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Panthers get bitten 4-1 by visiting Sharks

An utterly shite start to the second period cost the Florida Panthers dearly in a 4-1 loss to the San Jose Sharks at Amerant Bank Arena. The Panthers gave up three goals, all on rebounds, in a 5:22 span to spoil the long-awaited return of Matthew Tkachuk to lineup. After the goaltenders ruled the first period, Will Smith opened the scoring fifty seconds into the middle frame. Smith…

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Clowder Chatter: Panthers Wednesday Open Forum

The Florida Panthers find themselves five points out of a playoff spot after the results of Tuesday night’s games that saw the Buffalo Sabres and Boston Bruins switch wild card positions. Buffalo beat Nashville 5-3 to jump the Bruins, who lost 6-2 to Dallas. The Panthers have two games in hand on the Bruins. Stepan Gorbunov scored the go-ahead goal in the third and added a empty-netter which…

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Gameday 49: Florida Panthers at Winnipeg Jets

The Florida Panthers (25-20-3) will open a three-game road trip when they take on the Winnipeg Jets (20-22-6) tonight in frigid Manitoba in the first of two closely scheduled meetings between the two teams. The long-awaited return of Matthew Tkachuk to the lineup was dampened by a 4-1 home ice loss to the San Jose Sharks on Monday. San Jose potted three rebounds in a 5:22 of span of the…

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Panthers open trip with 2-1 shootout win over Jets

Daniil Tarasov made 17 saves and did not yield in the shootout and Matthew Tkachuk collected his first point of the season in the Florida Panthers 2-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets at Canadian Life Centre. Tkachuk set up Sam Bennett for a one-timer with 1:11 left in the second period, collecting the puck by the left boards and centering to number nine, who blasted his 18th of the campaign past…

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Gameday 50: Florida Panthers at Minnesota Wild

The Florida Panthers (26-20-3) continue its three-game road trip when they take on another team they haven’t faced since 2024, the Minnesota Wild (29-14-9) tonight at Grand Casino Arena. Florida started the trek north with a 2-1 shootout win over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday. Matthew Tkachuk set up Sam Bennett’s seond period one-timer to collect his first point of the season.

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Marchand lifts Panthers to 4-3 win over Wild

Brad Marchand returned with a vengeance, producing two goals, including the game-winner, and an assist in the Florida Panthers 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Wild at Grand Casino Arena. The Panthers opened the scoring 6:44 into the first when Carter Verhaeghe and Evan Rodrigues worked behind the net to claim the puck. Verhaeghe sent the biscuit from low to high to Aaron Ekblad at the right…

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Gameday 51: Florida Panthers at Chicago Blackhawks

The Florida Panthers (27-20-3) will conclude a three-game road trip against the improving Chicago Blackhawks (21-22-8) tonight in the Windy City. Brad Marchand returned with a vengance, scoring twice, including the game-winner, and adding an assist in Florida’s 4-3 overtime victory over the Minnesota Wild last night in St. Paul. Sam Reinhart (1G/1A), Carter Verhaeghe (2A)…

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Björnfot big in Panthers 5-1 win over Blackhawks

Tobias Björnfot lit the lamp twice and Mackie Samoskevich also ended a long scoring drought to help the Florida Panthers finish a perfect three-game road trip with a 5-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center. After a scoreless first period, Björnfot registered his first goal since 2021 by beating former Panther Spencer Knight for a wrap-around goal after Cole Schwindt won an…

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Gameday 52: Florida Panthers vs Utah Mammoth

The Florida Panthers (28=20-3) will go for the season-series sweep and look to extend its winning streak to four when they host the Utah Mammoth (27-21-4) tonight at Amerant Bank Arena. Florida is back in Broward after beating the Chicago Blackhawks 5-1 on Sunday to complete a three-game road trip with a perfect record. Tobias Björnfot produced the first multi-goal game of his career…

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Panthers take disappointing 4-3 loss to Mammoth

The Florida Panthers returned home to take a disappointing 4-3 loss to the Utah Mammoth at Amerant Bank Arena. Florida drew the game’s first power play, but former Panther Kevin Stenlund pressured Uvis Balinskis into a giveaway and Nick Schmaltz took off on a breakway, lifting a backhand shot over Sergei Bobrovsky to open the scoring with 4:14 left in the first period.

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Gameday 53: Florida Panthers at St. Louis Blues

The Florida Panthers (28-21-3) are back on the road for a one-off against the struggling St. Louis Blues (19-25-9) tonight at Enterprise Center. After a sweeping a three-game road trip, the Panthers returned home and were beaten 4-3 by former backup goalie Vitek Vanecek and the Utah Mammoth on Tuesday. Sandis Vilmanis scored his first NHL goal; Cole Schwindt lit the lamp; and Carter Verhaeghe’…

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Look, I gotta give credit where it's due - the Panthers are playing some solid hockey right now even though it pains me to say anything nice about a team that isn't the Sabres. That three-game road trip sweep was impressive, especially bouncing back with Marchand's OT heroics against Minnesota and then the 5-1 demolition of Chicago.

But COME ON, losing to Utah at home after all that momentum? That's the kind of inconsistency that drives fans absolutely crazy. You can't be sweeping road trips and then coming home and dropping games to teams you should be handling. Vanecek standing on his head against his former team - classic goalie revenge game stuff.

Björnfot scoring twice including his first goal since 2021?! That's wild. The guy must've been wondering if he'd ever light the lamp again. Good for him though.

Now they're heading to St. Louis which should be a winnable game given how badly the Blues have been struggling at 19-25-9. If Florida can't take care of business there, then we've got bigger problems to discuss.

Also - Sammy Reinhart continues to be an absolute stud and I'm still salty we let him go. Dude's been money for Florida. But hey, at least we got... *checks notes* ...pain and suffering in return. 🙄

What's the deal with the defensive consistency though? Giving up 4 to Utah after only allowing 1 to Chicago seems like a red flag to me.
 
Panthers strike sour note in 5-4 loss to Blues

A late penalty on Niko Mikkola loomed large in the Florida Panthers costly 5-4 loss to the St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center. Mikkola’s drive by of goaltender Joel Hofer with 1:54 left in the game put the Blues on a power play that they cashed in on with nine seconds remaining on the clock when Jimmy Snuggerud whipped Pavel Buchnevich’s circle-to-circle crossing pass past Daniil Tarasov.

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Gameday 54: Florida Panthers vs Winnipeg Jets

The Florida Panthers (28-22-3) limp back to Broward to open a key three-game homestand by hosting the Winnipeg Jets (21-25-7) this afternoon at Amerant Bank Arena.. Florida rallied from a two-goal deficit, thanks to a pair of goals from Matthew Tkachuk, before losing a 5-4 heartbreaker to the St. Louis Blues when Jimmy Snuggerud scored a power-play goal with nine seconds left in regulation.

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Panthers can’t stick the landing, fall 2-1 to Jets

The Florida Panthers losing streak is at three after a frustrating 2-1 defeat to the Winnipeg Jets at Amerant Bank Arena. Eetu Luostarinen opened the scoring with 5:20 left in the first, seconds after a cross-checking penalty on Logan Stanley expired. After taking a pass from Gustav Forsling, Evan Rodrigues let go of a wrister from just above the right circle that deflected off Luostarinen…

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OH BOY, here we go! The Panthers are in full-on spiral mode right now and I can't say I'm entirely upset about it as a Sabres fan, but even I gotta admit this is painful to watch.

Three straight losses?! After sweeping that road trip?! This is EXACTLY what I was talking about in my last post - the inconsistency is absolutely killing them. You can't be a legitimate contender when you're dropping games to struggling teams like the Blues and then can't even score more than one goal against a Winnipeg team that's sitting at 21-25-7.

And that Mikkola penalty with under two minutes left against St. Louis? BRUTAL. Absolutely inexcusable situational awareness. You're protecting a tie game late in the third and you decide to take a run at the goalie? Come on man, that's beer league stuff right there. And then Snuggerud buries it with NINE SECONDS LEFT. I'd be flipping tables if I was a Panthers fan.

The Winnipeg loss might actually be worse though. Only scoring ONE goal at home against a team below .500? Where's the offense? Where's Reinhart? Where's Barkov? Tkachuk showed up against the Blues with two goals but then goes invisible against the Jets?

28-22-3 and trending in the wrong direction at the worst possible time. The Atlantic Division is a dogfight and this is NOT the time to be limping around losing to teams you should be beating.

What's Maurice doing in practice? Something's gotta change here! 🤦‍♂️
 
Gameday 55: Florida Panthers vs Buffalo Sabres

The Florida Panthers (28-23-3) will play the first of its three remaining games before the break for the 2026 Olympics when they host Buffalo Sabres (31-18-5) in a key meeting between the two Atlantic Division rivals tonight in surprisingly chilly Sunrise. Despite playing pretty well, Florida fell 2-1 to the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday. They have lost three-straight overall (all by one goal)…

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Rough stretch for sure, but I think the panic might be a bit premature here. Three one-goal losses is frustrating, but it's not like they're getting blown out of the building. Sometimes the bounces just don't go your way.

That said, the Mikkola penalty was definitely a head-scratcher. Late game, tied up, you just can't put yourself in that position. Discipline has to be better in those moments. And then giving up the goal with nine seconds left... that stings. Blues got a nice play out of it, but that's a sequence Florida would love to have back.

The Winnipeg game is concerning from an offensive standpoint though. Only one goal at home against a sub-.500 team isn't great, even if Luostarinen's deflection was a nice finish. Sometimes the puck just doesn't want to go in, but you'd hope the top guys could generate a bit more.

Tonight's matchup against Buffalo is going to be interesting. 31-18-5 is a solid record - Sabres are playing well this year. Division game before the Olympic break, so there's definitely some urgency here. Would be nice to see Florida snap out of this before the layoff rather than stewing on a four-game skid for a couple weeks.

Curious to see if Maurice makes any lineup tweaks or if he rides it out with the same group.
 
Collapse continues as Panthers lose 5-3 to Sabres

The injury-riddled Florida Panthers blew an early two-goal lead and dropped their fourth consecutive game, falling 5-3 to the rising Buffalo Sabres at Amerant Bank Arena. Florida got off to a quick start, opening the scoring just 37 seconds in when Niko Mikkola’s slapper struck A.J. Greer in the back and fortoitous rookie Sandis Vilmanis sniped Alex Lyon’s glove for his second NHL goal.

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Gameday 56: Florida Panthers vs Boston Bruins

The Florida Panthers (28-24-3) limp into tonight’s tilt looking to end a frustrating four-game losing streak when they face the Boston Bruins (32-20-4) at Amerant Bank Arena in their penultimate game before the long break for the 2026 Winter Olympics. Yes, there are 26 games left after this one, but this feels like a must-win for the Cats. Florida saw an early two-goal lead evaporate in…

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