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NHL Game Preview: Florida Panthers at Edmonton Oilers with Line Combinations 12/16/2024

The Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers face off tonight in a Stanley Cup Finals rematch

3 Takeaways from the Florida Panthers/Seattle Kraken Game 12/10/2024

The Panthers headed out west for their first west coast road trip, and up first was the Seattle Kraken. The Kraken have been a bit of a mixed-bag team, with them getting good wins over teams like the Wild and the Rangers but also losing back-to-back games to the Sharks. That said, as of late, […]

3 Takeaways from the Florida Panthers & Philadelphia Flyers Game 12/05/24

It was an exciting night for the Panthers coming in off the announcement of the Four Nations rosters. Florida leads the NHL in most players named to teams at eight: Barkov (FIN), Luostarinen (FIN), Lundell, (FIN), Mikkola (FIN), Forsling (SE), Tkachuk (USA), Reinhart (CAN), and Bennett (CAN). Bill Ziton is working with Team USA, Patric […]

3 Takeaways from the Florida Panthers/Carolina Hurricanes Game 11/29/2024

After a bounce-back win over the Maple Leafs, the Panthers looked to build on that in their first game of a back-to-back with the Hurricanes. The Cats took advantage of the goaltending disparity as both of Carolina’s starting goaltenders are out injured currently. All four lines contributed offensively with both the second line and third […]

3 Takeaways from the Florida Panthers & Toronto Maple Leafs Game 11/27/2024

Coming into Wednesday night Florida was on a four-game losing streak; be it low energy, sloppy play, or just bad luck, the Cats were in a bad slump. With division rival Toronto in town and what was reported as an intense Florida practice on Tuesday, the Panthers finally found their game again come game time. […]

Florida Panthers Weekly Recap: 11/19-23/2024

It was a rough week for the Panthers. Flashes of great play across the Winnipeg and Colorado matches were visible but an overall lack of consistency led to three straight losses. However, their record is at about the same place as it was last year at this time in the season so there’s no cause […]

NHL Game Recap: Florida Panthers vs Chicago Blackhawks 11/21/2024

“We’re going to get beat in November in a game against a Western Conference team that didn’t make the playoffs last year and probably won’t make the playoffs this year. It’ll be assigned as a hangover loss.” That’s what HC Paul Maurice had to say on September 18 before the season started, and Chicago checks […]

Florida Panthers Weekly Recap: 11/07-09/2024

The Panthers returned home from their long road trip to New York and Finland bringing with them a five-game win streak. Florida took on the Nashville Predators and Philadelphia Flyers and walked away with two more wins. It was a tale of two games: the game against the Predators was filled to the brim with […]

NHL Game Recap: Florida Panthers vs. Nashville Predators 11/07/2024

A bit of Finland followed the Panthers home as the team showed up to the rink once again wearing the customized robes. It turns out that Sasha Barkov texted the team, telling them to wear them again since they’re undefeated while wearing them on game day. Everyone committed to wearing them, and if they’re superstitious, […]

NHL Game Recap: Florida Panthers vs Buffalo Sabres

Halfway through the long road trip, the Florida Panthers picked up another win. Squaring off against Buffalo for the second time this month, the Cats got a much different outcome this time around. In their third game of the season, Florida fell to the Sabers 2-5 in what was an all-around messy and undisciplined game, […]