Panthers’ Aleksander Barkov Records Incredible Diving Assist After Juggling Puck on His Stick Barkov pulled off a surreal assist in New York on Monday night. Sports Illustrated · Mar 5, 2024
EA Sports announces the top 50 EA NHL 24 player ratings EA Sports announced the top 50 NHL 24 player ratings, with some big shake-ups compared to the previous sports game’s ratings USA Today Sports Media Group · Sep 28, 2023
Panthers’ dream run ends with blowout loss, Tkachuk hurt and Vegas lifting the Stanley Cup LAS VEGAS — The Florida Panthers were defiant and they had every right to be. They were up against elimination and stuck playing without Matthew Tkachuk, and still they truly believed they could beat the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday, extend their season and underdog story for at least a… Miami Herald · Jun 14, 2023
Golden Knights top Panthers to move victory away from Stanley Cup title Chandler Stephenson scored twice, and Adin Hill made 29 saves in the Knights’ 3-2 victory Saturday in Game 4 that gave them a 3-1 lead in the series. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 11, 2023
Vegas Golden Knights hold off Florida Panthers 3-2, move win from Stanley Cup title The Vegas Golden Knights are on the verge of winning the first Stanley Cup title in franchise history after holding on to beat the Florida Panthers 3-2 in Game 4 of the final The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2023
The Panthers’ unstoppable late game plan? ‘Put it on Chucky’s stick and see what happens.’ The whistle blew for a power play with 57 seconds left in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals Wednesday and Aaron Ekblad, from his place on the Florida Panthers’ bench, thought the same thing Panthers fans — and, probably, NHL fans — across the world certainly were thinking, too. Miami Herald · May 25, 2023
Dave Hyde: There has never been anyone like Matthew Tkachuk for the Panthers With the seconds draining, with the moment calling, Matthew Tkachuck moved unhurried with the puck, even as everything accelerated before him. Bodies piled up. Defenders twisted to reach him. Tribune News Service · May 25, 2023
Greg Cote: With rats and a sweep, Florida Panthers are in the Stanley Cup Final for first time since 1996 The rubber rats were falling and a long-suffering hockey franchise was rising Wednesday night. And in a packed arena full of sonic joy, fans were partying like it was 1996. Miami Herald · May 25, 2023
Sergei Bobrovsky, Panthers shut out Carolina to move within one win of Stanley Cup Final SUNRISE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers’ first home game in the Eastern Conference finals since 1996 started with a montage of everyone on the roster. Miami Herald · May 23, 2023
Dave Hyde: Big-Game Bob and Big-Moment Matthew meet Playoff Jimmy Butler You stitch together a playoff run with this and that, with strong fabric and different threads, with Josh Mahura making two under-the-radar plays Saturday night, Aleksander Barkov making what Wayne Gretzky called one of the great playoff moves and the Florida Panthers winning their third straight playoff game in overtime. Tribune News Service · May 22, 2023
Matthew Tkachuk scores second straight game-winning, OT goal to give Panthers 2-0 lead over Hurricanes in Eastern finals RALEIGH, N.C. — The Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes didn’t leave PNC Arena until close to 3 a.m. on Friday, and finally, after skipping practices later in the day and holding optional morning skates Saturday, they returned to the scene of the sixth longest game in NHL history all of… Miami Herald · May 21, 2023
Greg Cote: Exhilaration, exhaustion: Panthers win 4-OT marathon at Carolina to open East finals The NHL final four that most of America hates — and Canada, too — began as memorably epic Thursday night ... into Friday morning. Miami Herald · May 19, 2023
Horvat among NHL stars coming up small early in playoffs A handful of big-name stars around the NHL have been invisible or close to it during the first week of the playoffs The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2023
Four fights, 144 penalty minutes and 56 saves for Lyon: Panthers win wild one against Senators SUNRISE, Fla. — With every save, FLA Live Arena got closer and closer to exploding. Alex Lyon, who was just a few weeks ago an afterthought and now the crux of the Florida Panthers’ late-season push for the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs, darted from side to side and turned away… Miami Herald · Apr 7, 2023
Miami Herald · Mar 26, 2023 Panthers blow two-goal lead to Rangers, as ill-timed losing streak hits three games SUNRISE, Fla. — Carter Verhaeghe tilted his head back in disbelief as the New York Rangers finally completed their comeback and took a lead on the Florida Panthers in the third period. It was a stunning around, both because of how dominant the Panthers once looked and because of how…
Miami Herald · Mar 21, 2023 Aleksander Barkov sets Panthers’ all-time points record as Florida retakes playoff spot The greatest player in Florida Panthers history now has statistical validation to go along with his reputation: Aleksander Barkov is the franchise’s all-time points leader and his record-setting assist teed up the game-winning goal in another huge victory.
Miami Herald · Mar 9, 2023 Panthers could turn to goalie Sergei Bobrovsky for both games of crucial back-to-back set The Florida Panthers can’t afford to throw away any of their final 17 games of the regular season, and it could mean a particularly daunting workload for Sergei Bobrovsky this weekend.
Miami Herald · Mar 8, 2023 Florida’s playoff push continues with win vs. Vegas After they finally got their ideal lineup intact and beat Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday, the Florida Panthers swore this time felt different. One of their most commanding wins of the season coming on the same day their lineup was fully healthy for the first had the Panthers believing their long-awaited…
Miami Herald · Mar 5, 2023 Barkov and Bennett return to lead Panthers past Penguins SUNRISE, Fla. — When the Florida Panthers decided not to sell at the trade deadline Friday, they pointed to the players missing from their lineup as a reason why they believed it was the right move.
Miami Herald · Mar 1, 2023 Short-handed Panthers keep playoff hopes afloat with dominant start, huge win in Tampa The Florida Panthers’ postseason hopes were teetering, their top two centers were injured and out of the lineup, and the looming specter of the Friday trade deadline left them at a pivotal moment in their season, so, of course, all they did Tuesday was traveling across the state to face…
Miami Herald · Feb 17, 2023 Panthers hold off Capitals in ‘biggest game of the season,’ move into tie for wild card The Florida Panthers spoke in cliches and hyperbole in the lead-up to their matchup with the Washington Capitals on Thursday. Radko Gudas called it “the biggest game of the season” on Tuesday. Carter Verhaeghe on Tuesday said it would be “like a playoff game.” It’s what a game like this…
Miami Herald · Feb 10, 2023 Without Barkov, Panthers survive Sharks for first three-game winning streak of season Life for the Florida Panthers is never easy without Aleksander Barkov. When their All-Star center is in the lineup, the Panthers play like a team headed to the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs. When Barkov’s not, they play like one of the worst teams in the NHL.
Miami Herald · Feb 7, 2023 Tkachuk follows up All-Star Game MVP with 5 more points in Panthers’ huge rout of Tampa SUNRISE, Fla. — Matthew Tkachuk was right back on the ice Sunday, a day after winning MVP of the 2023 NHL All-Star Game at the end of a busy week as the league’s unofficial ambassador for its week-long Broward County spectacular. His Florida Panthers, sitting three points out of postseason…
Tribune News Service · Feb 6, 2023 Lightning, Panthers in different spots coming out of All-Star break SUNRISE, Fla. — The past two seasons, the Lightning spent the second half of the regular season jostling with the Panthers for playoff positioning near the top of the Atlantic Division.
Miami Herald · Feb 5, 2023 Panthers’ Matthew Tkachuk wins MVP of South Florida’s first NHL All-Star Game in 20 years SUNRISE, Fla. — The cameras lingered on Matthew Tkachuk for a long time after he finished off his hat trick in the semifinals of the 2023 NHL All-Star Game. The All-Star right wing sat on the bench, beside his younger brother, while cheers rose from the FLA Live Arena crowd,…