streak reached four as a late comeback bid stalled in a 4-2 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena.
First Star Ivan Provorov opened the scoring with a power-play marker 5:08 into the action and then drew the secondary assist on Mathieu Olivier’s deflection goal midway through the second.
After Boone Jenner put the Blue Jackets comfortably ahead by three 1:41 into the third, the Panthers would put a scare into the home team before ultima...
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The Florida Panthers (30-28-3) limp into tonight’s meeting with the Columbus Blue Jackets (31-21-8) at Nationwide Arena looking to halt a three-game losing streak.
Fading Florida dropped a 5-1 decision to the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center on Tuesday. Anton Lundell collected his 200th NHL point by potting the Panthers’ only goal, which tied the score before the Devils pulled away in the second period. Evan Rodriguez and Uvis Balisnkis drew the assists. Segei Bobrovksy delivered a ...
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The Florida Panthers losing streak is at three after they fell by a 5-1 count to the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center in the return of Tomas Nosek to the active lineup.
New Jersey got goals from five different players – Arseny Gritsyuk, Dougie Hamilton, Cody Glass, Dawson Mercer and Simon Nemec – and former Panther Jacob Markstrom stopped 20 of 21 shots faced as the Devils struck another blow to Florida’s fading playoff chances.
After Gritsyuk opened the scoring 12:10 into firs...
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The Florida Panthers (30-27-3) will do battle with the New Jersey Devils (29-29-2) tonight at The Rock in Newark to complete the season series, which has seen each team score a win on home ice.
Florida suffered a crushing defeat in the opener of a four-game road against the New York Isalnders on Sunday. After Sam Reinhart tied the back-and-forth tilt with 1:58 remaining in regulation, Anders Lee got around Aaron Ekblad and solved Sergei Bobrovsky with 32 seconds left on the clock to give ...
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The Florida Panthers cloudy playoff picture grew even more muddled with a 5-4 loss to the New York Islanders at UBS Arena.
Anders Lee scored the game-winning goal, skating around Aaron Ekblad and going backhand-to-forehead to beat Sergei Bobrovsky with 32 ticks left in regulation to hand the Cats a second consecutive one-goal loss.
After struggling to score Friday against Buffalo, the Panthers got off to a great start, opening up a two-goal lead on the Islanders.
Bobrovsky rippe...
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The Florida Panthers (30-26-3) will open a key four-game road trip when they pay a visit to the New York Islanders (34-21-5) this evening at UBS Arena.
Florida is coming off a frustrating 3-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Friday in which they wasted a high-quality start from backup goalie Daniil Tarasov, who stopped 36 of 38 shots. Matthew Tkachuk scored his fifth of the season in the middle frame and Sam Bennett notched his 20th with 35 seconds remaining to pull the Cats within one, but ...
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The Florida Panthers came up short in a tough 3-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres at Amerant Bank Arena, missing out on needed points in the process.
A hooking penalty on A.J. Greer set the stage for the first Buffalo goal with 2:12 left in the first. Alex Tuch was given enough space to take a slick little backhand dish from Ryan McLeod and fire it above Daniil Tarasov’s right shoulder from the slot. The second assist went to defenseman Bo Byram.
Florida would need just six seconds to tak...
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The Florida Panthers (30-25-3) will finish off a home back to back when they face the Buffalo Sabres (32-19-6) tonight in the final regular season meeting of the season between the two Atlantic Division clubs.
A fast start powered the Cats to a 5-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs in their return to action folllowing the three-week break for the Winter Olympics. Evan Rodrigues scored a short-handed goal and added an assist; Brad Marchand netted two goals; Carter Verhaeghe notched the ...
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The Florida Panthers returned to action with a 5-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs at Amerant Bank Arena.
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The Florida Panthers (29-25-3) resume play after the three-week break for the 2026 Winter Olympics when they do battle against the Toronto Maple Leafs (27-22-9) tonight in suburban Sunrise.
Florida entered the break on sour note, getting drubbed 6-1 by the Tampa Bay Lightning at Benchmark International Arena. Mackie Samoskevich broke up Andrei Vasilevskiy’s shutout bid by potting his sixth of the season from Jesper Boqvist and Anton Lundell with 10:10 left in the game. The Panthers curren...
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The Florida Panthers remain idle, however, there will be big-league hockey tonight as the NHL resumes play after taking a three-week break for the 2026 Winter Olympics with eight games on the docket.
The key match on the Wednesday slate is between the Buffalo Sabres and New Jersey Devils. The Sabres are nine points ahead of the Cats and hold the first wild card in the Eastern Conference playoff race. So, go Devils!
Florida’s next opponent, the Toronto Maple Leafs will face the Tampa ...
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