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The Edmonton Oilers lost no ground amongst their closest divisional rivals after a disappointing 4-0 shutout loss to the Florida Panthers — that’s the good news. Now, a stately storm led by Nikita Kucherov comes to town. The lack of emotional engagement in the game left many fans feeling cold exiting Rogers Place, a championship…
The Edmonton Oilers faced their first taste of adversity without Leon Draisaitl in the lineup, coming out flat last game and falling 4-0 to their arch-nemesis, the Florida Panthers. In a game where you’d expect the Oilers, who are in a tight playoff race, to face a team that’s beaten them twice in the Stanley…
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 Edmonton Oilers delivered a mixed bag injury update on Friday, as the team continues to lose bodies down the stretch drive of the regular season. Trent Frederic did not return in the third period against the Florida Panthers, an eventual 4-0 loss. On his last shift of the second period, Frederic fell while on…
The Edmonton Oilers find themselves in an interesting spot with roughly one month remaining in the NHL season. Even after a disappointing loss to the Florida Panthers, they find themselves just one point back of the Anaheim Ducks for the top spot in the division, and even though the Ducks have two games in hand…
I’ll defer to Paul Maurice, who’s approaching 2,000 games coached in the National Hockey League. He said this after his Florida Panthers, who jumped to 14th in the Eastern Conference, beat the Edmonton Oilers in a Stanley Cup Final rematch (part deux) 4-0 on Thursday night. “Finding that juice in the regular season is a…
The Florida Panthers treated Thursday’s Stanley Cup Final rematch in Edmonton like it meant something. The Oilers did not. The result? A decisive 4-0 road victory for the back-to-back champions. There won’t be any rings handed out for this game and there isn’t going to be a parade when the Panthers arrive back in South…
The Edmonton Oilers found themselves on a bit of a run coming into Thursday’s matchup with the Florida Panthers, going 4-1-1 in their last six games, but they would need another strong effort if they were going to keep the good times rolling. Even though the Panthers are well out of the playoff race at…
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 Edmonton Oilers just can’t seem to figure out the Florida Panthers. On Thursday evening, the Oilers played the Panthers for the second time this season, falling 4-0 to the reigning Stanley Cup champions on home ice. Let’s take a look at what went on in this game. The Panthers took the lead just over…
Florida Panthers GM Bill Zito was able to work wonders last June after the team won its second straight Stanley Cup, to keep all of their key pending unrestricted free agents in the fold. He was able to re-sign Sam Bennett, Aaron Ekblad and Brad Marchand all to long-term extensions. Now, their iconic goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky, a pending UFA this summer, is wondering, 'What about me?' And in fact, he's been eyeing one of the aforementioned extensions, specifically, as a starting ...
The Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers’ disdain for one another is real. It isn’t manufactured. The NHL sent a memo to both teams during last year’s Stanley Cup Final to tone down their on-ice verbal assaults. The intensity was obvious. The teams might respect each other’s talent, but it was clear in the Panthers’ celebrations…
The Edmonton Oilers made a pair of roster moves and blended their lines Thursday ahead of their Stanley Cup Final rematch with the Florida Panthers. Leon Draisaitl was placed on the long-term injured reserve with a lower-body injury sustained Sunday night on a hit by Nashville Predators winger Ozzy Wiesblatt. He was initially expected to…
Sure, there are injuries to key players from the recent Stanley Cup Finals, forcing them out of tonight’s game. But as long as the Edmonton Oilers are playing a team wearing Florida Panthers’ jerseys, the game means more. The Oilers didn’t paint a Picasso against the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night, but withstood mistakes…
This won’t be a preview of a third straight Stanley Cup Final between Edmonton and Florida. The Oilers are still chasing top spot in the Pacific Division, but the Panthers are running out of time, sitting 13 points back of a playoff spot with just over a month left. With their season slipping away, the…
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 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 did not make the splash many expected at the trade deadline entering the season. Instead of moving pending unrestricted free agents, Florida kept both Sergei Bobrovsky and A.J. Greer , with TSN's Pierre LeBrun indicating the club is now working on extensions for both players. Panthers general manager Bill Zito made the team’s stance clear after the deadline, calling Bobrovsky “part of our franchise” and “part of our core,” while saying Florida wants to keep him. Se...
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...
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 ...
For the first time in the 2025-26 season, Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov has taken the ice with his teammates for practice. In a non-contact jersey, yes, but this is a huge stepping stone for Barkov, who hopes to return before the end of the season. Looks like he's sticking around 👍 https://t.co/xb7g49Uzxp — Jameson Olive (@JamesonCoop) March 10, 2026 It's too little, too late for the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions, however, who currently sit in 14th place in the Ea...
The Vincent Trocheck non-trade is the latest in a series of decisions from Chris Drury that do not add up to a cohesive or effective plan.
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 Detroit Lions have found their new center. According to Aaron Wilson, the Lions have agreed to terms with former Carolina Panthers starting center Cade Mays to a three-year, $25 million contract. Per Wilson, $14 million of that is guaranteed. Mays, the Panthers’ sixth-round pick in 2022, will turn just 27 years old in April. […]
Drury may have created the Trocheck dilemma—but that doesn’t mean he handled the deadline wrong. If the offers weren’t good enough, punting the decision to the summer might have been the only sensible move.