WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2020 – 12 PM (ET) SCOTIABANK ARENA
Goaltenders Goaltenders 30 – Philippe Desrosiers 31 – Scott Wedgewood 33 – Sam Montembeault 35 – Curtis McElhinney 60 – Chris Driedger 88 – Andrei Vasilevskiy 72 – Sergei Bobrovsky
Skaters Skaters 2 – (D) Josh Brown 2 – (D) Luke Schenn 3 – (D) Keith Yandle 7 – (F) Mathieu Joseph 5 – (D) Aaron Ekblad 9 – (F) Tyler Johnson 6 – (D) Anton Stralman 13 – (F) Cedric Paquette 7 – (F) Colton Sceviour 14 – (F) Pat Maroon 9 – (F) Brian Boyle 17 – (F) Alex Killorn 10 – (F) Brett Connolly 18 – (F) Ondrej Palat 11 – (F) Jonathan Huberdeau 19 – (F) Barclay Goodrow 13 – (D) Mark Pysyk 20 – (F) Blake Coleman 14 – (F) Dominic Toninato 21 – (F) Brayden Point 16 – (F) Aleksander Barkov 22 – (D) Kevin Shattenkirk 19 – (D) Mike Matheson 23 – (F) Carter Verhaeghe 22 – (D) Chase Priskie 24 – (D) Zach Bogosian 25 – (D) Brady Keeper 27 – (D) Ryan McDonagh 27 – (F) Eetu Luostarinen 37 – (F) Yanni Gourde 28 – (F) Aleksi Saarela 44 – (D) Jan Rutta 52– (D) MacKenzie Weegar 55 – (D) Braydon Coburn 55 – (F) Noel Acciari 67 – (F) Mitchell Stephens 56 – (F) Erik Haula 71 – (F) Anthony Cirelli 61 – (D) Riley Stillman 77 – (D) Victor Hedman 63 – (F) Evgenii Dadonov 81 – (D) Erik Cernak 68 – (F) Mike Hoffman 86 – (F) Nikita Kucherov 71 – (F) Lucas Wallmark 91 – (F) Steven Stamkos 73 – (F) Dryden Hunt 92 – (F) Alexander Volkov 74 – (F) Owen Tippett 98 – (D) Mikhail Sergachev 77 – (F) Frank Vatrano
President of Hockey Operations & GM Vice President & GM Dale Tallon Julien BriseBois
Head Coach Head Coach Joel Quenneville Jon Cooper
Referees: Kevin Pollock (33), Kyle Rehman (13) Linesmen: Matt MacPherson (83), Derek Nansen (70)
2020 FLORIDA PANTHERS POSTSEASON ROSTER
Goaltenders (4)
No. Name Ht. Wt. C Birthplace Birthdate 2019-20 Club GP W-L-OTL SO SA GAA SV% 30 Desrosiers, Philippe 6-1 204 L Saint-
Hyacinthe, QC
Forwards (16)
Aug. 16, 1995 Springfield (AHL) 29 16-10-2 0 1,037 3.05 .916
33 Montembeault, Sam 6-3 199 L Becancour, QC Oct. 30, 1996 FLORIDA (NHL) 14 5-5-1 0 356 3.34 .890 Springfield (AHL) 11 5-5-1 1 402 3.00 .918 60 Driedger, Chris 6-4 205 L Winnipeg, MB May 18, 1994 FLORIDA (NHL) 12 7-2-1 1 354 2.05 .938 Springfield (AHL) 15 6-9-0 0 498 2.29 .932 72 Bobrovsky, Sergei 6-2 187 L Novokuznetsk,
RUS
Sept. 20, 1988 FLORIDA (NHL) 50 23-19-6 1 1,505 3.23 .900
Defensemen (10)
No. Name Ht. Wt. S Birthplace Birthdate 2019-20 Club GP G A P +/- PIM 2 Brown, Josh 6-5 217 R London, ON Jan. 21, 1994 FLORIDA (NHL) 56 3 5 8 +1 39 3 Yandle, Keith 6-1 192 L Boston, MA Sept. 9, 1986 FLORIDA (NHL) 69 5 40 45 0 20 5 Ekblad, Aaron 6-4 215 R Windsor, ON Feb. 7, 1996 FLORIDA (NHL) 67 5 36 41 +12 26 6 Stralman, Anton 5-11 186 R Tibro, SWE Aug. 1, 1986 FLORIDA (NHL) 69 5 14 19 -6 14 13 Pysyk, Mark 6-1 196 R Sherwood Park, AB Jan. 11, 1992 FLORIDA (NHL) 58 9 9 18 +4 20 19 Matheson, Mike 6-2 188 L Pointe-Claire, QC Feb. 27, 1994 FLORIDA (NHL) 59 8 12 20 -1 14 22 Priskie, Chase 6-0 185 R Pembroke Pines, FL March 19, 1996 Springfield (AHL) 5 2 2 4 -1 2
Charlotte (AHL) 52 6 25 31 +1 22 25 Keeper, Brady 6-2 209 R Cross Lake, MB June 5, 1996 Springfield (AHL) 61 6 12 18 -1 108 52 Weegar, MacKenzie 6-0 200 R Ottawa, ON Jan. 7, 1994 FLORIDA (NHL) 45 7 11 18 +6 33 61 Stillman, Riley 6-1 196 L Peterborough, ON March 9, 1998 FLORIDA (NHL) 34 0 5 5 -3 14 Springfield (AHL) 25 3 3 6 -8 20
No. Name Ht. Wt. S Birthplace Birthdate 2019-20 Club GP G A P +/- PIM 7 Sceviour, Colton 6-0 190 R Red Deer, AB April 20, 1989 FLORIDA (NHL) 69 6 10 16 +2 6 9 Boyle, Brian 6-6 245 L Hingham, MA Dec. 18, 1984 FLORIDA (NHL) 39 6 9 15 -5 17 10 Connolly, Brett 6-3 192 R Campbell River, BC May 2, 1992 FLORIDA (NHL) 69 19 14 33 -3 26 11 Huberdeau, Jonathan 6-1 202 L Saint-Jerome, QC June 4, 1993 FLORIDA (NHL) 69 23 55 78 +5 30 14 Toninato, Dominic 6-2 191 L Duluth, MN March 9, 1994 FLORIDA (NHL) 46 4 7 11 +4 37 Springfield (AHL) 15 5 3 8 +3 18 16 Barkov, Aleksander (C) 6-3 210 L Tampere, FIN Sept. 2, 1995 FLORIDA (NHL) 66 20 42 62 +2 18 27 Luostarinen, Eetu 6-3 184 L Siilinjarvi, FIN Sept. 2, 1998 CAROLINA (NHL) 8 0 1 1 -2 0
Charlotte (AHL) 44 8 17 25 -1 24 Springfield (AHL) 5 0 0 0 -5 0 28 Saarela, Aleksi 5-10 200 L Helsinki, FIN Jan. 7, 1997 FLORIDA (NHL) 9 2 2 4 +2 0 Springfield (AHL) 43 12 19 31 -2 12 Rockford (AHL) 5 0 1 1 +2 0 55 Acciari, Noel 5-10 203 R Johnston, RI Dec. 1, 1991 FLORIDA (NHL) 66 20 7 27 +2 21 56 Haula, Erik 6-0 193 L Pori, FIN March 23, 1991 FLORIDA (NHL) 7 0 2 2 0 2
CAROLINA (NHL) 41 12 10 22 +1 20 63 Dadonov, Evgenii 5-11 185 L Chelyabinsk, RUS March 12, 1989 FLORIDA (NHL) 69 25 22 47 -7 10 68 Hoffman, Mike 6-0 182 L Kitchener, ON Nov. 24, 1989 FLORIDA (NHL) 69 29 30 59 -5 28 71 Wallmark, Lucas 6-0 178 L Umea, Sweden Sept. 5, 1995 FLORIDA (NHL) 7 1 1 2 0 0
Carolina (NHL) 60 11 12 23 0 18 73 Hunt, Dryden 6-0 193 L Cranbrook, BC Nov. 24, 1995 FLORIDA (NHL) 21 0 4 4 0 24 Springfield (AHL) 35 13 16 29 +3 22 74 Tippett, Owen 6-1 216 R Peterborough, ON Feb. 16, 1999 Springfield (AHL) 46 19 21 40 +12 18 77 Vatrano, Frank 5-11 197 L East Longmeadow, MA March 14, 1994 FLORIDA (NHL) 69 16 18 34 -8 30
EXHIBITION GAME vs. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
Wednesday, July 29, 2020 | Scotiabank Arena | 12 PM (ET) Television: Fox Sports Florida | Fox Sports GO | NHL Network Radio: 560 WQAM
PANTHERS vs. LIGHTNING ALL-TIME vs. TBL: 66-46-10-16 ALL-TIME HOME vs. TBL: 39-15-4-10 2019-20 vs. TBL: 1-3-0
TEAM STATS (REG. SEASON)
FLORIDA (35-26-8) TAMPA BAY (43-21-6) GOALS FOR 228 (6th) 243 (1st) GOALS AGAINST 224 (T-5th) 194 (22nd) POWER PLAY % 21.3 (T-10th) 23.1 (T-5th) PENALTY KILL % 78.5 (20th) 81.4 (T-13th) SHOTS FOR PER-GAME 32.7 (7th) 31.1 (T-19th) SHOTS AGAINST PER-GAME 32.3 (10th) 30.9 (20th) 5-on-5 SHOT ATTEMPT % 49.8 (16th) 52.2 (5th)
FACEOFF WIN % 50.3 (T-13th) 50.5 (T-11th)
PANTHERS 2019-20 LEADERS vs. TAMPA BAY Goals: Hoffman (4), Dadonov/Huberdeau/Acciari (1) Assists: Ekblad/Huberdeau (3), Connolly (2), Yandle/Barkov/Sceviour/Hunt/Hoffman (1) Points: Hoffman (5), Huberdeau (4), Ekblad (3), Connolly (2), Yandle/Acciari/Barkov/Sceviour/Dadonov/Hunt (1) Shots: Dadonov/Hoffman (13), Huberdeau/Ekblad (11), Vatrano (8) Wins: Bobrovsky (1)
UPCOMING QUALIFYING ROUND SCHEDULE
DATE TIME OPP VENUE TV RADIO Aug. 1 4 PM NYI Scotiabank Arena FS-Florida Radio Network Aug. 4 12 PM NYI Scotiabank Arena FS-Florida Radio Network Aug. 5 12 PM NYI Scotiabank Arena FS-Florida Radio Network Aug. 7 TBD* NYI Scotiabank Arena FS-Florida Radio Network Aug. 9 TBD* NYI Scotiabank Arena FS-Florida Radio Network * if necessary
Florida Panthers Radio Network includes the Panthers flagship radio station: 560 WQAM (Broward/Miami-Dade), as well as FOX Sports 640 South Florida (Palm Beach), WAXE 1370 AM (Treasure Coast) and Thunder Country 100.3 FM (Florida Keys)
TUNE-UP TILT The Panthers and Lightning’s exhibition contest at Scotiabank Arena marks the fifth time the two clubs have played each other in an exhibition game at a neutral site and the first time they’ve done so outside of the Sunshine State. The Cats and Bolts have matched up previously for exhibition at Amway Center (2018 – Orlando, Fla.), Germain Arena (2013 – Estero, Fla.), Orlando Arena (1996 – Orlando, Fla.) and Lakeland Civic Center (1993 – Lakeland, Fla.).
FAMILIAR FOE FLA faced off against TBL in their final three preseason exhibition games prior to the 2019-20 regular season, posting a 1-1-1 record in those games. During the season, FLA had a 1-3-0 record in four contests against their cross-state rival. The Panthers’ lone win came on their home opening night at BB&T Center on Oct 5. Mike Hoffman recorded the first home-opener hat trick in Panthers history, including the game-winning goal, leading the Cats to a 4-3 win.
HIGH-POWERED PANTHERS The Cats finished the 2019-20 regular season with the sixth-most goals for (228) and goals per game (3.30) among NHL teams and owned the 10th-best power play (tied with MIN). Five different FLA skaters finished with 20+ goals: Hoffman (29), Dadonov (25), Huberdeau (23), Acciari/Barkov (20), a feat only matched by WPG. The Cats owned a 2-0-1 record over their last three games of the season including a 2-1 victory over the Stanley Cup Champion St. Louis Blues in their final game of the regular season.
LIGHTNING WARNING Tampa Bay finished the 2019-20 regular season with 92 points (43-21-6), tied for third-most by an NHL team prior to the pause. They scored the most goals of any NHL team (243) and their +50 goal differential ranked second only behind BOS. Their 23.1 power-play success rate was tied for fifth-best with TOR. Reigning 2018-19 Hart Memorial and Art Ross Trophy winner TBL forward
Nikita Kucherov’s 85 points (33-52-85) were seventh-most by an NHLer this season, and for the third consecutive season, reigning 2018-19 Vezina Trophy winner Andrei Vasilevskiy led the NHL in wins (35). His .917 save percentage was the second-highest among goaltenders with at least 50 games played. The Lightning finished the 2019-20 campaign with a 3-6-1 record in their final 10 regular season games.
POSTSEASON REMATCH The Panthers return to the postseason for the first time since 2016, when they faced the New York Islanders in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Cats fell to the Islanders in six games (2-4) in that series. Aleksander Barkov (2-1-3), Aaron Ekblad (0-1-1), Jonathan Huberdeau (1-2-3) and Mike Matheson (0-1-1) all played for the Panthers during the 2016 playoffs.
FINAL FRONTIER Brian Boyle (114) and Anton Stralman (104) each have played over 100 Stanley Cup Playoff games and have each reached the Stanley Final twice together (2014 – NYR, 2015 – TBL). Additionally, the Panthers possess three players who have reached the Stanley Cup Final over the last two seasons: Noel Acciari (2019 – BOS), Erik Haula (2018 – VGK), and Brett Connolly (2018 – won with WSH).
MAKING FRANCHISE HISTORY Jonathan Huberdeau and Aleksander Barkov each moved up the Panthers franchise scoring lists in 2019-20. Huberdeau set the all-time franchise records in assists (289) and points (437), moving into sole possession of fifth place in goals scored (148). Barkov sits behind Huberdeau in franchise assists (252), and has recorded the third-most goals (155) and points (407) in Panthers history.
LIKE MIKE Mike Hoffman led the Panthers in goals scored for the second straight season, tallying 29 over 69 games played. He also led the team in shots on goal (214). The Kitchener, Ontario, native tied for the longest goal streak on FLA this season, scoring in a career-high five straight contests from Feb. 20-29. His 11 power-play goals were tied for the team lead with Evgenii Dadonov, and his 21 power-play points were tied with Keith Yandle for second-most on the club. With 59 points (29-30-59), it was Hoffman’s fifth consecutive season with at least 50 points and 30 assists, and his sixth straight with over 20 goals.
JONNY B. GOOD Jonathan Huberdeau led the Panthers in assists (55), points (78), even-strength points (49), and power-play points (29) in 2019-20. The Saint-Jerome, Quebec, native’s 55 assists ranked seventh- most among NHLers and his 78 points were tied for 10th-most. Huberdeau led the team with 21 multi-point performances and his 41 takeaways were second-most. He set a career high with a 15.1 shooting percentage in 2019-20. The 27-year-old recorded four separate four-point
performances, setting the franchise record for most in a season. He also made his All-Star Game debut for the Cats in St. Louis.
OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Aleksander Barkov ranked second on the Cats in assists (42), points (62), even-strength points (41), and shots (172) in 2019-20. The 24-year-old led all FLA forwards in TOI per game (20:01) and takeaways (51), while posting a career high faceoff win percentage (54.28 – led FLA). 2019-20 marked the third consecutive season where the Tampere, Finland native recorded at least 40 assists and 60 points.
HIGHWAY BOBBERY Sergei Bobrovsky made his Panthers debut in 2019-20, leading the team in games played (50), wins (23), and saves (1,354). The Novokuznetsk, Russia, native posted a 23-19-6 record, including an eight-game point streak (5-0-3) in eight starts from Oct. 11-Nov. 2. He recorded his first shutout as a Panther Nov. 2 vs. DET, and his first win as a Panther came on the Cats’ home opening night, Oct. 5 vs. TBL.
FRESH FACES Acquired at the trade deadline from CAR, new Panthers Erik Haula and Lucas Wallmark each played seven games for FLA before the pause. Haula recorded two assists (0-2-2) and Wallmark posted two points (1-1-2), including a goal against MTL on March 7.
NOEL’S GOALS Noel Acciari set career-bests in goals (20), points (27), shots (108), and shooting percentage (18.5) in his first season with FLA. The Johnston, RI, native also led the team in game-winning goals (5), even-strength goals (19), and hits (121), and led all NHL forwards in blocked shots (103), the third-most by an NHL forward in a season since the stat began being recorded in 2005-06. He became just the second Panther in franchise history (joining Pavel Bure) to record back-to- back hat tricks, by tallying a trio against OTT on Dec. 16 and then again against DAL on Dec. 20.
DADDY’S HOME Evgenii Dadonov set career bests in power-play goals (11-tied for most on FLA) and shooting percentage (15.0) in 2019-20, also tying his career-high in power-play points (17). The Chelyabinsk, Russia, native ranked second on FLA in goals scored (25), his third consecutive season with at least 20 tallies since returning to FLA in 2017-18.
IRON YANDS Keith Yandle led Florida’s defensemen in assists (40), points (45), power-play goals (2), and power-play points (21) in 2019-20. His 40 assists were tied for fifth-most by an NHL D-man this season, and his 177 assists as a Panther are the second-most in franchise history by a defenseman. The native of Boston, Mass., is the NHL’s active “Iron Man” streak leader, having played in 866 straight contests.
PANTHERS REGULAR SEASON LEADERS
Games Played: 8 players (69) Goals: Hoffman (29) Assists: Huberdeau (55) Points: Huberdeau (78) Power-Play Goals: Dadonov (11) Power-Play Points: Huberdeau (29) Shorthanded Goals: Vatrano (2) Shorthanded Points: Vatrano (2) Shots: Hoffman (214) PIM: Brown (39) +/-: Ekblad (+12) Faceoff Win % (Min. 100 FO Taken): Barkov (54.3) Blocked Shots: Acciari (103) Hits: Acciari (121) TOI/GP: Ekblad (22:59) PP TOI/GP: Yandle (3:42) SH TOI/GP: Acciari (2:32) Wins: Bobrovsky (23) Shutouts: Bobrovsky/Driedger (1)
