2024–25 Florida Panthers season
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The 2024–25 Florida Panthers season was the 31st season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established in 1993. The Panthers entered the season as the defending Stanley Cup champions having defeated the Edmonton Oilers in seven games in the 2024 Stanley Cup Final. On April 5, 2025, the Panthers clinched a playoff spot for the sixth straight season following the Columbus Blue Jackets loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs. In the playoffs, the Panthers defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in five games in the first round, defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games in the second round, defeated the Carolina Hurricanes in five games in the Eastern Conference finals, and made the 2025 Stanley Cup Final for the third consecutive season where they defeated the Edmonton Oilers in six games in a rematch of the previous Stanley Cup Final. The Panthers scored 94 playoff goals, the 4th most by a team in NHL history, behind only the 1985 Oilers, 1981 Islanders, and 1991 Penguins, all of whom played in an era of high-scoring offense in the 1980s and early 1990s.
With an average of 19,059, the Panthers drew the fifth-highest average home league attendance in the 2024-25 NHL season.