Author: Kristie Delisi
NHL Playoff Series Preview: Florida Panthers vs. Tampa Bay Lightning
Different year, same first-round matchup, welcome back to the Battle of Florida. The in-state rivalry is back for the fourth time in five years, but slightly different than last year’s. Tampa holds home ice advantage this time around, as they finished second in the division while Florida finished third. The Cats were in the division […]
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3 Takeaways From The Florida Panthers & Tampa Bay Game 04/15/2025
82 games are now done and dusted. All eyes can turn to the playoffs and title defense. The Florida Panthers closed out their regular season on the road against Tampa Bay, and while some called it a round 1 preview, I disagree to a certain extent. The Cats were resting Barkov, Reinhart, Forsling, Lundell, Greer, […]
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3 Takeaways From The Florida Panthers & Buffalo Sabres Game 04/12/2025
Don’t let Buffalo’s placement in the league standings fool you, they’ve been a hot team coming into their match with Florida with a record of 8-2-0. The Panthers opted to rest Barkov and Reinhart for this game, which meant that Puljujarvi and Asplund drew in. The night started with the Cats handing out their end-of-season […]
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3 Takeaways From The Florida Panthers & Detroit Red Wings Game 04/10/2025
Who’s missing players? It certainly didn’t look like the Panthers were in their match against Detroit on Thursday night. After struggling offensively for the last month or so, the Cats finally scored more than three goals in a game, something they haven’t done since their 4-0 shutout against Buffalo in early March. The defense stepped […]
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3 Takeaways From The Florida Panthers & Toronto Maple Leafs Game 04/08/2025
The losing streak is over, and a statement was made. Florida snapped its five-game losing streak with a dominating win over the Leafs, although Joseph Woll kept the game closer than it probably should have been. Hopefully, a win like this one will calm the nerves of Panther fans who had been doom and gloom […]
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3 Takeaways From The Florida Panthers & Ottawa Senators Game 04/05/2025
I know Panther fans online are frustrated and worried about the team at the moment. It feels like the Cats are stumbling their way into the playoffs. There are certainly things to be frustrated about, but Florida’s ability to play in the playoffs shouldn’t be part of it. It’s been discussed to death about the […]
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3 Takeaways From The Florida Panthers & Montreal Canadiens | 04/01/2025
Season series swept. The Cats fell 2-3 in overtime to the Montreal Canadiens and failed to win a single game against them this season. It looked like they had the win sewn up, but a last-second goal by Montreal tied the game to send it into OT, where Suzuki ended it with a wraparound goal. […]
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3 Takeaways From the Florida Panthers vs. Utah Hockey Club | 03/28/2025
Welcome to South Florida, Brad Marchand. After nearly three weeks of waiting, Marchand finally made his Panther debut. It was the trade that stunned the hockey world in the final hour of the trade deadline. Now that he’s finally recovered from his injury, it was worth the wait to see Marchand on the ice with […]
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3 Takeaways from the Florida Panthers & Columbus Blue Jackets Game 03/20/2025
Three days off in the middle of their road trip had the Panthers looking more like themselves after back-to-back losses to the Canadians and Islanders. The Eastern Conference is an absolute dogfight for playoff spots at the moment, and teams are just one good week or one bad week away from either making it or […]
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3 Takeaways From The Florida Panthers & New York Islanders Game 03/16/2025
The last time the Cats lost back-to-back games was late December. Since then, they’ve been good about rebounding back from losses, and it looked like they were going to against the Islanders after losing to Montreal. However, for the second time on this road trip, the Panthers relinquished a two-goal lead in the third period. […]
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