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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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. ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
18 days 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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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