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3 Takeaways From the Florida Panthers & Tampa Bay Lightning Game 12/22/2024

It is the first iteration of the Battle for Florida this year and the first meeting of the two Florida-based teams since the Panthers eliminated the Lightning from the playoffs en route to their Stanley Cup. The Lightning had a different look this year with no Stamkos and instead picked up Guentzel in the offseason. […]

3 Takeaways from Florida Panthers vs. Calgary Flames 12/14/2024

Florida must hate playing during their Western Canada road trip. Just like last season, they’re struggling to play out west at the moment, and for the second straight game, they get shut out, this time against the Flames. Bad bounces and turnovers remain a problem right now, and the offense has stalled out, scoring just […]

3 Takeaways from the Florida Panthers & Pittsburgh Penguins Game 12/03/24

Following two great wins over Carolina, the Panthers headed on the road to take on the Penguins. Both teams were on a three-game win streak going into Tuesday’s game, and the Cats would be without two players in their lineup, Sergei Bobrovsky and Mackie Samoskevich. Bobrovsky and his wife are expecting their second child, so […]

3 Takeaways from the Florida Panthers/Carolina Game 11/30/2024

The Panthers journeyed back to Sunrise for the second half of the back-to-back against Carolina. This time, Spencer Knight got the start against Spencer Martin, who started Friday’s game as well. A tight first period made it look like it was going to be a goalie duel, but the Panthers opened the scoring in the […]

Florida Panthers Weekly Recap: 11/12-16/2024

It was a bit of a mixed-bag week for the Cats as they had back-to-back home games against New Jersey and capped off the homestead with a game against Winnipeg. There was an abundance of PIMs going around as each game featured one 1v1 fist fight and a multitude of team fights. Florida struggled against […]

Brenden Dillon and Jonah Gadjovich engage in a heavyweight tilt during the second period in Florida.

NHL Game Recap: Devils Take Down Defending Champs with Victory in Florida

The New Jersey Devils defeated the defending Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers 4-1 on Tuesday night in Sunrise, Florida. The Devils weathered the storm for much of the first 30 minutes of the game but rallied in the back half to snap the Panthers’ seven-game winning streak. With the victory, New Jersey improved to 11-6-2, […]

NHL Game Recap: Florida Panthers vs Dallas Stars Global Series Game 2

Game 2 of the Global Series between Florida and Dallas kicked off Saturday afternoon. After what was a highly offensive first game, this one was much more defensively focused. Depth scoring continues to be good for the Panthers, and each of the Finns got on the score sheet in both games. Tomas Nosek played his […]

Florida Panthers Deep Dive: 10/08-12/2024

It was a mixed first week for the Panthers. They started their title defense season at home against rival Boston and then played the first half of their four-game road trip. Just like last season, Florida started the season 1-2-0 in the first week, although the order of how they got there looked a bit […]

Florida Panthers Preseason Recap

The Panthers wrapped up their preseason this week with two more games against the Lightning and one against the LA Kings. This week saw more of what the Cats’ roster will look like for this year. While Mackie Samoskevich has unfortunately spent the majority of the preseason battling an injury he did finally get into […]

Florida Panthers Preseason Recap: 09/22-09/28/2024

With the first week of preseason out of the way, things are looking good for the Panthers. The returning players are looking every bit as good as last year and are in better shape than they were last year at this time per Head Coach Paul Maurice when he spoke to the media during the […]