Daniil Tarasov finished with 47 saves, but couldn’t make the final stop as the Florida Panthers fell 3-2 to the Minnesota Wild at Amerant Bank Arena when Joel Eriksson Ek converted a rebound chance with five seconds left in regulation.
After a scoreless first period that saw a otherworldly 19-save performance from Tarasov, the WIld finally broke through when Yakov Trenin took an entry pass from Jeff Petry and then drove to the net before setting up Marcus Foligno in the slot for the goal ...
The Florida Panthers (35-32-3) will close a brief homestand when they welcome the Minnesota Wild (40-20-12) to Amerant Bank game in their final game against an opponent from the Western Conference.
Florida blew a late three-goal lead against the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday, but managed to pull out a 5-4 victory when Vinnie Hinostroza scored a beauty on Joey Daccord in the shootout. Nolan Foote scored his first as a Panter and Eetu Luostarinen, Carter Vergaehe and Noah Gregor, who set up Foo...
Vinnie Hinostroza scored the only goal of the shootout to give the Florida Panthers a wild 5-4 victory over the Seattle Kraken at Amerant Bank Arena.
After scoreless opening frame, Nolan Foote scored his first NHL goal since April 11, 2024, 2:32 into the second. Gustav Forsling moved the puck around the boards behind his own net and it got by Matty Berniers and came to Noah Gregor. Gregor and Foote took off on a two-on-one break and the former eventually fed the latter in the slot. Foote ...
The Florida Panthers (34-32-3) open a brief two-game homestand when they host the Seattle Kraken (31-26-9) tonight in Sunrise to close out the season-series between the two far-flung clubs.
Florida dropped a 4-1 decision to the Calgary Flames on Friday to finish its four-game road trip with a one win and three losses. A.J. Greer scored the only goal and also managed to get himself suspended for three games by first hooking, then boarding Connor Zary in the third period. Donovan Sebrango a...
Florida Panthers forward A.J. Greer has been suspended for three games by the National Hockey League’s Department of Player Safety for boarding Calgary Flames forward Connor Zary on Friday, March 20. Greer will miss Florida’s home games this week against the Seattle Kraken and Minnesota Wild and Saturday’s road game versus the New York Islanders. He will be eligible to return on Sunday, when the Panthers face the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.
The Charlotte Checkers completed ...
After dropping a pair of games against Hartford during the week, the Charlotte Checkers bounced back with a 5-1 win over the Lehigh Valley Phantoms last night at Bojangles Coliseum.
Brian Pinho scored the final two goals of the game and added an assist and Mitchell Vande Sompel, Noah Gregor and Jack Devine lit the lamp in the first period.
Nate Smith, Ben Steeves, Tobias Björnfot, Gregor and Ludvig Jansson were credited with assists.
Cooper Black stopped 23 of 24 shots to post h...
The Florida Panthers completed its four-game road trip with a 4-1 loss to the Calgary Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome.
Calgary got its goals from four different players and goaltender Dustin Wolf turned aside 24 of 25 shots to earn the game’s First Star.
After a scoreless opening frame, the Flames struck first 7:44 into the second when Blake Coleman collected a Sam Bennett turnover and shoveled a backhand pass off the right boards to Joel Farabee. Farabee moved a little closer to the...
The Florida Panthers (34-31-3) will conclude a four-game road trip when they face the Calgary Flames (27-34-7) in the second game of an Albertan back-to-back.
Florida delivered an absolute gem of a road game, shutting out the Edmonton Oilers 4-0 at Rogers Place last night. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped all 21 shots faced and Cole Reinhardt, A.J. Greer, Anton Lundell and Carter Verhaeghe found the back of the net. Rookie Mike Benning, Evan Rodrigues and Sam Bennett collected two helpers apiece ...
Sergei Bobrovsky and the Florida Panthers blanked the Edmonton Oilers 4-0 at Rogers Place to snap a two-game skid.
Bobrovsky stopped all 21 shots faced to join Roberto Luongo (38) and Tomas Voukon (23) as the only goalers in franchise history to record 20 shutouts.
The Panthers delivered a near-perfect first period of road hockey, outchancing the Oilers 14-4, and put two goals on the board to establish firm control.
Cole Reinhardt notched his first as a Cat when Mike Benning sen...
The Florida Panthers (33-31-3) will continue its four-game road trip when they pay a visit to the Edmonton Oilers (34-26-9) tonight at Rogers Place to conclude the season series between last year’s Stanley Cup combatants.
Florida fell to 0-2 on the trek west with Tuesday night’s sloppy 5-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks. Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and an assist; Sam Bennett scored his 25th of the season; and Carter Verhaeghe assisted on both markers. Sergei Bobrovsky gave up all five goals...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...