2019–20 Florida Panthers season

2019–20 Florida Panthers
Division	4th Atlantic
Conference	11th Eastern
2019–20 record	35–26–8
Home record	17–14–4
Road record	18–12–4
Goals for	231
Goals against	228
Team information
General Manager	Dale Tallon
Coach	Joel Quenneville
Captain	Aleksander Barkov
Alternate captains	Aaron Ekblad; Jonathan Huberdeau; Vincent Trocheck (Oct. 3 – Feb. 24); Keith Yandle
Arena	BB&T Center
Minor league affiliate(s)	Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Mike Hoffman (29)
Assists	Jonathan Huberdeau (55)
Points	Jonathan Huberdeau (78)
Penalty minutes	Josh Brown (39)
Plus/minus	Aaron Ekblad (+12)
Wins	Sergei Bobrovsky (23)
Goals against average	Chris Driedger (2.05)

The 2019–20 Florida Panthers season is the 27th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 14, 1993.[1] It is their first season under head coach Joel Quenneville.[2]

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[3][4] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled.[5] The Panthers advanced to the playoffs for the first time since the 2015–16 season and are scheduled to face the New York Islanders in the qualifying round.

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Boston Bruins	70	44	14	12	38	227	174	+53	100
2	Tampa Bay Lightning	70	43	21	6	35	245	195	+50	92
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	36	25	9	28	238	227	+11	81
4	Florida Panthers	69	35	26	8	30	231	228	+3	78
5	Montreal Canadiens	71	31	31	9	19	212	221	−9	71
6	Buffalo Sabres	69	30	31	8	22	195	217	−22	68
7	Ottawa Senators	71	25	34	12	18	191	243	−52	62
8	Detroit Red Wings	71	17	49	5	13	145	267	−122	39

Source: National Hockey League[6]
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy.

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification
1	Boston Bruins	70	44	14	12	38	227	174	+53	.714	Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament[7]
2	Tampa Bay Lightning	70	43	21	6	35	245	195	+50	.657
3	Washington Capitals	69	41	20	8	31	240	215	+25	.652
4	Philadelphia Flyers	69	41	21	7	31	232	196	+36	.645
5	Pittsburgh Penguins	69	40	23	6	29	224	196	+28	.623	Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round[7]
6	Carolina Hurricanes	68	38	25	5	27	222	193	+29	.596
7	New York Islanders	68	35	23	10	24	192	193	−1	.588
8	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	36	25	9	28	238	227	+11	.579
9	Columbus Blue Jackets	70	33	22	15	25	180	187	−7	.579
10	Florida Panthers	69	35	26	8	30	231	228	+3	.565
11	New York Rangers	70	37	28	5	31	234	222	+12	.564
12	Montreal Canadiens	71	31	31	9	19	212	221	−9	.500
13	Buffalo Sabres	69	30	31	8	22	195	217	−22	.493
14	New Jersey Devils	69	28	29	12	22	189	230	−41	.493
15	Ottawa Senators	71	25	34	12	18	191	243	−52	.437
16	Detroit Red Wings	71	17	49	5	13	145	267	−122	.275

Source: NHL Eastern Conference Points percentage

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 12, 2019.[8]

2019 preseason game log: 3–4–1 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 2–3–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1^[A]	September 16	Florida	3–6	Nashville		Desrosiers	—	0–1–0	Recap
2^[A]	September 16	Florida	0–1	Nashville		Bednard	17,200	0–2–0	Recap
3^[a]	September 18	Florida	3–4	Montreal		Driedger	—	0–3–0	Recap
4	September 19	Florida	4–5	Montreal	SO	Montembeault	19,101	0–3–1	Recap
5^[b]	September 21	Florida	6–0	Dallas		Montembeault	—	1–3–1	Recap
6	September 24	Tampa Bay	3–6	Florida		Bobrovsky	8,744	2–3–1	Recap
7	September 26	Tampa Bay	4–2	Florida		Bobrovsky	8,611	2–4–1	Recap
8	September 28	Florida	1–0	Tampa Bay	SO	Bobrovsky	14,732	3–4–1	Recap
Notes: ^A Indicates split-squad. ^a Game was played at K. C. Irving Regional Centre in Bathurst, New Brunswick as part of Kraft Hockeyville. ^b Game was played at BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.[9]

2019–20 game log

October: 6–3–4 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 4–2–3)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 3	Florida	2–5	Tampa Bay		Bobrovsky	19,092	0–1–0	0	Recap
2	October 5	Tampa Bay	3–4	Florida		Bobrovsky	17,424	1–1–0	2	Recap
3	October 8	Carolina	6–3	Florida		Bobrovsky	11,638	1–2–0	2	Recap
4	October 11	Florida	2–3	Buffalo	SO	Bobrovsky	15,638	1–2–1	3	Recap
5	October 12	Florida	2–3	NY Islanders	SO	Montembeault	11,421	1–2–2	4	Recap
6	October 14	Florida	6–4	New Jersey		Bobrovsky	13,208	2–2–2	6	Recap
7	October 18	Colorado	5–4	Florida	OT	Bobrovsky	13,382	2–2–3	7	Recap
8	October 19	Florida	3–2	Nashville	SO	Montembeault	17,534	3–2–3	9	Recap
9	October 22	Pittsburgh	2–4	Florida		Bobrovsky	12,738	4–2–3	11	Recap
10	October 24	Florida	5–6	Calgary	SO	Bobrovsky	18,011	4–2–4	12	Recap
11	October 27	Florida	6–2	Edmonton		Bobrovsky	17,278	5–2–4	14	Recap
12	October 28	Florida	2–7	Vancouver		Montembeault	17,864	5–3–4	14	Recap
13	October 30	Florida	4–3	Colorado	OT	Bobrovsky	16,022	6–3–4	16	Recap

November: 7–5–1 (Home: 5–2–1 ; Road: 2–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
14	November 2	Detroit	0–4	Florida		Bobrovsky	14,411	7–3–4	18	Recap
15	November 7	Washington	5–4	Florida	OT	Bobrovsky	14,085	7–3–5	19	Recap
16	November 9	Florida	1–2	NY Islanders		Bobrovsky	13,100	7–4–5	19	Recap
17	November 10	Florida	6–5	NY Rangers	SO	Montembeault	17,464	8–4–5	21	Recap
18	November 12	Florida	5–4	Boston	SO	Montembeault	17,850	9–4–5	23	Recap
19	November 14	Winnipeg	4–3	Florida		Bobrovsky	12,190	9–5–5	23	Recap
20	November 16	NY Rangers	3–4	Florida		Bobrovsky	16,512	10–5–5	25	Recap
21	November 19	Philadelphia	2–5	Florida		Bobrovsky	11,515	11–5–5	27	Recap
22	November 21	Anaheim	4–5	Florida	OT	Bobrovsky	11,316	12–5–5	29	Recap
23	November 23	Florida	2–4	Carolina		Bobrovsky	18,159	12–6–5	29	Recap
24	November 24	Buffalo	5–2	Florida		Montembeault	14,443	12–7–5	29	Recap
25	November 27	Florida	3–4	Washington		Bobrovsky	18,573	12–8–5	29	Recap
26	November 30	Nashville	0–3	Florida		Driedger	14,285	13–8–5	31	Recap

December: 7–6–0 (Home: 5–4–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
27	December 3	Minnesota	4–2	Florida		Driedger	10,167	13–9–5	31	Recap
28	December 7	Columbus	1–4	Florida		Bobrovsky	11,640	14–9–5	33	Recap
29	December 8	San Jose	1–5	Florida		Bobrovsky	11,340	15–9–5	35	Recap
30	December 10	Tampa Bay	2–1	Florida		Bobrovsky	10,685	15–10–5	35	Recap
31	December 12	NY Islanders	3–1	Florida		Bobrovsky	12,609	15–11–5	35	Recap
32	December 14	Boston	4–2	Florida		Bobrovsky	15,157	15–12–5	35	Recap
33	December 16	Ottawa	1–6	Florida		Bobrovsky	10,448	16–12–5	37	Recap
34	December 20	Dallas	4–7	Florida		Bobrovsky	14,040	17–12–5	39	Recap
35	December 21	Florida	4–2	Carolina		Driedger	18,224	18–12–5	41	Recap
36	December 23	Florida	1–6	Tampa Bay		Bobrovsky	19,092	18–13–5	41	Recap
37	December 28	Detroit	4–5	Florida		Driedger	17,731	19–13–5	43	Recap
38	December 29	Montreal	5–6	Florida		Bobrovsky	19,651	20–13–5	45	Recap
39	December 31	Florida	1–4	Columbus		Bobrovsky	18,977	20–14–5	45	Recap

January: 8–2–0 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 5–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
40	January 2	Florida	6–3	Ottawa		Bobrovsky	10,991	21–14–5	47	Recap
41	January 4	Florida	2–3	Buffalo		Bobrovsky	17,731	21–15–5	47	Recap
42	January 5	Florida	4–1	Pittsburgh		Driedger	18,564	22–15–5	49	Recap
43	January 7	Arizona	5–2	Florida		Driedger	12,120	22–16–5	49	Recap
44	January 9	Vancouver	2–5	Florida		Bobrovsky	12,648	23–16–5	51	Recap
45	January 12	Toronto	4–8	Florida		Driedger	15,535	24–16–5	53	Recap
46	January 16	Los Angeles	3–4	Florida		Montembeault	12,575	25–16–5	55	Recap
47	January 18	Florida	4–1	Detroit		Bobrovsky	19,231	26–16–5	57	Recap
48	January 20	Florida	5–4	Minnesota		Bobrovsky	17,255	27–16–5	59	Recap
49	January 21	Florida	4–3	Chicago		Bobrovsky	21,559	28–16–5	61	Recap

February: 5–9–2 (Home: 1–5–1 ; Road: 4–4–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
50	February 1	Florida	0–4	Montreal		Bobrovsky	21,302	28–17–5	61	Recap
51	February 3	Florida	5–3	Toronto		Bobrovsky	19,156	29–17–5	63	Recap
52	February 4	Florida	0–1	Columbus	OT	Bobrovsky	17,811	29–17–6	64	Recap
53	February 6	Vegas	7–2	Florida		Bobrovsky	15,057	29–18–6	64	Recap
54	February 8	Pittsburgh	3–2	Florida		Bobrovsky	17,773	29–19–6	64	Recap
55	February 10	Florida	1–4	Philadelphia		Bobrovsky	17,867	29–20–6	64	Recap
56	February 11	Florida	5–3	New Jersey		Montembeault	12,732	30–20–6	66	Recap
57	February 13	Philadelphia	6–2	Florida		Bobrovsky	15,556	30–21–6	66	Recap
58	February 15	Edmonton	4–1	Florida		Montembeault	15,069	30–22–6	66	Recap
59	February 17	Florida	5–3	San Jose		Bobrovsky	16,510	31–22–6	68	Recap
60	February 19	Florida	4–1	Anaheim		Bobrovsky	15,716	32–22–6	70	Recap
61	February 20	Florida	4–5	Los Angeles		Bobrovsky	16,911	32–23–6	70	Recap
62	February 22	Florida	3–5	Vegas		Montembeault	18,480	32–24–6	70	Recap
63	February 25	Florida	2–1	Arizona		Bobrovsky	12,391	33–24–6	72	Recap
64	February 27	Toronto	5–3	Florida		Bobrovsky	16,322	33–25–6	72	Recap
65	February 29	Chicago	3–2	Florida	SO	Bobrovsky	16,055	33–25–7	73	Recap

March: 2–1–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 1–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
66	March 1	Calgary	3–0	Florida		Montembeault	14,104	33–26–7	73	Recap
67	March 5	Boston	2–1	Florida	OT	Driedger	15,577	33–26–8	74	Recap
68	March 7	Montreal	1–4	Florida		Driedger	17,873	34–26–8	76	Recap
69	March 9	Florida	2–1	St. Louis		Driedger	18,096	35–26–8	78	Recap

Cancelled games
#	Date	Visitor	Home
70	March 12	Florida	Dallas
71	March 14	New Jersey	Florida
72	March 16	Florida	Detroit
73	March 17	Florida	Winnipeg
74	March 19	Buffalo	Florida
75	March 21	St. Louis	Florida
76	March 23	Florida	Toronto
77	March 24	Florida	Ottawa
78	March 26	Florida	Montreal
79	March 28	Florida	Boston
80	March 30	NY Rangers	Florida
81	April 2	Ottawa	Florida
82	April 4	Washington	Florida

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

Player statistics

As of March 9, 2020

Skaters

Regular season[10]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Jonathan Huberdeau	69	23	55	78	5	30
Aleksander Barkov	66	20	42	62	2	18
Mike Hoffman	69	29	30	59	−5	28
Evgenii Dadonov	69	25	22	47	−7	10
Keith Yandle	69	5	40	45	0	20
Aaron Ekblad	67	5	36	41	12	26
Vincent Trocheck^‡	55	10	26	36	−3	33
Frank Vatrano	69	16	18	34	−8	30
Brett Connolly	69	19	14	33	−3	26
Noel Acciari	66	20	7	27	2	21
Mike Matheson	59	8	12	20	−1	14
Anton Stralman	69	5	14	19	−6	14
Mark Pysyk	58	9	9	18	4	20
MacKenzie Weegar	45	7	11	18	6	33
Colton Sceviour	69	6	10	16	2	6
Brian Boyle	39	6	9	15	−5	17
Denis Malgin^‡	36	4	8	12	−6	12
Dominic Toninato	46	4	7	11	4	37
Josh Brown	56	3	5	8	1	39
Riley Stillman	34	0	5	5	−3	14
Aleksi Saarela	9	2	2	4	2	0
Dryden Hunt	21	0	4	4	0	24
Jayce Hawryluk	15	1	2	3	−1	8
Lucas Wallmark^†	7	1	1	2	0	0
Erik Haula^†	7	0	2	2	0	2
Henrik Borgstrom	4	0	0	0	−2	2

Goaltenders

Regular season[11]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Sergei Bobrovsky	50	49	2,805:59	23	19	6	151	3.23	1,505	.900	1
Chris Driedger	12	11	642:40	7	2	1	22	2.05	354	.938	1
Sam Montembeault	14	9	700:45	5	5	1	39	3.34	356	.890	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 March 31, 2020[12][13]

#	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
55	Noel Acciari	C	R	28	2019	Johnston, Rhode Island
16	Aleksander Barkov (C)	C	L	24	2013	Tampere, Finland
72	Sergei Bobrovsky	G	L	31	2019	Novokuznetsk, Soviet Union
9	Brian Boyle	C	L	35	2019	Hingham, Massachusetts
2	Josh Brown	D	R	26	2013	London, Ontario
10	Brett Connolly	RW	R	28	2019	Campbell River, British Columbia
63	Evgenii Dadonov	W	L	31	2017	Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union
60	Chris Driedger	G	L	26	2019	Winnipeg, Manitoba
5	Aaron Ekblad (A)	D	R	24	2014	Windsor, Ontario
56	Erik Haula	LW	L	29	2020	Pori, Finland
68	Mike Hoffman	LW	L	30	2018	Kitchener, Ontario
11	Jonathan Huberdeau (A)	LW	L	27	2011	Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
73	Dryden Hunt	LW	L	25	2016	Nelson, British Columbia
19	Mike Matheson	D	L	26	2012	Pointe-Claire, Quebec
13	Mark Pysyk	D	R	28	2016	Sherwood Park, Alberta
28	Aleksi Saarela	LW	L	23	2019	Helsinki, Finland
7	Colton Sceviour	C	R	31	2016	Red Deer, Alberta
61	Riley Stillman	D	L	22	2016	Calgary, Alberta
6	Anton Stralman	D	R	33	2019	Tibro, Sweden
14	Dominic Toninato	C	L	26	2019	Duluth, Minnesota
77	Frank Vatrano	C	L	26	2018	East Longmeadow, Massachusetts
71	Lucas Wallmark	C	L	24	2020	Umea, Sweden
52	MacKenzie Weegar	D	R	26	2013	Ottawa, Ontario
3	Keith Yandle (A)	D	L	33	2016	Boston, Massachusetts

Transactions

The Panthers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.

Trades

Free agents

Contract terminations

Date	Player	Via	Ref
July 7, 2019 (2019-07-07)	Scott Darling		[14]

Retirement

Date	Player	Ref
June 26, 2019 (2019-06-26)	Roberto Luongo	[15]

Draft picks

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