2015–16 Florida Panthers season

The 2015–16 Florida Panthers season was the 23rd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 14, 1993.^[1] The Panthers' regular season began on October 10, 2015 against the Philadelphia Flyers with a 7–1 home win.^[2] The Panthers won the Atlantic Division but fell in six games in the opening round of the playoffs to the wild card entrant New York Islanders.

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Florida Panthers	82	47	26	9	40	239	203	+36	103
2	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	46	31	5	43	227	201	+26	97
3	x – Detroit Red Wings	82	41	30	11	39	211	224	−13	93
4	Boston Bruins	82	42	31	9	38	240	230	+10	93
5	Ottawa Senators	82	38	35	9	32	236	247	−11	85
6	Montreal Canadiens	82	38	38	6	33	221	236	−15	82
7	Buffalo Sabres	82	35	36	11	33	201	222	−21	81
8	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	29	42	11	23	198	246	−48	69

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.

Conference standings

Top 3 (Metropolitan Division)
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Washington Capitals	82	56	18	8	52	252	193	+59	120
2	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	48	26	8	44	245	203	+42	104
3	x – New York Rangers	82	46	27	9	43	236	217	+19	101

Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot.

Top 3 (Atlantic Division)
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Florida Panthers	82	47	26	9	40	239	203	+36	103
2	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	46	31	5	43	227	201	+26	97
3	x – Detroit Red Wings	82	41	30	11	39	211	224	−13	93

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.

Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	x – New York Islanders	82	45	27	10	40	232	216	+16	100
2	ME	x – Philadelphia Flyers	82	41	27	14	38	214	218	−4	96

3	AT	Boston Bruins	82	42	31	9	38	240	230	+10	93
4	ME	Carolina Hurricanes	82	35	31	16	33	198	226	−28	86
5	AT	Ottawa Senators	82	38	35	9	32	236	247	−11	85
6	ME	New Jersey Devils	82	38	36	8	36	184	208	−24	84
7	AT	Montreal Canadiens	82	38	38	6	33	221	236	−15	82
8	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	35	36	11	33	201	222	−21	81
9	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	34	40	8	28	219	252	−33	76
10	AT	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	29	42	11	23	198	246	−48	69

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)^[2]
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Win	Loss	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 20	Florida	2–5	Nashville		Hutton (1–0–0)	McKenna (0–1–0)	15,432	0–1–0	Recap
2	September 20	Florida	3–2	Nashville	OT	Brittain (1–0–0)	Saros (0–0–1)	12,711	1–1–0	Recap
3	September 22	Dallas	2–3	Florida		Luongo (1–0–0)	Campbell (0–1–0)	5,504	2–1–0	Recap
4	September 25	Florida	1–4	Tampa Bay		Bishop (1–0–0)	Montoya (0–1–0)	16,226	2–2–0	Recap
5	September 27	Florida	4–2	Dallas		Luongo (2–0–0)	Lehtonen (0–1–0)	10,113	3–2–0	Box
6	October 3	Tampa Bay	3–2	Florida		Bishop (2–0–0)	Luongo (2–1–0)	7,634	3–3–0	Recap

Regular season

2015–16 Game Log^[2]

October: 5–4–2 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 2–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Win	Loss	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 10	Philadelphia	1–7	Florida		Luongo (1–0–0)	Mason (0–1–1)	19,434	1–0–0	2	Recap
2	October 12	Florida	0–1	Philadelphia		Neuvirth (1–0–0)	Luongo (1–1–0)	19,769	1–1–0	2	Recap
3	October 13	Florida	4–1	Carolina		Montoya (1–0–0)	Lack (0–1–0)	10,901	2–1–0	4	Recap
4	October 15	Buffalo	2–3	Florida		Luongo (2–1–0)	Johnson (1–3–0)	11,616	3–1–0	6	Recap
5	October 17	Dallas	4–2	Florida		Lehtonen (3–0–0)	Luongo (2–2–0)	12,834	3–2–0	6	Recap
6	October 20	Florida	2–3	Pittsburgh	OT	Fleury (3–3–0)	Luongo (2–2–1)	18,471	3–2–1	7	Recap
7	October 22	Florida	2–3	Chicago		Crawford (3–2–0)	Luongo (2–3–1)	21,591	3–3–1	7	Recap
8	October 24	Florida	6–2	Dallas		Montoya (2–0–0)	Lehtonen (3–1–0)	18,532	4–3–1	9	Recap
9	October 27	Colorado	1–4	Florida		Luongo (3–3–1)	Berra (1–2–0)	11,694	5–3–1	11	Recap
10	October 30	Boston	3–1	Florida		Rask (3–3–1)	Luongo (3–4–1)	14,112	5–4–1	11	Recap
11	October 31	Washington	2–1	Florida	OT	Grubauer (2–0–0)	Montoya (2–0–1)	11,207	5–4–2	12	Recap

November: 5–5–2 (Home: 3–3–1 ; Road: 2–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Win	Loss	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
12	November 4	Florida	2–3	Anaheim	SO	Andersen (2–5–2)	Luongo (3–4–1)	15,169	5–4–3	13	Recap
13	November 5	Florida	2–5	San Jose		Stalock (1–2–0)	Montoya (2–1–1)	15,525	5–5–3	13	Recap
14	November 7	Florida	1–4	Los Angeles		Quick (7–5–0)	Luongo (3–5–1)	18,230	5–6–3	13	Recap
15	November 10	Calgary	3–4	Florida		Luongo (4–5–1)	Ramo (3–5–0)	11,242	6–6–3	15	Recap
16	November 12	Buffalo	3–2	Florida		Ullmark (4–2–0)	Luongo (4–6–1)	11,271	6–7–3	15	Recap
17	November 14	Florida	5–4	Tampa Bay	SO	Luongo (5–6–1)	Bishop (6–7–2)	19,092	7–7–3	17	Recap
18	November 16	Tampa Bay	0–1	Florida		Luongo (6–6–1)	Vasilevskiy (2–2–0)	12,067	8–7–3	19	Recap
19	November 19	Anaheim	3–1	Florida		Andersen (4–6–4)	Luongo (6–7–1)	10,947	8–8–3	19	Recap
20	November 21	NY Rangers	5–4	Florida	OT	Lundqvist (11–3–2)	Luongo (6–7–2)	17,866	8–8–4	20	Recap
21	November 23	Los Angeles	3–1	Florida		Quick (10–7–0)	Luongo (6–8–2)	10,997	8–9–4	20	Recap
22	November 27	NY Islanders	2–3	Florida	SO	Luongo (7–8–2)	Halak (6–4–2)	14,598	9–9–4	22	Recap
23	November 29	Florida	2–1	Detroit	OT	Luongo (8–8–2)	Mrazek (6–4–3)	20,027	10–9–4	24	Recap

December: 11–3–0 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 6–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Win	Loss	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
24	December 1	Florida	3–1	St. Louis		Luongo (9–8–2)	Allen (11–5–2)	15,395	11–9–4	26	Recap
25	December 3	Florida	2–1	Nashville		Luongo (10–8–2)	Rinne (11–6–4)	15,405	12–9–4	28	Recap
26	December 4	Florida	2–1	Columbus	SO	Montoya (3–1–1)	Bobrovsky (10–12–1)	14,162	13–9–4	30	Recap
27	December 6	Florida	2–4	New Jersey		Schneider (12–7–3)	Luongo (10–9–2)	13,643	13–10–4	30	Recap
28	December 8	Ottawa	4–2	Florida		Anderson (12–7–3)	Luongo (10–10–2)	11,571	13–11–4	30	Recap
29	December 10	Washington	1–4	Florida		Montoya (4–1–1)	Grubauer (2–2–1)	12,810	14–11–4	32	Recap
30	December 12	Florida	1–3	Boston		Rask (11–7–3)	Luongo (10–11–2)	17,565	14–12–4	32	Recap
31	December 15	Florida	5–1	NY Islanders		Luongo (11–11–2)	Halak (9–5–3)	13,656	15–12–4	34	Recap
32	December 17	Florida	5–1	New Jersey		Montoya (5–1–1)	Schneider (14–9–4)	12,512	16–12–4	36	Recap
33	December 18	Florida	2–0	Carolina		Luongo (12–11–2)	Ward (9–9–3)	10,511	17–12–4	38	Recap
34	December 20	Vancouver	4–5	Florida	SO	Luongo (13–11–2)	Markstrom (1–3–3)	13,459	18–12–4	40	Recap
35	December 22	Ottawa	1–2	Florida	SO	Luongo (14–11–2)	Anderson (15–9–4)	14,538	19–12–4	42	Recap
36	December 27	Columbus	2–3	Florida		Luongo (15–11–2)	McElhinney (1–6–2)	16,902	20–12–4	44	Recap
37	December 29	Montreal	1–3	Florida		Luongo (16–11–2)	Scrivens (0–1–0)	19,822	21–12–4	46	Recap

January: 8–3–1 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Win	Loss	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
38	January 2	NY Rangers	0–3	Florida		Luongo (17–11–2)	Lundqvist (17–11–3)	20,289	22–12–4	48	Recap
39	January 3	Minnesota	1–2	Florida	OT	Montoya (6–1–1)	Dubnyk (16–11–3)	15,426	23–12–4	50	Recap
40	January 5	Florida	5–1	Buffalo		Luongo (18–11–2)	Ullmark (5–10–2)	18,560	24–12–4	52	Recap
41	January 7	Florida	3–2	Ottawa		Luongo (19–11–2)	Anderson (16–12–4)	17,150	25–12–4	54	Recap
42	January 10	Florida	2–1	Edmonton		Montoya (7–1–1)	Talbot (7–13–2)	16,839	26–12–4	56	Recap
43	January 11	Florida	2–3	Vancouver	OT	Markstrom (6–5–4)	Luongo (18–11–3)	18,570	26–12–5	57	Recap
44	January 13	Florida	0–6	Calgary		Hiller (5–4–0)	Luongo (18–12–3)	18,702	26–13–5	57	Recap
45	January 17	Florida	1–3	Tampa Bay		Bishop (18–13–3)	Luongo (18–13–3)	19,092	26–14–5	57	Recap
46	January 18	Edmonton	4–2	Florida		Talbot (9–13–3)	Montoya (7–2–1)	14,897	26–15–5	57	Recap
47	January 22	Chicago	0–4	Florida		Luongo (19–13–3)	Darling (5–4–2)	19,343	27–15–5	59	Recap
48	January 23	Tampa Bay	2–5	Florida		Luongo (20–13–3)	Bishop (19–14–3)	19,626	28–15–5	61	Recap
49	January 26	Toronto	1–5	Florida		Luongo (21–13–3)	Reimer (8–8–6)	14,585	29–15–5	63	Recap
January 28–31		All-Star Break in Nashville, Tennessee

February: 6–4–3 (Home: 4–2–2 ; Road: 2–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Win	Loss	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
50	February 2	Florida	5–2	Washington		Montoya (8–2–1)	Grubauer (5–4–1)	18,506	30–15–5	65	Recap
51	February 4	Detroit	3–6	Florida		Luongo (22–13–3)	Howard (7–8–4)	16,991	31–15–5	67	Recap
52	February 6	Pittsburgh	3–2	Florida	OT	Zatkoff (4-5-1)	Luongo (22–13–4)	20,295	31–15–6	68	Recap
53	February 8	Florida	0–3	Detroit		Mrazek (20–10–4)	Montoya (8–3–1)	20,027	31–16–6	68	Recap
54	February 9	Florida	7–4	Buffalo		Luongo (24–13–5)	Johnson (11–14–3)	18,837	32–16–6	70	Recap
55	February 12	St. Louis	5–3	Florida		Elliott (13–7–6)	Montoya (8–4–1)	13,904	32–17–6	70	Recap
56	February 13	Nashville	5–0	Florida		Hutton (6–2–1)	Luongo (24–14–5)	13,019	32–18–6	70	Recap
57	February 15	Pittsburgh	1–2	Florida	SO	Montoya (9–4–1)	Fleury (22–13–6)	15,595	33–18–6	72	Recap
58	February 18	San Jose	2–1	Florida	SO	Jones (28–15–3)	Montoya (9–4–2)	13,019	33–18–7	73	Recap
59	February 20	Winnipeg	1–3	Florida		Luongo (25–14–5)	Hutchinson (6–11–1)	16,210	34–18–7	75	Recap
60	February 25	Arizona	2–3	Florida		Luongo (26–14–5)	Domingue (12–12–4)	13,134	35–18–7	77	Recap
61	February 27	Florida	3–4	Columbus	SO	Korpisalo (12–7–4)	Luongo (26–14–6)	15,400	35–18–8	78	Recap
62	February 28	Florida	1–3	Minnesota		Dubnyk (22–21–5)	Luongo (26–15–6)	19,093	35–19–8	78	Recap

March: 8–6–1 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 5–4–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Win	Loss	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
63	March 1	Florida	3–2	Winnipeg		Luongo (27–15–6)	Pavelec (6–9–2)	15,294	36–19–8	80	Recap
64	March 3	Florida	2–3	Colorado		Pickard (6–4–1)	Luongo (27–16–6)	16,194	36–20–8	80	Recap
65	March 5	Florida	1–5	Arizona		Domingue (13–14–4)	Montoya (9–5–2)	12,361	36–21–8	80	Recap
66	March 7	Boston	5–4	Florida	OT	Rask (27–18–6)	Montoya (9–5–3)	19,194	36–21–9	81	Recap
67	March 10	Ottawa	2–6	Florida		Luongo (28–16–6)	Anderson (27–21–4)	15,051	37–21–9	83	Recap
68	March 12	Philadelphia	4–5	Florida	SO	Luongo (29–16–6)	Mason (16–15–8)	19,404	38–21–9	85	Recap
69	March 14	Florida	2–3	NY Islanders		Greiss (19–7–4)	Luongo (29–17–6)	14,106	38–22–9	85	Recap
70	March 15	Florida	4–1	Montreal		Montoya (10–5–3)	Condon (17–21–6)	21,288	39–22–9	87	Recap
71	March 17	Florida	4–1	Toronto		Luongo (30–17–6)	Bernier (9–19–3)	18,922	40–22–9	89	Recap
72	March 19	Detroit	5–3	Florida		Howard (10–10–5)	Luongo (30–18–6)	20,817	40–23–9	89	Recap
73	March 21	Florida	2–4	NY Rangers		Lundqvist (32–19–6)	Montoya (10–6–3)	18,006	40–24–9	89	Recap
74	March 24	Florida	4–1	Boston		Luongo (31–18–6)	Rask (28–21–7)	17,565	41–24–9	91	Recap
75	March 26	Florida	5–2	Tampa Bay		Luongo (32–18–6)	Vasilevskiy (11–8–0)	19,092	42–24–9	93	Recap
76	March 29	Toronto	5–2	Florida		Bernier (11–20–3)	Luongo (32–19–6)	16,724	42–25–9	93	Recap
77	March 31	New Jersey	2–3	Florida		Montoya (11–6–3)	Kinkaid (9–8–1)	15,803	43–25–9	95	Recap

April: 4–1–0 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 2–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Win	Loss	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
78	April 2	Montreal	3–4	Florida		Luongo (33–19–6)	Condon (20–24–6)	17,427	44–25–9	97	Recap
79	April 4	Florida	4–3	Toronto		Montoya (12–6–3)	Bernier (11–21–3)	18,846	45–25–9	99	Recap
80	April 5	Florida	4–1	Montreal		Luongo (34–19–6)	Condon (20–25–6)	21,288	46–25–9	101	Recap
81	April 7	Florida	1–3	Ottawa		Anderson (31–23–5)	Montoya (12–7–3)	19,165	46–26–9	101	Recap
82	April 9	Carolina	2–5	Florida		Luongo (35–19–6)	Lack (12–14–6)	18,434	47–26–9	103	Recap

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2016 Stanley Cup playoffs

Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC) New York Islanders: New York won 4–2
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Win	Loss	Florida goals	New York goals	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 14	NY Islanders	5–4	Florida		Greiss (1–0)	Luongo (0–1)	Purcell, Jokinen, Smith (2)	Nelson, Nielsen, Tavares, Okposo, Strome	17,422	0–1	NYI lead 1–0
2	April 15	NY Islanders	1–3	Florida		Luongo (1–1)	Greiss (1–1)	Smith, Bjugstad, Kulikov	Tavares	18,373	1–1	Series tied 1–1
3	April 17	Florida	3–4	NY Islanders	OT	Greiss (2–1)	Luongo (1–2)	Smith, Barkov, Bjugstad	Pulock, Nielsen, Prince, Hickey	15,795	1–2	NYI lead 2–1
4	April 20	Florida	2–1	NY Islanders		Luongo (2–2)	Greiss (2–2)	Purcell, Petrovic	Tavares	15,795	2–2	Series tied 2–2
5	April 22	NY Islanders	2–1	Florida	2OT	Greiss (3–2)	Luongo (2–3)	Barkov	Nielsen, Quine	20,247	2–3	NYI lead 3–2
6	April 24	Florida	1–2	NY Islanders	2OT	Greiss (4–2)	Luongo (2–4)	Huberdeau	Tavares (2)	15,795	2–4	NYI wins 4–2

Legend: Win Loss

Player stats

Final stats

Skaters

Regular Season^[3]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr	79	27	39	66	23	48
Jokinen, JussiJussi Jokinen	81	18	42	60	25	42
Huberdeau, JonathanJonathan Huberdeau	76	20	39	59	17	43
Barkov, AleksanderAleksander Barkov	66	28	31	59	18	8
Trocheck, VincentVincent Trocheck	76	25	28	53	15	44
Smith, ReillyReilly Smith	82	25	25	50	19	31
Ekblad, AaronAaron Ekblad	78	15	21	36	18	41
Bjugstad, NickNick Bjugstad	67	15	19	34	−8	41
Campbell, BrianBrian Campbell	82	6	25	31	31	26
Pirri, BrandonBrandon Pirri^‡	52	11	13	24	−4	30
Petrovic, AlexAlex Petrovic	66	2	15	17	17	90
Kulikov, DmitriDmitri Kulikov	74	1	16	17	8	51
MacKenzie, DerekDerek MacKenzie	64	6	7	13	7	36
Hudler, JiriJiri Hudler^†	19	6	5	11	0	10
Purcell, TeddyTeddy Purcell^†	15	3	8	11	−2	2
Howden, QuintonQuinton Howden	58	6	5	11	–1	18
Gudbranson, ErikErik Gudbranson	64	2	7	9	3	49
Shaw, LoganLogan Shaw	53	5	2	7	−7	13
Knight, CorbanCorban Knight	20	2	5	7	3	4
Mitchell, WillieWillie Mitchell	46	1	6	7	−2	18
Bolland, DaveDave Bolland	25	1	4	5	−2	16
Brickley, ConnorConnor Brickley	23	1	4	5	1	14
Thornton, ShawnShawn Thornton	50	1	4	5	−2	80
Grimaldi, RoccoRocco Grimaldi	20	3	2	5	−4	2
Kampfer, StevenSteven Kampfer	47	0	4	4	5	26
Kindl, JakubJakub Kindl^†	19	0	2	2	10	4
McKegg, GregGreg McKegg	15	2	0	2	1	2
Olsen, DylanDylan Olsen	8	0	1	1	−1	2
Matheson, MichaelMichael Matheson	3	0	0	0	1	2
McFarland, JohnJohn McFarland	3	0	0	0	−1	0
Rau, KyleKyle Rau	9	0	0	0	−1	2
Regner, BrentBrent Regner	7	0	0	0	−2	4
Wilson, GarrettGarrett Wilson	29	0	0	0	−3	24

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Smith, ReillyReilly Smith	6	4	4	8	7	0
Jokinen, JussiJussi Jokinen	6	1	3	4	5	4
Kulikov, DmitriDmitri Kulikov	6	1	3	4	4	4
Petrovic, AlexAlex Petrovic	6	1	3	4	5	4
Bjugstad, NickNick Bjugstad	5	2	2	4	6	2
Huberdeau, JonathanJonathan Huberdeau	6	1	2	3	1	10
Barkov, AleksanderAleksander Barkov	6	2	1	3	−2	2
Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr	6	0	2	2	−2	4
Purcell, TeddyTeddy Purcell	6	2	0	2	−3	0
Campbell, BrianBrian Campbell	6	0	1	1	−3	0
MacKenzie, DerekDerek MacKenzie	6	0	1	1	−1	4
Hudler, JiriJiri Hudler	6	0	1	1	−2	4
Wilson, GarrettGarrett Wilson	6	0	1	1	−1	4
Trocheck, VincentVincent Trocheck	2	0	1	1	1	0
Matheson, MichaelMichael Matheson	5	0	1	1	1	0
Ekblad, AaronAaron Ekblad	6	0	1	1	0	0
Thornton, ShawnShawn Thornton	4	0	0	0	0	2
Kindl, JakubJakub Kindl	1	0	0	0	−1	0
McKegg, GregGreg McKegg	1	0	0	0	0	2
Gudbranson, ErikErik Gudbranson	6	0	0	0	−2	2
Shaw, LoganLogan Shaw	3	0	0	0	−2	0
Grimaldi, RoccoRocco Grimaldi	2	0	0	0	−1	2

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[4]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Luongo, RobertoRoberto Luongo	62	60	3602:51	35	19	6	141	2.35	1801	.922	4	0	2	4
Montoya, AlAl Montoya	25	22	1351:15	12	7	3	49	2.18	608	.919	0	0	0	2

Playoffs
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Luongo, RobertoRoberto Luongo	6	6	438	2	4	15	2.05	227	.934	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Panthers. Stats reflect time with the Panthers only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Panthers only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Roster

Updated November 16, 2016.^[5]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
16	Finland !	Barkov, AleksanderAleksander Barkov	4.0 !C	L	21	2013	Tampere, Finland
27	United States !	Bjugstad, NickNick Bjugstad	4.0 !C	R	24	2010	Minneapolis, Minnesota
55	Canada !	Demers, JasonJason Demers	2.0 !D	R	28	2016	Dorval, Quebec
5	Canada !	Ekblad, AaronAaron Ekblad (A)	2.0 !D	R	20	2014	Windsor, Ontario
24	Canada !	Griffith, SethSeth Griffith	7.0 !RW	R	23	2016	Wallaceburg, Ontario
11	Canada !	Huberdeau, JonathanJonathan Huberdeau	6.0 !LW	L	23	2011	Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
68	Czech Republic !	Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr	7.0 !RW	L	44	2015	Kladno, Czechoslovakia
36	Finland !	Jokinen, JussiJussi Jokinen (A)	6.0 !LW	L	33	2014	Kalajoki, Finland
1	Canada !	Luongo, RobertoRoberto Luongo	1.0 !G	L	37	2014	Montreal, Quebec
17	Canada !	MacKenzie, DerekDerek MacKenzie (C)	4.0 !C	L	35	2014	Sudbury, Ontario
62	Switzerland !	Malgin, DenisDenis Malgin	4.0 !C	R	19	2015	Olten, Switzerland
81	Canada !	Marchessault, JonathanJonathan Marchessault	4.0 !C	R	25	2016	Cap-Rouge, Quebec
19	Canada !	Matheson, MikeMike Matheson	2.0 !D	L	22	2015	Pointe-Claire, Quebec
90	Canada !	McCann, JaredJared McCann	4.0 !C	L	20	2016	Stratford, Ontario
8	Canada !	McIlrath, DylanDylan McIlrath	2.0 !D	R	24	2016	Winnipeg, Manitoba
41	Canada !	McKegg, GregGreg McKegg	4.0 !C	L	24	2015	St. Thomas, Ontario
6	Canada !	Petrovic, AlexAlex Petrovic	2.0 !D	R	24	2010	Edmonton, Alberta
13	Canada !	Pysyk, MarkMark Pysyk	2.0 !D	R	24	2016	Sherwood Park, Alberta
92	United States !	Rau, KyleKyle Rau	6.0 !LW	L	24	2011	Eden Prairie, Minnesota
34	Canada !	Reimer, JamesJames Reimer	1.0 !G	L	28	2016	Morweena, Manitoba
7	Canada !	Sceviour, ColtonColton Sceviour	4.0 !C	R	27	2016	Red Deer, Alberta
18	Canada !	Smith, ReillyReilly Smith	7.0 !RW	L	25	2015	Etobicoke, Ontario
22	Canada !	Thornton, ShawnShawn Thornton	6.0 !LW	R	39	2014	Oshawa, Ontario
21	United States !	Trocheck, VincentVincent Trocheck	4.0 !C	R	23	2011	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
3	United States !	Yandle, KeithKeith Yandle	2.0 !D	L	30	2016	Boston, Massachusetts

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular Season
Player	Award	Awarded
Jagr, J.J. Jagr	NHL All-Star game captain^[6]	January 2, 2016
Ekblad, A.A. Ekblad	NHL All-Star game selection^[7]	January 6, 2016
Luongo, R.R. Luongo	NHL All-Star game selection^[7]	January 6, 2016
Trocheck, V.V. Trocheck	NHL Third Star of the Week^[8]	February 8, 2016

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Brickley, C.C. Brickley	1st Career NHL Game	October 10, 2015
C. Brickley	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	October 13, 2015
MacKenzie, D.D. MacKenzie	400th Career NHL Game	October 31, 2015
Ekblad, A.A. Ekblad	100th Career NHL Game	November 19, 2015
Trocheck, V.V. Trocheck	100th Career NHL Game	December 12, 2015

Transactions

The Panthers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season:

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27)	To New York Islanders MTL's 5th-round pick in 2015	To Florida Panthers 5th-round pick in 2016	^[9]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	To Boston Bruins Jimmy Hayes (rights)	To Florida Panthers Reilly Smith Marc Savard	^[10]
February 27, 2016 (2016-02-27)	To Calgary Flames 2nd-round pick in 2016 4th-round pick in 2018	To Florida Panthers Jiri Hudler	^[11]
February 27, 2016 (2016-02-27)	To Edmonton Oilers conditional 3rd-round pick in 2016	To Florida Panthers Teddy Purcell	^[11]
February 27, 2016 (2016-02-27)	To Detroit Red Wings 6th-round pick in 2017	To Florida Panthers Jakub Kindl^{Note 1}	^[12]
February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29)	To Anaheim Ducks Brandon Pirri	To Florida Panthers 6th-round pick in 2016	^[13]
May 25, 2016 (2016-05-25)	To Vancouver Canucks Erik Gudbranson NYI's 5th-round pick in 2016	To Florida Panthers Jared McCann 2nd-round pick in 2016 4th-round pick in 2016	^[14]
June 10, 2016 (2016-06-10)	To New Jersey Devils Marc Savard 2nd-round pick in 2018	To Florida Panthers Paul Thompson Graham Black	^[15]
June 20, 2016 (2016-06-20)	To New York Rangers 6th-round pick in 2016 Conditional 4th-round pick in 2017^{Note 2}	To Florida Panthers Keith Yandle (negotiating rights)	^[16]
June 23, 2016 (2016-06-23)	To Colorado Avalanche Rocco Grimaldi	To Florida Panthers Reto Berra	^[17]

Notes

^{Note 1} Detroit to retain 15% ($720,000) of salary as part of trade.
^{Note 2} Conditional on Yandle signing with Panthers.

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Mike McKenna	Arizona Coyotes	2 years, $1.15 million	^[18]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Shane Harper	Chicago Wolves	1 year, $575,000	^[18]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Sena Acolatse	Adirondack Flames	1 year, $575,000	^[18]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Cameron Gaunce	Texas Stars	1 year, $575,000	^[19]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Brent Regner	Chicago Wolves	2 years, $1.2 million	^[19]
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	Rob Flick	Providence Bruins	1 year, $575,000	^[20]
March 2, 2016 (2016-03-02)	Dryden Hunt	Moose Jaw Warriors	entry-level contract	^[21]
May 3, 2016 (2016-05-03)	Linus Hultstrom	Djurgardens IF	entry-level contract	^[22]

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 4, 2015 (2015-07-04)	Dan Ellis	Washington Capitals	1 year, $650,000	^[23]
July 16, 2015 (2015-07-16)	Shane O'Brien	Anaheim Ducks	1 year, $600,000	^[24]
October 5, 2015 (2015-10-05)	Scottie Upshall	St. Louis Blues	1 year, $700,000	^[25]
September 27, 2015 (2015-09-27)	Brad Boyes	Toronto Maple Leafs	1 year, $700,000	^[26]

Claimed via waivers

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers	Ref

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers	Ref

Lost via retirement

Player	Ref

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 8, 2015 (2015-07-08)	Corban Knight	1 year, $750,000	^[27]
July 8, 2015 (2015-07-08)	Garrett Wilson	1 year, $675,000	^[27]
July 8, 2015 (2015-07-08)	Greg McKegg	1 year, $700,000	^[28]
July 15, 2015 (2015-07-15)	Lawson Crouse	3 years, entry-level contract	^[29]
July 15, 2015 (2015-07-15)	Alex Petrovic	2 years, $2.1 million	^[30]
July 15, 2015 (2015-07-15)	Quinton Howden	1 year, $850,500	^[30]
July 15, 2015 (2015-07-15)	John McFarland	1 year, $850,500	^[30]
September 17, 2015 (2015-09-17)	Jonathan Huberdeau	2 years, $6.5 million	^[31]
January 26, 2016 (2016-01-26)	Aleksander Barkov	6 years, $35.4 million contract extension	^[32]
February 25, 2016 (2016-02-25)	Shawn Thornton	1 year, contract extension	^[33]
March 1, 2016 (2016-03-01)	Jayce Hawryluk	entry-level contract	^[34]
March 29, 2016 (2016-03-29)	Michael Downing	entry-level contract	^[35]
April 15, 2016 (2016-04-15)	Juho Lammikko	3 years, entry-level contract	^[36]
May 5, 2016 (2016-05-05)	Jaromir Jagr	1 year, $4 million	^[37]
May 9, 2016 (2016-05-09)	Erik Gudbranson	1 year, $3.5 million	^[38]
May 10, 2016 (2016-05-10)	Samuel Montembeault	3 years, entry-level contract	^[39]
May 11, 2016 (2016-05-11)	Shane Harper	1 year	^[40]

Draft picks

Below are the Florida Panthers' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	11	Lawson Crouse	LW	Canada	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
3	77^[a]	Samuel Montembault	G	Canada	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (QMJHL)
3	88^[b]	Thomas Schemitsch	D	Canada	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
4	102	Denis Malgin	C	Switzerland	ZSC Lions (NLA)
5	132	Karch Bachman	LW	United States	Culver Academy (HS-Indiana)
6	162	Christopher Wilkie	RW	United States	Tri-City Storm (USHL)
7	192	Patrick Shea	C	United States	Kimball Union Academy Wildcats (HS-New Hampshire)
7	206^[c]	Ryan Bednard	G	United States	Johnstown Tomahawks (NAHL)

Draft notes^[41]

The Florida Panthers' second-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent Carl Hagelin and a second and sixth-round pick in 2015 (59th and 179th overall) to Anaheim in exchange for Emerson Etem and this pick.^[42]
Anaheim previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015 that sent Kyle Palmieri to New Jersey in exchange for a third-round pick in 2016 and this pick.^[42]

New Jersey previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 26, 2015 that sent Jaromir Jagr to Florida in exchange for a conditional third-round pick in 2016 and this pick.^[43]
The Florida Panthers' third-round pick went to the Tampa Bay Lightning as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015 that sent the Rangers’ first-round pick in 2015 (28th overall) to the New York Islanders in exchange for Edmonton’s second-round pick in 2015 (33rd overall) and this pick.^[44]
The Islanders previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 28, 2014 that sent a third-round pick in 2014 to Florida in exchange for this pick.^[45]
^a The Pittsburgh Penguins' third-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014 that sent Marcel Goc to Pittsburgh in exchange for a fifth-round pick in 2014 and this pick.^[46]
^b The Anaheim Ducks' third-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on February 28, 2015 that sent Tomas Fleischmann to Anaheim in exchange for Dany Heatley and this pick.^[47]
^c The St. Louis Blues' seventh-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on September 28, 2013 that sent Scott Timmins and a sixth-round pick in 2014 to New Jersey in exchange for Krys Barch and this pick.^[48]
New Jersey previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 22, 2013 that sent a conditional fourth-round pick to St. Louis in exchange for Matt D'Agostini and this pick.^[49]

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Florida Panthers

Founded in 1993 Based in Sunrise, Florida

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	Expansion Draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owner Sunrise Sports and Entertainment (Vincent Viola, chairman) General manager Tom Rowe Head coach Tom Rowe (interim) Team captain Derek MacKenzie Current roster

Arenas	Miami Arena BB&T Center

Affiliates	AHL Springfield Thunderbirds

General Managers	Clarke Murray Torrey Fletcher Dudley Keenan Martin Sexton Tallon Rowe

Head Coaches	Neilson MacLean B. Murray T. Murray Sutter Keenan Dudley Torchetti Martin DeBoer Dineen Horachek Gallant Rowe

Stanley Cup Finals	1996

Media	TV FSFlorida Radio WQAM

Culture	Rat trick

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