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Gameday 3: Florida Panthers at Anaheim Ducks
The Florida Panthers (1-0-1) are in Orange County to continue a three-game tour of the Golden State when they take on the Anaheim Ducks in their season-opener tonight at Honda Center. Florida overcame a three-goal deficit and the loss of captain Aleksander Barkov to pluck a point from the San Jose Sharks in a gutsy 4-3 overtime loss at SAP Center on Thursday. Eetu Luostarinen scored twice, including a rare power-play goal, and Matthew Tkachuk fired in his first of the season to the tie th...
Saturday Caterwaul: Florida Panthers Open Forum
The Florida Panthers are idle today, but they should hold a practice at Honda Center, which means head coach Paul Maurice will fill us in on the latest regarding the injury to captain Aleksander Barkov, who had an MRI yesterday. Cross your fingers… Florida’s next opponent, the Anaheim Ducks opened their season with a 4-3 road win over the Vegas Golden Knights last night in Sin City. The Boston Bruins took the early lead in the Atlantic Division with a 4-3 overtime victory against the Winn...
Panthers rally to earn point in 4-3 overtime loss to Sharks
Down three goals and missing injured captain Aleksander Barkov, the Florida Panthers rallied to force overtime before losing to 4-3 to the San Jose Sharks when rookie defenseman Luca Cagnoni notched his first NHL goal. Former Panther Mason Marchment opened the scoring with 5:40 left in the first period, beating Akira Schmid unassisted with a wrister through traffic. San Jose doubled its lead 5:52 into the second when Macklin Celebrini stole the puck from Matthew Tkachuk and headed up...
Gameday 2: Florida Panthers at San Jose Sharks
The undefeated Florida Panthers kick off a three-game jaunt through the Golden State when they take on the San Jose Sharks in their season-opener at SAP Center. Florida opened its 33rd season of play with a highly-satisfying 1-0 overtime win over the Carolina Hurricanes. Gustav Forsling struck the decisive blow with 4.3 seconds left in overtime when he drove a one-timer past Brandon Bussi with the lone assist going to Carter Verhaeghe. Jacob Markström’s first game with the Cats since 2014...
Jacob on the mark in Panthers 1-0 win over Hurricanes
The Florida Panthers opened the 2026-27 NHL season with a very solid road effort to come away with a 1-0 overtime win over the Carolina Hurricanes, spoiling banner raising night at a sold-out Lenovo Center. Gustav Forsling one-timed Carter Verhaeghe’s pass past Brandon Bussi from just inside the blue line with 4.3 seconds left in the extra session for the game’s only goal, which came on Florida’s 20th shot. CARDIAC CATS 🚨 GUSTAV FORSLING OT WINNER WITH FOUR SECONDS LEFT TO GIVE FLO...
It’s time for LBC’s ninth annual Regular Season Predictions contest
We are looking for fourteen pieces of information from you. A) The First and Last place teams from each of the NHL’s four divisions (so that’s eight selections). Sure, picking the winner is usually the way these things go, but are you also knowledgeable enough to suss out the league’s bottom-feeders in addition to its powerhouses? B) The amount of points the Florida Panthers will finish the 2025-26 season with C) Which team will make the greatest improvem...
Gameday 1: Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes
The Florida Panthers are in Raleigh to open the 2026-27 regular season against the defending Stanley Cup champions, the Carolina Hurricanes. The team is healthy again (except for Jonah Gadjovich), captain Aleskander Barkov is back after working the rust off with a successful turn at the World Championship, prize acquisition Brady Tkachuk will play his first game as a Cat, and returning goalkeeper Jacob Markstrom will be between the pipes instead of Sergei Bobrovsky. Carolina, who defeated...
Monday Caterwaul: Florida Panthers Open Forum
Training camp is over and after posting 2-0-2 record during the truncated preseason, the Florida Panthers are ready to start the 2026-27 regular season “Revenge Tour.” On Sunday, the Panthers signed forward Nathan Bastian to a one-year, two-way deal worth $850K at the NHL level. Props to Bastian for coming to camp on a PTO and earning a contract. The team also placed Bastian and the following seven players – forwards Cole Reinhardt and Cole Schwindt, John Beecher, Sam Lafferty and Ka...
Sunday Caterwaul: Cats close preseason with 3-2 loss to Bolts
The Florida Panthers finished the preseason slate with a 2-0-2 record after dropping a 3-2 shootout decision to the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amernat Bank Arena. Lucas Mercuri buried a backhanded centering feed from Nick Abruzzese to open the scoring 8:50 into the first period. The secondary assist went to Jeffrey Viel, who did some fine work along the wall. The Panthers countered at 17:58 when Sandis Vilmanis quickly fired home after Kai Schwindt knocked the puck away from defenseman J...
Preseason Gameday 4: Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning
The Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning are in Sunrise to close out the exhibition slate. Florida upped its preseason record to 2-0-1 by beating the Bolts 5-3 at Benchmark International Arena on Thursday. Each member of the line of Kai Schwindt, Cole Reinhardt and Hunter St. Martin found the back of the net with Reinhardt’s goal being the game-winner. Reinhardt and Schwindt added assists and Bokondji Imama and Sandis Vilmanis also lit the lamp for Cats. Cooper Black (14 saves on 16 s...
Friday Preseason Caterwaul: Cats zap Bolts in Tampa
The Florida Panthers “B” team struck for a hard-earned 5-3 victory over a pretty well-stocked Tampa Bay Lightning last night at Benchmark International Arena. Each member of the line consisting of Kai Schwindt, Hunter St. Martin and Cole Reinhardt turned on the red light and St. Martin and Reinhardt also added assists. First Star Reinhardt stole the puck from defenseman Ryan McDonagh and beat Andrei Vasilevskiy from between the circles 5:35 into the final frame to give the Panthers t...
Preseason Gameday 3: Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning
The Florida Panthers are on the gulf coast to face the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first of two meetings between the Sunshine State clubs to close out the exhibition slate. Florida is coming off a 3-2 shootout loss on Tuesday to the Carolina Hurricanes. Brady Tkachuk and Aleksander Barkov each had a goal and an assist in the game. Like the Cats, the Lightning are 1-0-1 in the preseason. They nipped Nashville by a count 2-1 at home on Sunday before dropping a 3-2 overtime decision to the Predato...
Wednesday Caterwaul: Panthers drop shootout decision to Carolina
The Florida Panthers dropped a 3-2 shootout decision to the Carolina Hurricanes at Lenovo Center in Raleigh, NC last night. Brady Tkachuk opened the scoring at 4:31 of the first period by smacking a feed from Sam Reinhart by Brandon Bussi from the left circle. Aleksander Barkov drew the secondary assist on Tkachuk’s third of the preseason. Bradly Nadeau quickly countered for the Hurricanes, flipping the rebound of former Panther Mike Reilly’s soft shot from the left point past Jacob ...
Preseason Gameday 2: Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes
The Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes will do it again tonight at Lenovo Center in Raleigh, NC after the Cats doubled up the Hurricanes 6-3 on Sunday at Amerant Bank Arena. Brady Tkachuk had two goals and an assist, Cole Reinhardt struck twice, defenseman Niko Mikkola scored and assisted on two goals and Aleksander Barkov found the back of the net on a breakaway and added an assist. WHEN: 7 p.m. ET WHERE: Lenovo Center – Raleigh, NC ON THE TUBE: Scripp...
Monday Caterwaul: Cats double up Canes in preseason opener
Newcomer Brady Tkachuk and Cole Reinhardt each found the back of the net twice in the Florida Panthers impressive 6-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes at Amerant Bank Arena in the preseason opener for both teams. Tkachuk’s first period power-play goal from the high slot, set up by big brother Matthew and Aleksander Barkov, at 12:02 of the first period tied the tilt after Carolina’s Dominik Badinka opened the scoring at the 6:04 mark. Tkachuk sent Barkov away for a breakaway goal with...
Preseason Gameday 1: Florida Panthers vs Carolina Hurricanes
The Florida Panthers will kick off the exhibition season by playing host to the Carolina Hurricanes tonight at Amerant Bank Arena in suburban Sunrise. This is the first four preseason games for the Cats before they open the NHL’s 110th season in Raleigh on September 29. WHEN: 7 p.m. ET WHERE: Amerant Bank Arena – Sunrise, FL ON THE TUBE: Scripps SOCIALS: #TimeToHunt, #CarolinaCulture, #FLAvsCAR, @LitterBoxCats , LBC FaceBook ENEMY ...
2026 Panthers Prospect Profile: Yegor Midlak
The Florida Panthers selected under the radar goaltending prospect Yegor Midlak in the seventh round (224th overall) with the final pick of the 2025 NHL Draft held at Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. During his draft season, Midlak made five appearances split between HC Spartak Moscow’s two entries in Russia’s top junior league, the MHL. In four games with MHK Spartak, he recorded a 1-0-1 record and posted a 1.06 goals against average and .941 save percentage. He made one relief appearance...
2026 Panthers Prospect Profile: Kai Schwindt
The Florida Panthers signed Kai Schwindt to a three-year, entry-level contract on September 30, 2022 after the undrafted forward put in an impressive showing at the team’s development camp and training camp. Schwindt even lit the lamp in the Panthers’ 2022 preseason opener, a 4-3 overtime win against the Nashville Predators before he was returned to the Mississauga Steelheads of the Ontario Hockey League. During his draft season, Schwindt scored 12 goals and added five assists in 68 ...
Thursday Florida Panthers Preseason Caterwaul
Some news as the Florida Panthers open training camp today for its 33rd season at Baptist Health IcePlex in Fort Lauderdale. While meeting with reporters yesterday, general manager Bill Zito said that he expects Brad Marchand to return from off-season surgery “early in the season,” but added that the team will be conservative in getting the 38-year-old back on the ice. Marchand dealt with a lower-body injury for most of the 2025-26 season, and with the Panthers out of the playof...
Panthers release 2026-27 training camp roster
The Florida Panthers have released the roster for its 2026-27 training camp session. With a shortened preseason slate and no rookie camp, the Cats have 51 players in camp as opposed to 72 last year. The roster consists of 30 forwards, 16 defensemen and five goalies. Let’s take a look and the names and numbers. Forwards: Brady Tkachuk (8), Sam Bennett (9),. Nathan Bastian (11), Jonah Gadjovich (12), Sam Reinhart (13), Bokondji Imama (14), Anton Lundell (15), Aleksander Barkov (15...
2026 Panthers Prospect Profile: Louis-Antoine Denault
With its final selection in the 2026 NHL Entry Draft, the Florida Panthers took towering goaltender Louis-Antoine Denault in the seventh round (217th overall) with the pick the Panthers received from the Minnesota Wild for veteran defenseman Jeff Petry. After going undrafted in 2025, Denault attended development camp with the Panthers as an invitee and was one of three goalies the team took to the NHL Prospect Tournament in Wesley Chapel, FL in September, so he must have made a good ...
2026 Panthers Prospect Profile: Jonas Kemps
The Florida Panthers selected rangy, left-shot defenseman Jonas Kemps in the fourth round (98th overall) of the 2026 NHL Entry Draft held at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, NY. Kemps spent his draft season with the Chicago Steel of the USHL, appearing in 57 of the team’s 62 regular season games. He scored two goals, added seven assists, amassed 52 penalty minutes and finished the campaign with a minus-seven rating. Unfortunately, playoff hockey was not in the cards for Kemps as the Steel ...
2026 Panthers Prospect Profile: Denis Gabdrakhmanov
The Florida Panthers selected obscure goaltending prospect Denis Gabdrakhmanov in the seventh round (201st overall) of the 2024 NHL Draft held at the astounding Sphere in Paradise, Nevada. During his draft season, Gabdrakhmanov made 40 appearances with Tyumenski Legion, the most games played by a goaltender in Russia’s MHL in 2023-24, recording a 10-20-7 record and posting a 2.55 goals against average, .924 save percentage and one shutout. The 2024-25 season saw Gabdrakhmanov again s...
Friday Florida Panthers Offseason Caterwaul
ESPN’s Burning questions for all 32 NHL teams this preseason article had this to say about the Florida Panthers. It was strange to see the Panthers outside the playoff mix last season — but perhaps it was inevitable they’d slide down the standings following multiple championship runs (and minus captain Aleksander Barkov for the season). But this isn’t the same team it was in 2025-26. The Panthers broke the internet — again — trading for Brady Tkachuk to enhance a ...
2026 Panthers Prospect Profile: Brendan Dunphy
The Florida Panthers selected 19-year-old Californian Brendan Dunphy in the seventh round of the 2025 NHL Draft at Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. After going undrafted in 2024, the Panthers took Dunphy with the 197th pick after the physical defenseman scored four goals and added 18 assists in 47 games with the Western Hockey League’s Wenatchee Wild. He joined the club after startng the season in the BCHL with the Langley Rivermen (19 games, six assists) after the Wild acquired his rights...
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