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Panthers can’t stick the landing, fall 2-1 to Jets
The Florida Panthers losing streak is at three after a frustrating 2-1 defeat to the Winnipeg Jets at Amerant Bank Arena. Eetu Luostarinen opened the scoring with 5:20 left in the first, seconds after a cross-checking penalty on Logan Stanley expired. After taking a pass from Gustav Forsling, Evan Rodrigues let go of a wrister from just above the right circle that deflected off Luostarinen and beat Eric Comrie. Unfortunately, that’s all the struggling Cats would be able to get into t...
Gameday 54: Florida Panthers vs Winnipeg Jets
The Florida Panthers (28-22-3) limp back to Broward to open a key three-game homestand by hosting the Winnipeg Jets (21-25-7) this afternoon at Amerant Bank Arena.. Florida rallied from a two-goal deficit, thanks to a pair of goals from Matthew Tkachuk, before losing a 5-4 heartbreaker to the St. Louis Blues when Jimmy Snuggerud scored a power-play goal with nine seconds left in regulation. In addition to Tkachuk’s first two markers of the season, Sam Reinhart contributed a goal and an as...
Panthers strike sour note in 5-4 loss to Blues
A late penalty on Niko Mikkola loomed large in the Florida Panthers costly 5-4 loss to the St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center. Mikkola’s drive by of goaltender Joel Hofer with 1:54 left in the game put the Blues on a power play that they cashed in on with nine seconds remaining on the clock when Jimmy Snuggerud whipped Pavel Buchnevich’s circle-to-circle crossing pass past Daniil Tarasov. The second assist went to Jordan Kyrou, who was named First Star for his one-goal, two-assist perfo...
Gameday 53: Florida Panthers at St. Louis Blues
The Florida Panthers (28-21-3) are back on the road for a one-off against the struggling St. Louis Blues (19-25-9) tonight at Enterprise Center. After a sweeping a three-game road trip, the Panthers returned home and were beaten 4-3 by former backup goalie Vitek Vanecek and the Utah Mammoth on Tuesday. Sandis Vilmanis scored his first NHL goal; Cole Schwindt lit the lamp; and Carter Verhaeghe’s late marker extended his point streak to three games. Sergei Bobrovsky took the loss, stopping ...
Panthers take disappointing 4-3 loss to Mammoth
The Florida Panthers returned home to take a disappointing 4-3 loss to the Utah Mammoth at Amerant Bank Arena. Florida drew the game’s first power play, but former Panther Kevin Stenlund pressured Uvis Balinskis into a giveaway and Nick Schmaltz took off on a breakway, lifting a backhand shot over Sergei Bobrovsky to open the scoring with 4:14 left in the first period. Sandis Vilmanis would notch his first NHL goal by beating Vitek Vanecek from the middle of the slot following a ghas...
Gameday 52: Florida Panthers vs Utah Mammoth
The Florida Panthers (28=20-3) will go for the season-series sweep and look to extend its winning streak to four when they host the Utah Mammoth (27-21-4) tonight at Amerant Bank Arena. Florida is back in Broward after beating the Chicago Blackhawks 5-1 on Sunday to complete a three-game road trip with a perfect record. Tobias Björnfot produced the first multi-goal game of his career, Mackie Samoskevich ended a long scoring drought, Carter Verhaeghe notched a beauty and Sam Reinhart found...
Björnfot big in Panthers 5-1 win over Blackhawks
Tobias Björnfot lit the lamp twice and Mackie Samoskevich also ended a long scoring drought to help the Florida Panthers finish a perfect three-game road trip with a 5-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center. After a scoreless first period, Björnfot registered his first goal since 2021 by beating former Panther Spencer Knight for a wrap-around goal after Cole Schwindt won an offensive zone draw back to him at the left point with 4:27 left in the second. It was his first-ever po...
Gameday 51: Florida Panthers at Chicago Blackhawks
The Florida Panthers (27-20-3) will conclude a three-game road trip against the improving Chicago Blackhawks (21-22-8) tonight in the Windy City. Brad Marchand returned with a vengance, scoring twice, including the game-winner, and adding an assist in Florida’s 4-3 overtime victory over the Minnesota Wild last night in St. Paul. Sam Reinhart (1G/1A), Carter Verhaeghe (2A), and Matthew Tkachuk (2A) had multi-point perofrmances and Sam Bennett tied the tilt with his 19th goal of the season ...
Marchand lifts Panthers to 4-3 win over Wild
Brad Marchand returned with a vengeance, producing two goals, including the game-winner, and an assist in the Florida Panthers 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Wild at Grand Casino Arena. The Panthers opened the scoring 6:44 into the first when Carter Verhaeghe and Evan Rodrigues worked behind the net to claim the puck. Verhaeghe sent the biscuit from low to high to Aaron Ekblad at the right point. Filip Gustavsson failed to glove Ekblad’s shot, which ticked off Ryan Hartman and appeared to...
Gameday 50: Florida Panthers at Minnesota Wild
The Florida Panthers (26-20-3) continue its three-game road trip when they take on another team they haven’t faced since 2024, the Minnesota Wild (29-14-9) tonight at Grand Casino Arena. Florida started the trek north with a 2-1 shootout win over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday. Matthew Tkachuk set up Sam Bennett’s seond period one-timer to collect his first point of the season. Daniil Tarasov made 17 saves to get the Cats to the shootout, where Anton Lundell and Sam Reinhart made quick wor...
Panthers open trip with 2-1 shootout win over Jets
Daniil Tarasov made 17 saves and did not yield in the shootout and Matthew Tkachuk collected his first point of the season in the Florida Panthers 2-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets at Canadian Life Centre. Tkachuk set up Sam Bennett for a one-timer with 1:11 left in the second period, collecting the puck by the left boards and centering to number nine, who blasted his 18th of the campaign past Connor Hellebuyck after an offensive zone faceoff. The Jets countered 5:24 into the third when...
Gameday 49: Florida Panthers at Winnipeg Jets
The Florida Panthers (25-20-3) will open a three-game road trip when they take on the Winnipeg Jets (20-22-6) tonight in frigid Manitoba in the first of two closely scheduled meetings between the two teams. The long-awaited return of Matthew Tkachuk to the lineup was dampened by a 4-1 home ice loss to the San Jose Sharks on Monday. San Jose potted three rebounds in a 5:22 of span of the second period to take control of the tilt and all the Panthers could muster in response offensively was...
Clowder Chatter: Panthers Wednesday Open Forum
The Florida Panthers find themselves five points out of a playoff spot after the results of Tuesday night’s games that saw the Buffalo Sabres and Boston Bruins switch wild card positions. Buffalo beat Nashville 5-3 to jump the Bruins, who lost 6-2 to Dallas. The Panthers have two games in hand on the Bruins. Stepan Gorbunov scored the go-ahead goal in the third and added a empty-netter which became the game-winner in Chelmet Chelyabinsk’s 3-2 victory over HC Rostov in Wednesday action fro...
Panthers get bitten 4-1 by visiting Sharks
An utterly shite start to the second period cost the Florida Panthers dearly in a 4-1 loss to the San Jose Sharks at Amerant Bank Arena. The Panthers gave up three goals, all on rebounds, in a 5:22 span to spoil the long-awaited return of Matthew Tkachuk to lineup. After the goaltenders ruled the first period, Will Smith opened the scoring fifty seconds into the middle frame. Smith, who was left unmarked in the slot, was able to the collect the rebound of Timothy Liljegren’s shot fro...
Gameday 48: Florida Panthers vs San Jose Sharks
After finishing a six-game road trip with a 3-3 record, the Florida Panthers (25-19-3) are back in Sunrise for a home one-off against the much-improved San Jose Sharks (24-20-3) at Amerant Bank Arena. Matthew Tkachuk will make his season debut for the Panthers. What a difference a day makes. Florida bounced back from Friday’s ugly 9-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes by completing a season-series sweep of the Washington Capitals with a 5-3 victory on Saturday. Uvis Balinskis notched his fi...
Panthers complete season-series sweep with 5-2 win over Capitals
The Florida Panthers bounced back from an embarrassing performance in Raleigh with a gutsy 5-2 win over the Washington Capitals in the second half of a back-to-back to close its six-game road trip on a positive note. After the Capitals had a goal wiped off the board, the Panthers opened the scoring 13:23 into the first when Sam Bennett tracked down Aaron Ekblad’s dump in. Bennett tried to come out in front and stuff the puck past Logan Thompson. Thompson denied the bid, but kicked the puc...
Gameday 47: Florida Panthers at Washington Capitals
The Florida Panthers (24-19-3) will conclude an up and down six-game road trip when they go for the season-series sweep against the Washington Capitals (24-18-6) tonight in the District of Columbia. Florida will look to quickly turn the page on last night’s embarrassing 9-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh. After Uvis Balinskis scored his second of the season, from Mackie Samoskevich and Sandis Vilmanis, to tie the tilt early in the second period, Carolina registered eight-strai...
Panthers get blown out 9-1 by Hurricanes in Raleigh
The Florida Panthers suffered a category five loss in Raleigh, getting blown out of Lenovo Center 9-1 by the Carolina Hurricanes, who were highly determined not to be swept by the visiting Cats this season. Nikolaj Ehlers notched a hat trick and added an assist; Taylor Hall scored twice; and Mark Jankowski lit the lamp and had a pair of helpers in the rout. Andrei Svechnikov, Eric Robinson and Alexander Nikishin also lit the lamp for the Hurricanes, who went 4-for-5 on the power play...
Gameday 46: Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes
The Florida Panthers (24-18-3) will resume its six-game road trip when they take on the Carolina Hurricanes (28-15-4) tonight in Raleigh, looking to complete the season-series sweep against the Metropolitan Division leaders. Florida evened its record (2-2) on its current six-game road trip by cooling off the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 at KeyBank Center on Monday. A.J. Greer scored twice and Sam Reinhart and Anton Lundell also lit the lamp to provide the offense while Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 20 o...
Clowder Chatter: Panthers Thursday Open Forum
With the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers last night, the Florida Panthers now find themselves three points out of a playoff spot. The Sabres climbed into the first wild card while the idle Boston Bruins slipped into the second. Both teams have 54 points, with Buffalo having played two fewer games. The Cats also have two games in hand on the Bruins, who will host the Seattle Kraken tonight at TD Garden. After routing the Springfield Thunderbirds 8-2 on Tuesday, the Char...
Clowder Chatter: Panthers Wednesday Open Forum
The Florida Panthers will get a couple more days of rest before facing the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night in Raleigh. After starting its current six-game road trip with losses to Toronto and Montreal, the Panthers have bounced back by posting well-played, one-goal wins over Ottawa and Buffalo. The Hurricanes, who lost 3-0 in St. Louis last night, are also off until Friday. Carolina continues to hold down the top spot in Metropolitan Division, leading the New York Islanders by five points....
Greer brace pushes Panthers to 4-3 win over Sabres
A.J. Greer got off the schneid, scoring a pair of goals to help the Florida Panthers topple the Buffalo Sabres by a 4-3 count at Key Bank Center. It was Buffalo’s first loss at home since November 28. Aided by an early interference minor on Josh Doan, the Panthers drew first blood 2:35 into the action when Carter Verhaeghe took a pass from Sam Reinhart, who was knocked down, and fed Uvis Baliniskis at the left point. While Reinhart was getting back up and going to the net, Balinskis drift...
Gameday 45: Florida Panthers at Buffalo Sabres
The Florida Panthers (23-18-3) will continue its six-game road trip when they face the surging Buffalo Sabres (24-15-4) at KeyBank Center for the second time this season. Florida shook off disappointing losses to Toronto and Montreal and left Canada with a big two points after grinding out a 3-2 win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night. Gustav Forsling and Carter Verhaeghe each had a goal and and assist and Evan Rodrigues ended a long goalless drought to knot the score in the first ...
Panthers grind out 3-2 win over Senators
Gustav Forsling and Carter Verhaeghe each produced a goal and assist in the Florida Panthers much-needed 3-2 win over the Ottawa Senators that ended a two-game losing streak. The Senators opened the scoring 4:03 into the first, one second after a high-sticking minor on Evan Rodrigues expired, when Fabian Zetterlund fetched the puck off the end boards, curled out and had his off-balance shot blocked by the blade of Gustav Forsling. The puck ramped up in the air and deflected off Sergei Bob...
Gameday 44: Florida Panthers at Ottawa Senators
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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