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Featured Opinion Panthers

Florida Didn't Save Money on Bobrovsky. It Paid Three Forwards.

We called Florida's crease overhaul a repricing. The reported numbers say the Panthers landed on the identical $6 million cap hit they offered Bobrovsky, then paid three roster forwards on top of it.

Panthers by the numbers

Final 2025-26 regular season · source NHL, data as of 2026-09-28. Goals per game exclude shootout deciders. Standings · All 32 teams

40-38-4Record
84Points
25thNHL rank
3.00GF / GP
3.34GA / GP
19.5PP%
81.0PK%
46.8FO%

Possession · 5-on-5

Computed by Play-Pause Hockey from the league play-by-play, 2025-26, 1312 regular-season games. Where a rank is shown it is among the 32 clubs, 1st = best. PDO and zone starts carry none: a high PDO means hot rather than good, and zone starts are how a club is deployed rather than how well it plays. All 32 teams

51.7CF%9th of 32 · Share of shot attempts
50.9FF%11th of 32 · Unblocked attempts
98.9PDOShooting % + save %, 100 is neutral
52.3OZS%Share of zone faceoffs in the attacking end

Skaters

Panthers skaters, 2025-26 · by points
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PPP	S	TOI/GP
Sam Reinhart	C	64	29	32	61	-18	25	166	21:17
Sam Bennett	C	76	26	32	58	-10	14	201	18:30
Carter Verhaeghe	C	77	25	30	55	-14	11	187	17:37
Brad Marchand	L	52	27	27	54	-16	20	138	17:44
Anton Lundell	C	64	18	26	44	-8	15	138	19:09
Matthew Tkachuk	L	31	13	21	34	-6	13	88	18:18
Eetu Luostarinen	C	73	11	22	33	+4	1	107	16:34
Anthony-John (AJ) Greer	L	78	17	15	32	+14	1	104	12:26
Mackie Samoskevich	R	77	12	20	32	-5	10	161	14:28
Seth Jones	D	52	7	25	32	-3	16	88	23:42
Evan Rodrigues	C	69	11	20	31	-16	5	160	17:00
Gustav Forsling	D	80	2	26	28	-5	2	112	22:38
Aaron Ekblad	D	72	4	22	26	-5	5	97	22:29
Vincent Hinostroza	C	65	6	12	18	-12	2	65	10:56
Cole Reinhardt	L	59	9	6	15	-2	0	49	10:39
Uvis Balinskis	D	54	5	10	15	-13	6	66	16:22
Jesper Boqvist	C	73	4	9	13	-11	1	64	11:50
Niko Mikkola	D	68	3	8	11	-1	0	68	20:21
Luke Kunin	C	62	4	6	10	-6	0	49	9:41
Noah Gregor	L	37	4	5	9	-10	1	41	9:34
Donovan Sebrango	D	42	0	8	8	-5	0	33	15:06
Cole Schwindt	R	29	5	2	7	+2	0	25	10:02
Michael Benning	D	18	2	4	6	-4	1	15	16:54
Sandis Vilmanis	L	19	3	2	5	-1	0	15	10:24
Tobias Bjornfot	D	19	2	2	4	+1	0	12	14:11
Tomas Nosek	L	21	2	2	4	-8	0	8	14:07
Jonah Gadjovich	L	10	0	3	3	+2	0	8	7:57
Marek Alscher	D	4	0	3	3	+4	0	6	20:22
Wilmer Skoog	C	3	0	2	2	+3	0	4	15:01
Ludvig Jansson	D	4	0	1	1	+2	1	3	17:16
Mikulas Hovorka	D	4	0	1	1	-1	0	3	14:54
Nolan Foote	L	12	1	0	1	-4	0	13	10:48
Dmitry Kulikov	D	19	0	0	0	-5	0	15	18:02
Jack Devine	R	6	0	0	0	-3	0	6	8:26
Jack Studnicka	C	19	0	0	0	-6	0	16	7:06

Goalies

Panthers goalies, 2025-26
Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SV%	GAA	SO
Sergei Bobrovsky	52	51	27	23	1	.877	3.07	4
Daniil Tarasov	33	31	13	15	3	.895	3.05	0

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Panthers on NHL EDGE

Puck and player tracking, 2025-26 regular season · source NHL EDGE. Ranks are among the 32 clubs, 1st = best; defensive-zone time ranks the least time first. All 32 teams

23.3mphTop skating speed29th of 32league avg 23.8
47Shots over 90 mph19th of 32league avg not published
1695Bursts over 20 mph16th of 32league avg 1762
3774.9miDistance skated5th of 32league avg 3727.0
100.4mphTop shot speed12th of 32league avg 99.7
2295Shots on goal18th of 32league avg 2282
10.7%Shooting %20th of 32league avg 11.1
42.2%Offensive-zone time5th of 32league avg 41.1
40.0%Defensive-zone time7th of 32league avg 41.1

All Panthers Articles

PanthersOpinion

Florida Let a Cup-Winning Goalie Walk. That's the Smart Play.

Two-time Vezina winners who just backstopped consecutive Cups don't usually get shown the door. Why Florida choosing Jacob Markstrom over re-signing Sergei Bobrovsky is a cap repricing, not a downgrade.

Jun 30, 2026

PanthersOpinion

Florida Didn't Need Brady Tkachuk. That's the Scary Part.

Stanley Cup champions don't shop for 30-goal captains. They don't need to. Why Florida trading for Brady Tkachuk should unsettle the other 31 teams more than the price tag suggests.

Jun 25, 2026