Florida Panthers
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The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team based in the Miami metropolitan area. The Panthers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. The team initially played its home games at Miami Arena before moving to what is now known as Amerant Bank Arena in 1998. Located in Sunrise, Florida, the franchise is the southernmost team in the NHL. The Panthers are one of two NHL franchises based in Florida, with the other being the Tampa Bay Lightning. The team's local broadcasting rights were held by Bally Sports Florida (formerly SportsChannel and Fox Sports Florida) from 1996 to 2024 when they made a new broadcast deal with Scripps Sports. The Panthers are primarily affiliated with two minor league teams: the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League (AHL) and the Savannah Ghost Pirates of the ECHL. The Panthers began playing in the 1993–94 season, when they set the record for the most points by an expansion team in its inaugural season, which was later surpassed by the Vegas Golden Knights in 2017–18. In 1996, the team made their first appearance in the Stanley Cup playoffs, reaching the 1996 Stanley Cup Final before falling to the Colorado Avalanche. Between 1997 and 2021, the Panthers only qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs six times, not winning a playoff series in that span. Since the 2021–22 season, the Panthers have found considerable postseason success. They won their first playoff series in two decades in 2022, and appeared in the Stanley Cup Final for three straight seasons from 2023 to 2025, winning their first Stanley Cup in franchise history in 2024, and repeating as champions in 2025.
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| Season | GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | GF | GA | Finish | Playoffs |
| 2020–21 | 56 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 79 | 189 | 153 | 2nd, Central | Lost in first round, 2–4 (Lightning) |
| 2021–22 | 82 | 58 | 18 | 6 | 122 | 340 | 246 | 1st, Atlantic | Lost in second round, 0–4 (Lightning) |
| 2022–23 | 82 | 42 | 32 | 8 | 92 | 290 | 273 | 4th, Atlantic | Lost in Stanley Cup Final, 1–4 (Golden Knights) |
| 2023–24 | 82 | 52 | 24 | 6 | 110 | 268 | 200 | 1st, Atlantic | Stanley Cup champions, 4–3 (Oilers) |
| 2024–25 | 82 | 47 | 31 | 4 | 98 | 252 | 223 | 3rd, Atlantic | Stanley Cup champions, 4–2 (Oilers) |
| No. | Nat | Player | Pos | S/G | Age | Acquired | Birthplace |
| 26 | | Uvis Balinskis | D | L | 29 | 2023 | Ventspils, Latvia |
| 16 | | Aleksander Barkov (C) | C | L | 30 | 2013 | Tampere, Finland |
| 9 | | Sam Bennett | C | L | 29 | 2021 | East Gwillimbury, Ontario |
| 72 | | Sergei Bobrovsky | G | L | 37 | 2019 | Novokuznetsk, Russia |
| 70 | | Jesper Boqvist | C | L | 27 | 2024 | Falun, Sweden |
| 5 | | Aaron Ekblad (A) | D | R | 29 | 2014 | Windsor, Ontario |
| 42 | | Gustav Forsling | D | L | 29 | 2021 | Linköping, Sweden |
| 12 | | Jonah Gadjovich | LW | L | 27 | 2023 | Whitby, Ontario |
| 10 | | A. J. Greer | LW | L | 28 | 2024 | Notre-Dame-des-Prairies, Quebec |
| 18 | | Noah Gregor | LW | L | 27 | 2025 | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 3 | | Seth Jones | D | R | 31 | 2025 | Arlington, Texas |
| 7 | | Dmitry Kulikov | D | L | 35 | 2023 | Lipetsk, Russia |
| 71 | | Luke Kunin | C | R | 28 | 2025 | Chesterfield, Missouri |
| 15 | | Anton Lundell | C | L | 24 | 2020 | Espoo, Finland |
| 27 | | Eetu Luostarinen | C | L | 27 | 2020 | Siilinjärvi, Finland |
| 63 | | Brad Marchand | LW | L | 37 | 2025 | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| 77 | | Niko Mikkola | D | L | 29 | 2023 | Kiiminki, Finland |
| 92 | | Tomas Nosek | LW | L | 33 | 2024 | Pardubice, Czech Republic |
| 2 | | Jeff Petry | D | R | 38 | 2025 | Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| 13 | | Sam Reinhart | C | R | 30 | 2021 | North Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 17 | | Evan Rodrigues | C | R | 32 | 2023 | Toronto, Ontario |
| 11 | | Mackie Samoskevich | RW | R | 23 | 2021 | Newtown, Connecticut |
| 79 | | Cole Schwindt | RW | R | 24 | 2025 | Breslau, Ontario |
| 6 | | Donovan Sebrango | D | L | 23 | 2025 | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 40 | | Daniil Tarasov | G | L | 26 | 2025 | Novokuznetsk, Russia |
| 19 | | Matthew Tkachuk (A) | LW | L | 27 | 2022 | Scottsdale, Arizona |
| 23 | | Carter Verhaeghe | C | L | 30 | 2020 | Toronto, Ontario |
| No. | Player | Position | Career | No. retirement |
| 1 | Roberto Luongo | G | 2000–20062014–2019 | March 7, 2020 |
| 37 | Wayne Huizenga | Owner | 1993–2001 | January 19, 2018 |
| 93 | Bill Torrey | PresidentGeneral manager | 1993–2001 | October 23, 2010 |
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | P/G |
| Aleksander Barkov* | C | 804 | 286 | 496 | 782 | 97 |
| Jonathan Huberdeau | LW | 671 | 198 | 415 | 613 | 91 |
| Olli Jokinen | C | 567 | 188 | 231 | 419 | 74 |
| Stephen Weiss | C | 654 | 145 | 249 | 394 | 60 |
| Aaron Ekblad* | D | 732 | 118 | 262 | 380 | 52 |
| Scott Mellanby | RW | 552 | 157 | 197 | 354 | 64 |
| Sam Reinhart* | C | 321 | 160 | 164 | 324 | 1.01 |
| Nathan Horton | C | 422 | 142 | 153 | 295 | 70 |
| Viktor Kozlov | C | 414 | 101 | 190 | 291 | 70 |
| Robert Svehla | D | 573 | 61 | 229 | 290 | 51 |
| Player | Pos | G |
| Aleksander Barkov* | C | 286 |
| Jonathan Huberdeau | LW | 198 |
| Olli Jokinen | C | 188 |
| Sam Reinhart* | C | 160 |
| Scott Mellanby | RW | 157 |
| Pavel Bure | RW | 152 |
| Stephen Weiss | C | 145 |
| Nathan Horton | C | 142 |
| Carter Verhaeghe* | C | 138 |
| Aaron Ekblad* | D | 118 |
| Player | Pos | A |
| Aleksander Barkov* | C | 496 |
| Jonathan Huberdeau | LW | 415 |
| Aaron Ekblad* | D | 262 |
| Stephen Weiss | C | 249 |
| Olli Jokinen | C | 231 |
| Robert Svehla | D | 229 |
| Keith Yandle | D | 201 |
| Scott Mellanby | RW | 197 |
| Viktor Kozlov | C | 190 |
| Vincent Trocheck | C | 171 |
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | P/G |
| Aleksander Barkov* | C | 94 | 25 | 56 | 81 | 86 |
| Carter Verhaeghe* | C | 84 | 33 | 43 | 76 | 91 |
| Matthew Tkachuk* | LW | 67 | 25 | 44 | 69 | 1.03 |
| Sam Bennett* | C | 77 | 29 | 30 | 59 | 77 |
| Sam Reinhart* | C | 76 | 32 | 24 | 56 | 74 |
| Anton Lundell* | C | 77 | 12 | 34 | 46 | 60 |
| Eetu Luostarinen* | C | 73 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 47 |
| Aaron Ekblad* | D | 83 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 40 |
| Gustav Forsling* | D | 84 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 37 |
| Evan Rodrigues* | C | 45 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 67 |
| Player | Pos | G |
| Carter Verhaeghe* | C | 33 |
| Sam Reinhart* | C | 32 |
| Sam Bennett* | C | 29 |
| Matthew Tkachuk* | LW | 25 |
| Aleksander Barkov* | C | 25 |
| Anton Lundell* | C | 12 |
| Brandon Montour | D | 11 |
| Brad Marchand* | LW | 10 |
| Eetu Luostarinen* | C | 10 |
| Dave Lowry | LW | 10 |
| Player | Pos | A |
| Aleksander Barkov* | C | 56 |
| Matthew Tkachuk* | LW | 44 |
| Carter Verhaeghe* | C | 43 |
| Anton Lundell* | C | 34 |
| Sam Bennett* | C | 30 |
| Aaron Ekblad* | D | 25 |
| Eetu Luostarinen* | C | 24 |
| Sam Reinhart* | C | 24 |
| Gustav Forsling* | D | 23 |
| Evan Rodrigues* | C | 21 |
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