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Olympics: Bronze for Florida’s trio of Finns

Finland claimed the Bronze medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan with a 6-1 win over Slovakia in front of crowd of 10, 522 at Santagiulia Arena. Anton Lundell logged 18:30 of ice time, registered two shots on goal, won six of 11 faceoffs and posted a plus-one rating. Lundell finished the tournament with a goal and an assist and went plus-three with four PIM in five games played.

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Olympics: Gold for Matthew Tkachuk and USA

Jack Hughes scored the golden goal 1:41 into overtime and Connor Hellebuyck delivered the performance of a lifetime with 41 saves as the United States defeated Canada 2-1 in overtime to win the gold medal at the Olympics for the time in forty-six years. The United States finished the tournament with a perfect 6–0 record, outscoring its opponents 26–9. Florida Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk…

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Clowder Chatter: Tuesday Panthers Open Forum

The 2026 Winter Olmpics are over and seven of the ten Florida Panthers who took part are returning to the team with medals. Matthew Tkachuk won gold with the United States; Sam Bennett, Brad Marchand and Sam Reinhart got silver medals with Canada; and Finns Anton Lundell, Eetu Luostarinen and Niko Mikkola received bronze medals. Congratulations to that septet and to Uvis Balinksis…

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Clowder Chatter: NHL returns from Olympics hiatus

The Florida Panthers remain idle, however, there will be big-league hockey tonight as the NHL resumes play after taking a three-week break for the 2026 Winter Olympics with eight games on the docket. The key match on the Wednesday slate is between the Buffalo Sabres and New Jersey Devils. The Sabres are nine points ahead of the Cats and hold the first wild card in the Eastern Conference…

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Gameday 58: Florida Panthers vs Toronto Maple Leafs

The Florida Panthers (29-25-3) resume play after the three-week break for the 2026 Winter Olympics when they do battle against the Toronto Maple Leafs (27-22-9) tonight in suburban Sunrise. Florida entered the break on sour note, getting drubbed 6-1 by the Tampa Bay Lightning at Benchmark International Arena. Mackie Samoskevich broke up Andrei Vasilevskiy’s shutout bid by potting his sixth of…

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Panthers return with rousing 5-1 win over Maple Leafs

The Florida Panthers returned to action with a rousing, and much-needed, 5-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs at Amerant Bank Arena. Brad Marchand opened the scoring and shut the door on the Maple Leafs with the first of two empty-netters. The final dagger came courtesy of Matthew Tkachuk. Marchand’s first goal was the 450th of his career and came 3:18 into the contest. Anton Lundell’…

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Gameday 59: Florida Panthers vs Buffalo Sabres

The Florida Panthers (30-25-3) will finish off a home back to back when they face the Buffalo Sabres (32-19-6) tonight in the final regular season meeting of the season between the two Atlantic Division clubs. A fast start powered the Cats to a 5-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs in their return to action folllowing the three-week break for the Winter Olympics. Evan Rodrigues scored a…

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Panthers fall short in 3-2 loss to Sabres

The Florida Panthers came up short in a tough 3-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres at Amerant Bank Arena, missing out on needed points in the process. A hooking penalty on A.J. Greer set the stage for the first Buffalo goal with 2:12 left in the first. Alex Tuch was given enough space to take a slick little backhand dish from Ryan McLeod and fire it above Daniil Tarasov’s right shoulder from the…

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Gameday 60: Florida Panthers at New York Islanders

The Florida Panthers (30-26-3) will open a key four-game road trip when they pay a visit to the New York Islanders (34-21-5) this evening at UBS Arena. Florida is coming off a frustrating 3-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Friday in which they wasted a high-quality start from backup goalie Daniil Tarasov, who stopped 36 of 38 shots. Matthew Tkachuk scored his fifth of the season in the middle…

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Bob buckles in Panthers 5-4 loss to Islanders

The Florida Panthers cloudy playoff picture grew even more muddled with a 5-4 loss to the New York Islanders at UBS Arena. Anders Lee scored the game-winning goal, skating around Aaron Ekblad and going backhand-to-forehead to beat Sergei Bobrovsky with 32 ticks left in regulation to hand the Cats a second consecutive one-goal loss. After struggling to score Friday against Buffalo…

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Gameday 61: Florida Panthers at New Jersey Devils

The Florida Panthers (30-27-3) will do battle with the New Jersey Devils (29-29-2) tonight at The Rock in Newark to complete the season series, which has seen each team score a win on home ice. Florida suffered a crushing defeat in the opener of a four-game road against the New York Isalnders on Sunday. After Sam Reinhart tied the back-and-forth tilt with 1:58 remaining in regulation…

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Fading Panthers beaten 5-1 by Devils

The Florida Panthers losing streak is at three after they fell by a 5-1 count to the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center in the return of Tomas Nosek to the active lineup. New Jersey got goals from five different players – Arseny Gritsyuk, Dougie Hamilton, Cody Glass, Dawson Mercer and Simon Nemec – and former Panther Jacob Markstrom stopped 20 of 21 shots faced as the Devils struck…

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Gameday 62: Florida Panthers at Columbus Blue Jackets

The Florida Panthers (30-28-3) limp into tonight’s meeting with the Columbus Blues Jackets (31-21-8) at Nationwide Arena looking to halt a three-game losing streak. Fading Florida dropped a 5-1 decision to the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center on Tuesday. Anton Lundell collected his 200th NHL point by potting the Panthers’ only goal, which tied the score before the Devils pulled away in…

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LBC’s 18th Annual NHL Trade Deadline of Doom! Open Thread

Looks like we (almost) made it ♪ It’s Friday, March 6, and the NHL’s trade deadline is upon us. After 3:00 p.m. ET today, no more deals can be made. Yesterday, the Florida Panthers traded veteran defenseman Jeff Petry to the Minnesota Wild for a conditional seventh-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. The pick becomes a fifth-round selection if Minnesota wins two playoff rounds and Petry plays…

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Gameday 63: Florida Panthers at Detroit Red Wings

The struggling Florida Panthers (30-29-3) will look to finish its four-game road trip with a win when they take on the third-place Detroit Red Wings (35-20-7) tonight at Little Caesars Arena in Motown. It was a Tallonesque deadline day as the Panthers did end up making a couple of minor acquistions (small moves, Ellie) while standing pat on the current roster, including Sergei Bobrovksy.

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Tricky Tkachuk lifts Panthers to 3-1 win over Red Wings

Matthew Tkachuk scored the sixth hat trick of his career to lead the Florida Panthers to a 3-1 win over the Detroit Red WIngs at Little Casars Arena, ending a four-game losing streak. Tkachuk opened the scoring at 11:06 of the first period by one-timing a centering pass from Carter Verhaeghe past John Gibson. The Red Wings evened it up midway through the second when Alex DeBrincat batted…

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Panthers fall just short in 4-2 loss to Blue Jackets

The Florida Panthers ugly losing streak reached four as a late comeback bid stalled in a 4-2 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena. First Star Ivan Provorov opened the scoring with a power-play marker 5:08 into the action and then drew the secondary assist on Mathieu Olivier’s deflection goal midway through the second. After Boone Jenner put the Blue Jackets comfortably…

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Vilmanis goal gives Checkers a sweep of Lehigh Valley

The Charlotte Checkers swept a road back-to-back against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms at PPL Center. On Friday, the Checkers skated to a 5-3 win over the Phantoms. Nolan Foote scored a goal and added an assist and Noah Gregor, Nate Smith, Brett Chorske and Mikulas Hovorka also lit the lamp for the Checkers. Luke Kunin set up the Gregor and Hovorka goals and Jack Studnicka and Mike Benning had…

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Clowder Chatter: Monday Panthers Open Forum

The Florida Panthers faint playoff chances dimmed even further over the weekend as the Boston Bruins picked up three out of a possible four points by beating the Washington Capitals 3-1 on home ice on Saturday and getting to overtime in yesterday’s 5-4 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena. That leaves the Panthers, who host Detroit and Columbus before opening a four-game road…

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Gameday 64: Florida Panthers vs Detroit Red Wings

The Florida Panthers (31-29-3) will finish off a home and home againts the third-place Detroit Red Wings (36-21-7) tonight at Amerant Bank Arena in suburban Sunrise. Matthew Tkachuk scored all the goals in Florida’s 3-1 win over Detroit in Motown on Friday to help his club halt a four-game losing streak. It was the sixth hat trick of Tkachuk’s career and his fourth since joining the Panthers.

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