2024–25 Florida Panthers season

The 2024–25 Florida Panthers season was the 31st season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established in 1993. The Panthers entered the season as the defending Stanley Cup champions having defeated the Edmonton Oilers in seven games in the 2024 Stanley Cup Final.

2024–25 Florida Panthers
Stanley Cup champions
Eastern Conference champions
Division	3rd Atlantic
Conference	5th Eastern
2024–25 record	47–31–4
Home record	27–12–2
Road record	20–19–2
Goals for	252
Goals against	223
Team information
General manager	Bill Zito
Coach	Paul Maurice
Captain	Aleksander Barkov
Alternate captains	Aaron Ekblad Matthew Tkachuk
Arena	Amerant Bank Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Charlotte Checkers (AHL) Savannah Ghost Pirates (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Sam Reinhart (39)
Assists	Aleksander Barkov (51)
Points	Sam Reinhart (81)
Penalty minutes	A. J. Greer (130)
Plus/minus	Gustav Forsling (+33)
Wins	Sergei Bobrovsky (33)
Goals against average	Spencer Knight (2.40)
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

On April 5, 2025, the Panthers clinched a playoff spot for the sixth straight season following the Columbus Blue Jackets loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs.^[1]

In the playoffs, the Panthers defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in five games in the first round, defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games in the second round, defeated the Carolina Hurricanes in five games in the Eastern Conference finals, and made the 2025 Stanley Cup Final for the third consecutive season where they defeated the Edmonton Oilers in six games in a rematch of the previous Stanley Cup Final. The Panthers scored 94 playoff goals, the 4th most by a team in NHL history, behind only the 1985 Oilers, 1981 Islanders, and 1991 Penguins, all of whom played in an era of high-scoring offense in the 1980s and early 1990s.^[2]

Members of the Panthers watch as the Stanley Cup championship banner is raised into the rafters at Amerant Bank Arena before the home opener against the Boston Bruins.

Previous season

The Florida Panthers finished as the top seed in the Atlantic Division and met the in-state rival Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs.^[3] The Panthers eliminated the Lightning in five games.^[4] They then faced the Boston Bruins in the second round, winning the series in six games.^[5] The Panthers defeated the New York Rangers in the conference finals in six games, advancing to the Stanley Cup Final for the second consecutive season.^[6]

In the 2024 Stanley Cup Final series matchup against the Edmonton Oilers, the Panthers initially held a 3–0 lead before experiencing defeats in the following three games. The Panthers recovered and defeated the Oilers 2–1 in Game 7 at home. This victory clinched the franchise's first Stanley Cup championship in its 30 years of existence.^[7]

Off-season

The off-season saw the Panthers lose several key depth pieces. Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Anthony Stolarz, Vladimir Tarasenko, Brandon Montour, Kevin Stenlund, Ryan Lomberg, and Josh Mahura left in free agency. Ekman-Larsson and Stolarz both signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Tarasenko with the Detroit Red Wings, Montour and Mahura with the Seattle Kraken, Stenlund with the Utah Hockey Club, and Lomberg with the Calgary Flames. Kyle Okposo announced his retirement on September 19, 2024.

The Panthers changed their ECHL affiliate and were affiliated with the Savannah Ghost Pirates after having been paired with the Florida Everblades for the past two seasons.^[8]

After airing their games on Bally Sports Florida (formerly Fox Sports Florida and SportsChannel Florida) for the majority of the Panthers existence, Scripps Sports started producing and broadcasting Panthers games.^[9] The broadcasts were free over-the-air on local channels WSFL-TV 39 in Miami-Fort, Lauderdale, WHDT-TV 9 in Stuart-West Palm Beach, and WFTX 36.3 in Fort Myers-Naples.^[10] Additionally, Scripps Sports created a streaming platform to allow fans to stream the games within the broadcast region.^[9]

To commemorate the 2024 Stanley Cup win, the Panthers designed a special center ice face-off logo.^[11] The Panthers filled in the circle with red and surrounding it was the famous embossed pattern from the bowl of the Stanley Cup.^[11] The Panthers used gold for the pattern to make it look like rays of the sun, being they play in the Sunshine State.^[11]

NHL 4 Nations Face-Off

The NHL 4 Nations Face-Off was an ice hockey tournament that take place from February 12–20, 2025. The 4 Nations Face-Off replaced the NHL's annual All-Star Game for 2025. In the tournament, teams representing Canada, Finland, Sweden, and the United States played each other in a round-robin format, followed by a one-game final between the two top-placed teams.

On June 28, 2024, Aleksander Barkov was named to Team Finland, Gustav Forsling was named to Team Sweden, and Matthew Tkachuk was named to Team United States.^[12] Further, Panthers assistant coach Tuomo Ruutu was named as an assistant coach to Team Finland.^[13]

The remaining roster was announced on December 4, 2024.^[13] Sam Reinhart and Sam Bennett joined Team Canada. Anton Lundell, Eetu Luostarinen, and Niko Mikkola joined Team Finland. Gustav Forsling joined Team Sweden with Scouting and Development Consultant Patric Hornqvist and Assistant Coach Myles Fee joining as staff. Lastly, General Manager Bill Zito and Equipment Manager Teddy Richards joined Team United States as staff.

The Panthers led the league with 8 players selected for the tournament.^[14]

Team Canada beat Team USA in the final with Reinhart, Bennett, and future Panther Brad Marchand in the line-up.

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Toronto Maple Leafs	82	52	26	4	41	268	231	+37	108
2	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	47	27	8	41	294	219	+75	102
3	x – Florida Panthers	82	47	31	4	37	252	223	+29	98
4	x – Ottawa Senators	82	45	30	7	35	243	234	+9	97
5	x – Montreal Canadiens	82	40	31	11	30	245	265	−20	91
6	Detroit Red Wings	82	39	35	8	30	238	259	−21	86
7	Buffalo Sabres	82	36	39	7	29	269	289	−20	79
8	Boston Bruins	82	33	39	10	26	222	272	−50	76

Source: National Hockey League^[15]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Conference standings

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	x – Ottawa Senators	82	45	30	7	35	243	234	+9	97
2	AT	x – Montreal Canadiens	82	40	31	11	30	245	265	−20	91
3	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	40	33	9	30	273	268	+5	89
4	AT	Detroit Red Wings	82	39	35	8	30	238	259	−21	86
5	ME	New York Rangers	82	39	36	7	35	256	255	+1	85
6	ME	New York Islanders	82	35	35	12	28	224	260	−36	82
7	ME	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	34	36	12	24	243	293	−50	80
8	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	36	39	7	29	269	289	−20	79
9	AT	Boston Bruins	82	33	39	10	26	222	272	−50	76
10	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	82	33	39	10	21	238	286	−48	76

Source: National Hockey League^[16]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
x – Clinched playoff spot

Record vs opponents

Eastern Conference										Western Conference
Atlantic Division					Metropolitan Division					Central Division			Pacific Division
Team	Home		Road		Team	Home		Road		Team	Home	Road	Team	Home	Road
Boston	6–4	3–4 OT	4–3	2–3	Carolina	6–0	1–3	6–3		Chicago	5–1	1–3	Anaheim	3–0	5–2
Buffalo	4–0	3–2 SO	2–5	5–2	Columbus	3–0		4–3	1–0 OT	Colorado	4–7	1–4	Calgary	3–0	0–3
Detroit	2–5	4–1	1–2		New Jersey	1–4	1–4	2–1 SO		Dallas	4–2	6–4	Edmonton	4–3	6–5
Montreal	0–4	2–4	1–3	2–3 OT	N.Y. Islanders	6–3		6–3	2–4	Minnesota	1–5	6–1	Los Angeles	3–0	1–2
Ottawa	5–1		1–3	0–3	N.Y. Rangers	5–3	3–5	3–1		Nashville	6–2	4–1	San Jose	3–1	7–2
Tampa Bay	0–4	2–1	4–2	1–5	Philadelphia	4–3 SO		7–5	3–4	St. Louis	2–1 OT	3–2	Seattle	1–2	2–1 SO
Toronto	5–1	3–1	3–2	2–3	Pittsburgh	3–2 SO	4–3 SO	4–5 OT		Utah	2–1 OT	4–1	Vancouver	2–3 OT	0–4
					Washington	1–4		3–6	3–6	Winnipeg	5–0	3–6	Vegas	4–3 OT	1–4
Records	8–4–1		4–8–1			7–5–0		7–4–1			6–2–0	5–3–0		6–1–1	4–4–0
Division	12–12–2					14–9–1					11–5–0			10–5–1
Conference	26–21–3 (home: 15–9–1; road: 11–12–2)										21–10–1 (home: 12–3–1; road: 9–7–0)
Overall	47–31–4 (home: 27–12–2; road: 20–19–2)

Notes

^OT Game decided in overtime

^SO Game decided in a shootout

Schedule and results

The preseason schedule was published on June 23, 2024.^[17]

2024 preseason game log: 5–3–0 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 2–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1 [A]	September 22	Nashville	2–3	Florida		Knight	8,076	1–0–0	[18]
2 [A]	September 22	Nashville	2–6	Florida		Bobrovsky	8,076	2–0–0	[19]
3 [B]	September 25	Florida	7–8	Tampa Bay		Driedger	15,899	2–1–0	[20]
4	September 27	Florida	2–8	Carolina		Knight	14,875	2–2–0	[21]
5	September 28	Carolina	4–5	Florida	OT	Driedger	14,702	3–2–0	[22]
6	September 30	Tampa Bay	3–1	Florida		Knight	14,013	3–3–0	[23]
7	October 2	Florida	2–1	Tampa Bay	OT	Knight	11,270	4–3–0	[24]
8 [C]	October 5	Florida	4–2	Los Angeles		Bobrovsky	17,320	5–3–0	[25]
Notes: A Indicates split-squad. B Played at Kia Center in Orlando, Florida. C Played at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on July 2, 2024.^[26]

2024–25 game log
October: 7–3–1 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 5–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 8 Boston 4–6 Florida Bobrovsky 19,813 1–0–0 2 [27] 2 October 10 Florida 1–3 Ottawa Bobrovsky 19,346 1–1–0 2 [28] 3 October 12 Florida 2–5 Buffalo Knight 16,644 1–2–0 2 [29] 4 October 14 Florida 4–3 Boston Bobrovsky 17,850 2–2–0 4 [30] 5 October 15 Florida 4–3 Columbus Knight 18,484 3–2–0 6 [31] 6 October 17 Vancouver 3–2 Florida OT Bobrovsky 17,865 3–2–1 7 [32] 7 October 19 Vegas 3–4 Florida OT Bobrovsky 19,572 4–2–1 9 [33] 8 October 22 Minnesota 5–1 Florida Bobrovsky 18,264 4–3–1 9 [34] 9 October 24 Florida 3–1 NY Rangers Bobrovsky 18,006 5–3–1 11 [35] 10 October 26 Florida 6–3 NY Islanders Knight 15,807 6–3–1 13 [36] 11 October 28 Florida 5–2 Buffalo Bobrovsky 12,906 7–3–1 15 [37]
November: 8–6–0 (Home: 6–4–0; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12[A] November 1 Florida 6–4 Dallas Bobrovsky 12,786 8–3–1 17 [38] 13[A] November 2 Dallas 2–4 Florida Knight 12,807 9–3–1 19 [39] 14 November 7 Nashville 2–6 Florida Bobrovsky 18,264 10–3–1 21 [40] 15 November 9 Philadelphia 3–4 Florida SO Bobrovsky 19,547 11–3–1 23 [41] 16 November 12 New Jersey 4–1 Florida Knight 18,677 11–4–1 23 [42] 17 November 14 New Jersey 6–2 Florida Bobrovsky 18,573 11–5–1 23 [43] 18 November 16 Winnipeg 0–5 Florida Bobrovsky 19,157 12–5–1 25 [44] 19 November 19 Florida 3–6 Winnipeg Bobrovsky 15,225 12–6–1 25 [45] 20 November 21 Florida 1–3 Chicago Knight 19,107 12–7–1 25 [46] 21 November 23 Colorado 7–4 Florida Bobrovsky 18,638 12–8–1 25 [47] 22 November 25 Washington 4–1 Florida Knight 18,504 12–9–1 25 [48] 23 November 27 Toronto 1–5 Florida Bobrovsky 18,563 13–9–1 27 [49] 24 November 29 Florida 6–3 Carolina Bobrovsky 18,920 14–9–1 29 [50] 25 November 30 Carolina 0–6 Florida Knight 18,648 15–9–1 31 [51]
December: 8–4–1 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 5–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 3 Florida 4–5 Pittsburgh OT Knight 15,502 15–9–2 32 [52] 27 December 5 Florida 7–5 Philadelphia Knight 18,206 16–9–2 34 [53] 28 December 7 San Jose 1–3 Florida Bobrovsky 18,646 17–9–2 36 [54] 29 December 10 Florida 2–1 Seattle SO Bobrovsky 17,151 18–9–2 38 [55] 30 December 12 Florida 0–4 Vancouver Bobrovsky 18,614 18–10–2 38 [56] 31 December 14 Florida 0–3 Calgary Knight 18,018 18–11–2 38 [57] 32 December 16 Florida 6–5 Edmonton Bobrovsky 18,347 19–11–2 40 [58] 33 December 18 Florida 6–1 Minnesota Bobrovsky 17,423 20–11–2 42 [59] 34 December 20 St. Louis 1–2 Florida OT Bobrovsky 18,522 21–11–2 44 [60] 35 December 22 Florida 4–2 Tampa Bay Knight 19,092 22–11–2 46 [61] 36 December 23 Tampa Bay 4–0 Florida Bobrovsky 19,544 22–12–2 46 [62] 37 December 28 Montreal 4–0 Florida Knight 19,483 22–13–2 46 [63] 38 December 30 NY Rangers 3–5 Florida Bobrovsky 19,556 23–13–2 48 [64]
January: 7–6–1 (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 4–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 2 Carolina 3–1 Florida Bobrovsky 19,434 23–14–2 48 [65] 40 January 3 Pittsburgh 2–3 Florida SO Knight 19,543 24–14–2 50 [66] 41 January 6 Florida 1–3 Colorado Bobrovsky 18,024 24–15–2 50 [67] 42 January 8 Florida 4–1 Utah Bobrovsky 11,131 25–15–2 52 [68] 43 January 11 Boston 4–3 Florida OT Bobrovsky 19,687 25–15–3 53 [69] 44 January 13 Florida 3–4 Philadelphia Bobrovsky 19,293 25–16–3 53 [70] 45 January 14 Florida 2–1 New Jersey SO Knight 16,514 26–16–3 55 [71] 46 January 16 Detroit 5–2 Florida Bobrovsky 19,486 26–17–3 55 [72] 47 January 18 Anaheim 0–3 Florida Knight 19,395 27–17–3 57 [73] 48 January 21 Florida 5–2 Anaheim Bobrovsky 14,694 28–17–3 59 [74] 49 January 22 Florida 1–2 Los Angeles Knight 15,090 28–18–3 59 [75] 50 January 25 Florida 7–2 San Jose Bobrovsky 17,435 29–18–3 61 [76] 51 January 26 Florida 1–4 Vegas Knight 17,716 29–19–3 61 [77] 52 January 29 Los Angeles 0–3 Florida Bobrovsky 19,515 30–19–3 63 [78]
February: 6–2–0 (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 February 1 Chicago 1–5 Florida Bobrovsky 19,457 31–19–3 65 [79] 54 February 2 NY Islanders 3–6 Florida Knight 19,721 32–19–3 67 [80] 55 February 4 Florida 3–6 Washington Bobrovsky 18,573 32–20–3 67 [81] 56 February 6 Florida 3–2 St. Louis Knight 17,230 33–20–3 69 [82] 57 February 8 Ottawa 1–5 Florida Bobrovsky 19,660 34–20–3 71 [83] 58 February 22 Seattle 2–1 Florida Bobrovsky 19,628 34–21–3 71 [84] 59 February 25 Florida 4–1 Nashville Knight 17,159 35–21–3 73 [85] 60 February 27 Edmonton 3–4 Florida Bobrovsky 19,456 36–21–3 75 [86]
March: 8–5–0 (Home: 6–1–0; Road: 2–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 61 March 1 Calgary 0–3 Florida Bobrovsky 19,416 37–21–3 77 [87] 62 March 3 Tampa Bay 1–2 Florida Bobrovsky 19,441 38–21–3 79 [88] 63 March 6 Columbus 0–3 Florida Bobrovsky 19,402 39–21–3 81 [89] 64 March 8 Buffalo 0–4 Florida Vanecek 19,559 40–21–3 83 [90] 65 March 11 Florida 2–3 Boston Bobrovsky 17,850 40–22–3 83 [91] 66 March 13 Florida 3–2 Toronto Bobrovsky 19,201 41–22–3 85 [92] 67 March 15 Florida 1–3 Montreal Bobrovsky 21,105 41–23–3 85 [93] 68 March 16 Florida 2–4 NY Islanders Vanecek 15,109 41–24–3 85 [94] 69 March 20 Florida 1–0 Columbus OT Bobrovsky 16,757 42–24–3 87 [95] 70 March 22 Florida 3–6 Washington Vanecek 18,573 42–25–3 87 [96] 71 March 23 Pittsburgh 3–4 Florida SO Bobrovsky 19,525 43–25–3 89 [97] 72 March 28 Utah 1–2 Florida OT Bobrovsky 19,549 44–25–3 91 [98] 73 March 30 Montreal 4–2 Florida Bobrovsky 19,432 44–26–3 91 [99]
April: 3–5–1 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 0–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 74 April 1 Florida 2–3 Montreal OT Vanecek 21,105 44–26–4 92 [100] 75 April 2 Florida 2–3 Toronto Bobrovsky 19,066 44–27–4 92 [101] 76 April 5 Florida 0–3 Ottawa Bobrovsky 18,611 44–28–4 92 [102] 77 April 6 Florida 1–2 Detroit Vanecek 19,515 44–29–4 92 [103] 78 April 8 Toronto 1–3 Florida Bobrovsky 19,261 45–29–4 94 [104] 79 April 10 Detroit 1–4 Florida Bobrovsky 19,448 46–29–4 96 [105] 80 April 12 Buffalo 2–3 Florida SO Vanecek 19,318 47–29–4 98 [106] 81 April 14 NY Rangers 5–3 Florida Bobrovsky 19,453 47–30–4 98 [107] 82 April 15 Florida 1–5 Tampa Bay Vanecek 19,092 47–31–4 98 [108]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) Notes: A Played at Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland as a part of the 2024 NHL Global Series.

Playoffs

Main article: 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs

2025 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference first round vs. (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Florida won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 22 Florida 6–2 Tampa Bay Bobrovsky 19,092 1–0 [109] 2 April 24 Florida 2–0 Tampa Bay Bobrovsky 19,092 2–0 [110] 3 April 26 Tampa Bay 5–1 Florida Bobrovsky 19,587 2–1 [111] 4 April 28 Tampa Bay 2–4 Florida Bobrovsky 19,551 3–1 [112] 5 April 30 Florida 6–3 Tampa Bay Bobrovsky 19,092 4–1 [113]
Eastern Conference second round vs. (A1) Toronto Maple Leafs: Florida won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 5 Florida 4–5 Toronto Bobrovsky 19,031 0–1 [114] 2 May 7 Florida 3–4 Toronto Bobrovsky 19,261 0–2 [115] 3 May 9 Toronto 4–5 Florida OT Bobrovsky 19,842 1–2 [116] 4 May 11 Toronto 0–2 Florida Bobrovsky 19,894 2–2 [117] 5 May 14 Florida 6–1 Toronto Bobrovsky 19,319 3–2 [118] 6 May 16 Toronto 2–0 Florida Bobrovsky 19,797 3–3 [119] 7 May 18 Florida 6–1 Toronto Bobrovsky 19,426 4–3 [120]
Eastern Conference final vs. (M2) Carolina Hurricanes: Florida won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 20 Florida 5–2 Carolina Bobrovsky 18,944 1–0 [121] 2 May 22 Florida 5–0 Carolina Bobrovsky 18,971 2–0 [122] 3 May 24 Carolina 2–6 Florida Bobrovsky 19,836 3–0 [123] 4 May 26 Carolina 3–0 Florida Bobrovsky 19,897 3–1 [124] 5 May 28 Florida 5–3 Carolina Bobrovsky 18,994 4–1 [125]
Stanley Cup Final vs. (P3) Edmonton Oilers: Florida won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 June 4 Florida 3–4 Edmonton OT Bobrovsky 18,347 0–1 [126] 2 June 6 Florida 5–4 Edmonton 2OT Bobrovsky 18,347 1–1 [127] 3 June 9 Edmonton 1–6 Florida Bobrovsky 19,863 2–1 [128] 4 June 12 Edmonton 5–4 Florida OT Bobrovsky 19,994 2–2 [129] 5 June 14 Florida 5–2 Edmonton Bobrovsky 18,347 3–2 [130] 6 June 17 Edmonton 1–5 Florida Bobrovsky 19,983 4–2 [131]
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season[132] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Sam Reinhart 79 39 42 81 6 27 Aleksander Barkov 67 20 51 71 1 16 Matthew Tkachuk 52 22 35 57 –3 54 Carter Verhaeghe 81 20 33 53 –14 46 Sam Bennett 76 25 26 51 –15 90 Anton Lundell 79 17 28 45 17 36 Aaron Ekblad 56 3 30 33 11 53 Evan Rodrigues 82 15 17 32 –4 38 Mackie Samoskevich 72 15 16 31 –4 12 Gustav Forsling 80 11 20 31 33 16 Eetu Luostarinen 80 9 15 24 12 28 Jesper Boqvist 78 12 11 23 –4 14 Niko Mikkola 76 6 16 22 12 70 Nate Schmidt 80 5 14 19 4 30 Uvis Balinskis 76 4 14 18 –7 27 A.J. Greer 81 6 11 17 4 130 Dmitry Kulikov 70 4 9 13 12 38 Seth Jones† 21 2 7 9 –6 4 Tomas Nosek 59 1 8 9 4 10 Adam Boqvist‡ 18 2 4 6 –4 6 Jonah Gadjovich 42 4 0 4 –7 60 Brad Marchand† 10 2 2 4 1 2 Jesse Puljujarvi† 5 1 0 1 0 15 Justin Sourdif 1 1 0 1 1 0 Nico Sturm† 15 0 1 1 –2 7 Matt Kiersted 2 0 1 1 1 2 Jaycob Megna 8 0 0 0 –2 2 Rasmus Asplund 6 0 0 0 –2 2 Patrick Giles‡ 9 0 0 0 –1 0 Tobias Bjornfot 14 0 0 0 –3 2

Playoffs[133] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Sam Reinhart 21 11 12 23 5 6 Matthew Tkachuk 23 8 15 23 7 33 Carter Verhaeghe 23 7 16 23 12 6 Sam Bennett 23 15 7 22 5 48 Aleksander Barkov 23 6 16 22 4 4 Brad Marchand 23 10 10 20 17 48 Eetu Luostarinen 23 5 14 19 11 25 Anton Lundell 23 6 12 18 19 14 Evan Rodrigues 21 2 13 15 3 10 Aaron Ekblad 19 4 9 13 10 38 Nate Schmidt 23 3 9 12 9 4 Seth Jones 23 4 5 9 11 10 Niko Mikkola 22 3 3 6 5 37 Dmitry Kulikov 23 2 3 5 6 14 Jesper Boqvist 13 2 3 5 1 0 Gustav Forsling 23 1 4 5 13 8 A.J. Greer 16 2 1 3 –2 22 Jonah Gadjovich 16 2 1 3 3 33 Tomas Nosek 16 0 3 3 4 4 Uvis Balinskis 5 1 0 1 4 2 Mackie Samoskevich 4 0 1 1 0 4 Nico Sturm 8 0 0 0 –3 0

Goaltenders

Regular season^[134]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Sergei Bobrovsky	54	54	3,199:59	33	19	2	130	2.44	1,247	.906	5	0	1	4
Spencer Knight‡	23	21	0:00	12	8	1	52	2.40	508	.907	2	0	2	0
Vitek Vanecek†	7	7	420:39	2	4	1	21	3.00	191	.890	1	0	0	0

Playoffs^[135]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Sergei Bobrovsky	23	23	1,442:34	16	7	53	2.20	618	.914	3	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.

Amerant Bank Arena during a Stanley Cup Playoffs game between the Panthers and Lightning

Awards and honors

Milestones

Sam Reinhart was named 1st Star of the Week for the week ending Oct. 20 with 4G–5A–9P in 4GP.^[136]

Transactions

The Panthers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2024–25 season.

Key:

 †  Contract is entry-level.

 ‡  Contract initially takes effect in the 2025–26 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 29, 2024	To Seattle Kraken PHI 5th-round pick in 2024 (#141 overall)	To Florida Panthers 6th-round pick in 2024 (#169 overall) 7th-round pick in 2024 (#207 overall)	[137]
March 1, 2025	To Chicago Blackhawks Spencer Knight 1st-round pick in 2026	To Florida Panthers Seth Jones 4th-round pick in 2026	[138]
March 5, 2025	To San Jose Sharks Patrick Giles	To Florida Panthers Vitek Vanecek	[139]
March 6, 2025	To San Jose Sharks 4th-round pick in 2026	To Florida Panthers Nico Sturm 7th-round pick in 2027	[140]
	To Winnipeg Jets Chris Driedger	To Florida Panthers Kaapo Kahkonen	[141]
March 7, 2025	To Boston Bruins Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2027	To Florida Panthers Brad Marchand	[142]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	Jesper Boqvist	Boston Bruins	1-year	Free agency	[143]
	Chris Driedger	Seattle Kraken	1-year	Free agency	[144]
	A. J. Greer	Boston Bruins	2-year	Free agency	[145]
	Tomas Nosek	New Jersey Devils	1-year	Free agency	[146]
July 2, 2024 (2024-07-02)	MacKenzie Entwistle	Chicago Blackhawks	1-year	Free agency	[147]
	Nate Schmidt	Winnipeg Jets	1-year	Free agency	[148]
July 5, 2024 (2024-07-05)	Jaycob Megna	Chicago Blackhawks	1-year	Free agency	[149]
July 9, 2024 (2024-07-09)	Adam Boqvist	Columbus Blue Jackets	1-year	Free agency	[150]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	Toronto Maple Leafs	4-year	Free agency	[151]
	Ryan Lomberg	Calgary Flames	2-year	Free agency	[152]
	Brandon Montour	Seattle Kraken	7-year	Free agency	[153]
	Kevin Stenlund	Utah Hockey Club	2-year	Free agency	[154]
	Anthony Stolarz	Toronto Maple Leafs	2-year	Free agency	[155]
July 3, 2024 (2024-07-03)	Vladimir Tarasenko	Detroit Red Wings	2-year	Free agency	[156]
August 29, 2024 (2024-08-29)	Nick Cousins	Ottawa Senators	1-year	Free agency	[157]
September 3, 2024 (2024-09-03)	Steven Lorentz	Toronto Maple Leafs	1-year	Free agency	[158]
September 19, 2024 (2024-09-19)	Kyle Okposo			Retirement	[159]
January 31, 2025 (2025-01-31)	Adam Boqvist	New York Islanders		Waivers	[160]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
June 28, 2024 (2024-06-28)	Patrick Giles	2-year	[161]
	Matt Kiersted	1-year	[162]
June 30, 2024 (2024-06-30)	Sam Reinhart	8-year	[163]
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	Rasmus Asplund	1-year	[164]
	Dmitry Kulikov	4-year	[165]
July 3, 2024 (2024-07-03)	Anton Lundell	6-year	[166]
October 8, 2024 (2024-10-08)	Carter Verhaeghe	8-year‡	[167]
October 25, 2024 (2024-10-25)	Hunter St. Martin	3-year†	[168]
November 4, 2024 (2024-11-04)	Gracyn Sawchyn	3-year†	[169]
March 4, 2025 (2025-03-04)	Jesper Boqvist	2-year‡	[170]
March 5, 2025 (2025-03-05)	Jesse Puljujarvi	1-year	[171]
March 6, 2025 (2025-03-06)	Evan Cormier	1-year
April 12, 2025 (2025-04-12)	Jack Devine	3-year†‡	[172]
May 6, 2025 (2025-05-06)	Ludvig Jansson	3-year†‡	[173]
June 27, 2025	Sam Bennett	8-year‡	[174]

Draft picks

See also: List of Florida Panthers draft picks

Below are the Florida Panther's selections at the 2024 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 28 and 29, 2024, at the Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada.^[175]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	58	Linus Eriksson	C	Sweden	Djurgårdens IF (HockeyAllsvenskan)
3	97	Matvei Shuravin	D	Russia	Krasnaya Armiya (MHL)
4	129	Simon Zether	C	Sweden	Rögle BK (SHL)
6	169	Stepan Gorbunov	C	Russia	Belye Medvedi Chelyabinsk (MHL)
6	193	Hunter St. Martin	LW	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
7	201	Denis Gabdrakhmanov	G	Russia	Tyumensky Legion (MHL)

Notes: