SERGEI BOBROVSKY

Aleksander Barkov had two goals and an assist for the Panthers.

Sam Reinhart and Anton Lundell scored in the shootout, and the Florida Panthers continued their string of comebacks by rallying from three one-goal deficits to beat the St. Louis Blues 4-3.

Frank Vatrano scored twice and Sergei Bobrovsky made 34 saves to help the Panthers remain perfect at home.

Florida has a four-game winless streak (0-2-2) since starting the season 10-0-1.

Aleksander Barkov scored twice, Aaron Ekblad had a goal and assist, and Brandon Montour also scored for the Panthers.

Aleksander Barkov scored in overtime and the Florida Panthers — playing a day after coach Joe Quenneville resigned amid a sex scandal — beat Detroit 3-2 on Friday to run their season-opening winning streak to eight.

Owen Tippett also scored and Sam Reinhart had an empty-netter for Florida.

The 4-0-0 start is the best in Panthers history.

Speaking about becoming a dad for the first time on Wednesday, Bobrovsky discussed his first days of fatherhood that just happened to occur during the final days of Panthers training camp.

Aleksander Barkov and the Florida Panthers have agreed on an $80 million, eight-year contract extension with an annual cap hit of $10 million.

In South Florida, a growing group of Panthers players have been sharpening their skills at the team's practice facility ahead of training camp.

The New York Rangers locked up their goaltending by agreeing to sign Igor Shesterkin to a four-year $22.6 million contract.

The Florida Panthers entrusted their season to a rookie goalie making his playoff debut.

The amount of available tickets for Game Five has been raised to "just under" 75% of the building's 19,250 seats (when configured for hockey).

Alex Killorn scored a pair of second-period goals and the Tampa Bay Lightning rebounded from its first postseason loss to rout the Florida Panthers 6-2 and take a commanding 3-1 lead in the first-round Central Division playoff matchup.

Vegas Golden Knights goalie Marc-Andre Fleury has stopped 63 of 65 shots from the Minnesota Wild over the first two games of their West Division playoff series.

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 32 shots, Steven Stamkos and Ondrej Palat had first-period goals and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 3-1 on Tuesday night to take a 2-0 lead in their Central Division first-round playoff series.

The first-ever playoff game between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers could be tough to top.

Brayden Point scored two late goals, including the game-winner with 1:14 left in the third period, to lift the defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning over the Florida Panthers 5-4 to take Game 1 of their playoff series.

There used to be a thing called the Governor’s Cup, a trophy presented to whichever team won the annual regular season series between the Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning.

Florida improved to 8-2-1 in its last 11 and remained two points behind first-place Carolina in the Central Division.

Aleksander Barkov scored twice for Florida, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 25 shots.

Vatrano’s second goal was an empty-netter at 18:38 of the third after he was stopped on a penalty shot earlier in the period.

Aleksander Barkov scored both goals for the Panthers, whose six-game winning streak was snapped.

Alex Wennberg had his first career hat trick as the Florida Panthers beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2.

Sergei Bobrovsky of the Florida Panthers makes a save against the Chicago Blackhawks at the United Center on March 25, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. DALLAS – Aaron Ekblad scored with 9.3 seconds left in overtime after his apparent winner moments earlier was wiped out by a replay review, and the Florida Panthers beat the Dallas Stars 4-3. Carter Verhaeghe got the Panthers to overtime with a hat trick and they snapped a three-game losing streak that marked their longest of the season. Sergei Bobrovsky made 31 saves in the first of back-to-back games between the teams in Dallas. Denis Gurianov, John Klingberg and Joel L’Esperance scored for the Stars, who were coming off Thursday’s victory over NHL-leading Tampa Bay but haven’t won consecutive games since opening the season 4-0-0.

Jonathan Huberdeau celebrates his third period goal with Aleksander Barkov of the Florida Panthers against the Chicago Blackhawks at the BB&T Center on January 17, 2021 in Sunrise, Florida. SUNRISE, Fla. – Aleksander Barkov scored a tiebreaking short-handed goal in the third period, and the Florida Panthers beat the slumping Chicago Blackhawks 6-3. It was the Panthers’ first short-handed goal this season. Down 3-1, the Panthers scored five unanswered goals to win their fourth straight game. Patrick Kane, Philipp Kurashev and Brandon Hagel scored for the Blackhawks, who lost for the fourth time in five games.

SUNRISE, Fla. – Episode 31 of Chirping the Cats is a doozy as Local 10′s David Dwork and Ian Margol dive into a plethora of Panthers topics as the team nears the halfway point of what has so far been a very successful season. Some of the topics discussed were weather goalie Sergei Bobrovsky has returned to the form that made him one of the top netminders in the league, the emergence of Mason Marchment, the solid all-around game of Frank Vatrano, a breakdown of how youngsters Owen Tippett and Grigori Denisenko are developing, and an analysis of waiver ware pickup Gustav Forsling. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CTC PODCAST - iOS | Android

Sergei Bobrovsky of the Florida Panthers is congratulated by Radko Gudas after beating the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 in a shootout at Nationwide Arena on January 26, 2021 in Columbus, Ohio. COLUMBUS, Ohio – Frank Vatrano scored 2:48 into overtime, Sergei Bobrovsky made 28 saves and the Florida Panthers beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-4 to sweep a two-game series. The Panthers scored three straight goals in the third period to erase a 4-1 deficit before Vatrano tipped in a rebounded shot from Jonathan Huberdeau to win it. Patric Hornqvist, Ryan Lomberg, Owen Tippett and Aleksander Barkov also scored for the Panthers, who have won four of five. Columbus has lost three straight and six of eight.

Sergei Bobrovsky of the Florida Panthers blocks a shot by Max Domi of the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena on January 26, 2021 in Columbus, Ohio. COLUMBUS, Ohio – Sergei Bobrovsky made 38 saves and the Florida Panthers beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-2. Patric Hornqvist and Owen Tippett had power-play goals in the second period for the Panthers, and Juho Lammikko and Carter Verhaeghe also scored for Florida, which has won three of four. Michael Del Zotto and Oliver Bjorkstrand had goals for the Blue Jackets, and Joonas Korpisalo stopped 29 shots. Columbus has lost five of seven.

Mathias Brome of the Detroit Red Wings celebrates his first career NHL goal during the second period in front of Sergei Bobrovsky of the Florida Panthers at Little Caesars Arena on February 20, 2021 in Detroit, Michigan. DETROIT – Mathias Brome scored his first NHL goal late in the second period, and the Detroit Red Wings held on for a 2-1 victory over the Florida Panthers. Patrik Nemeth also scored his first goal of the season for the Red Wings, who won for only the second time in seven games. Alex Wennberg scored for Florida in the first period, but the Panthers allowed two goals in the second. Goaltender Jonathan Bernier was strong in net for Detroit, stopping 38 shots on goal.

Barclay Goodrow of the Tampa Bay Lightning scores a third period goal against Sergei Bobrovsky of the Florida Panthers at the BB&T Center on February 13, 2021 in Sunrise, Florida. SUNRISE, Fla. – Tyler Johnson scored two of Tampa Bay’s four goals in the second period and the Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 6-1. Frank Vatrano scored in the third period for the Panthers. Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky struggled in the loss for Florida, allowing six goals on just 28 shots. Anthony Duclair, who missed the Panthers previous game after being added to the NHL’s COVID Protocol List, played Saturday after being removed from the list earlier in the day.

Sergei Bobrovsky of the Florida Panthers looks on against the Toronto Maple Leafs during the first period at BB&T Center on February 27, 2020. SUNRISE, Fla. – Sergei Bobrovsky made 31 saves, and Patric Hornqvist was credited with the eventual winning goal when a shot bounced off his shoulder and into the net as the Florida Panthers beat the Detroit Red Wings 2-1. Alex Wennberg also scored for the Panthers, the second consecutive game with a goal for the former first round pick. Hornqvist was credited with a power-play goal, his sixth goal of the season, when a shot by Aaron Ekblad deflected off his shoulder and over the head of Thomas Greiss at 8:04 of the second period. Filip Zadina scored for the Red Wings.

Florida’s 6-1-2 start through nine games is the second-best in franchise history, topped only by the 6-0-3 record to open the 1996-97 season. “We've been consistent in most games," Florida coach Joel Quenneville said. Starting poorly, however, has pretty much snuffed out some Panthers seasons before they even started. The five Florida teams that went to the playoffs — 1995-96, 1996-97, 1999-2000, 2011-12 and 2015-16 — averaged 12 standings points through the season’s first nine games. There’s obviously a long way to go, but the Panthers finally have the start they wanted.

Aleksi Heponiemi of the Florida Panthers celebrates his overtime winning goal with teammates at Little Caesars Arena on January 30, 2021 in Detroit, Michigan. DETROIT – Aleksi Heponiemi made the most of his NHL debut by scoring with 2:15 left in overtime to lift the Florida Panthers to a 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings. Heponiemi scored from the left side of the net after Anthony Duclair lifted the puck over an opponent’s stick and across the crease to set up the game-winner. Florida’s Sergei Bobrovsky made 25 saves, including one with his left skate late in the third period to stop Mathias Brome’s backhander. Detroit’s Anthony Mantha and Tyler Bertuzzi had goals.

Florida Panthers goaltender Chris Driedger is introduced before an NHL hockey game against the Nashville Predators, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019. SUNRISE, Fla. – The revamped Florida Panthers were expected to look a bit different when taking the ice for the first time, but not so much in the goal crease. Last season Driedger went 7-2-1 in limited action for the Panthers, including an impressive .938 save percentage and 2.05 goals against average. “Whatever does happen, I’m going to be excited.”Florida Panthers goaltender Chris Driedger raises his stick after the Panthers defeated the Nashville Predators 3-0 Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019. “It’s tough seeing those other teams play and get this going,” Driedger said.

A lot of guys had good nights and some guys were alright.”“I liked the tempo of the game,” Quenneville continued. Putting it all together, that consistency is something that I really think he’s improving at. Sure, some rust may have shown during the scrimmage, but that’s to be expected during training camp. It felt good, and luckily a couple went in.”Said Q: “I think he’s coming on in training camp. Said Q: “They’ll be pushing one another right now as we get closer to the first game, but Monty certainly helped himself tonight with a real good game.

TORONTO, ONT Anthony Beauvillier scored twice, and the New York Islanders beat the Florida Panthers 5-1 to clinch an NHL best-of-five preliminary round playoff series in four games on Friday. Brock Nelson and Mathew Barzal had a goal and assist each in a game the Islanders never trailed. The 10th-seeded Panthers wound up one-and-done for their fifth consecutive postseason appearance, and eliminated for the second straight time by the Islanders. New York needed six games to eliminate the Panthers in a best-of-seven first-round series in 2016. Florida hasnt won a playoff series since making its first postseason appearance in 1996, when the team reached the Stanley Cup Final only to be swept by Colorado.

TORONTO There has been a quiet confidence brewing among the Florida Panthers during the team's ten days inside the Toronto bubble. "We just wanted to play a simpler game and a harder game," veteran center Brian Boyle said Wednesday. "You can't dwell on what happened in those first two games," Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad said. "It was a big game for us, a big game mentally," said Bob. After the game, Quenneville didn't seem overly concerned about Huberdeau's status for Game 4, but you wouldn't expect a veteran coach like Q to give away any information that would potentially help his opponent.

The 10th-seeded Panthers trail the best-of-five series 2-1 with Game 4 at the NHL's Eastern Conference hub city of Toronto on Friday. Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Brock Nelson, with 1:27 remaining, scored for the Islanders, the East's seventh seed. The Panthers scored first for the second straight game, with Haulas power-play goal 4:02 into the second period. NOTES: The game was Panthers first as the home team since 4-1 win against Montreal at Florida on March 7. The Islanders made no lineup changes from Game 2, while Panthers D Mike Matheson was scratched after picking up four of the Panthers 10 minor penalties this series.

TORONTO, ONT Jordan Eberle scored twice, including the go-ahead goal, and the New York Islanders rallied to a 4-2 win over the Florida Panthers and take a 2-0 lead in their best-of-five NHL preliminary round playoff series on Tuesday. The Islanders particularly took advantage of the Panthers' undisciplined play by scoring twice on seven power-play chances. Weve got to play with some composure in those pivotal moments, said Panthers first-year coach and three-time Stanley Cup champion Joel Quenneville. Florida is making its first playoff appearance since 2016, when the Panthers were eliminated by the Islanders in six games. Set up in the left circle, Eberle patiently waited for defenseman Brady Keeper to go down and attempt to block the shot.

TORONTO, ONT Semyon Varlamov stopped 27 shots and the New York Islanders opened their best-of-five playoff series with a 2-1 win over the Florida Panthers on Saturday in the NHLs return following a 4 1/2-month break. Islanders trade deadline addition Jean-Gabriel Pageau opened the scoring re-directing in Derick Brassards centering pass 12 minutes into the game. The Islanders beat Florida for the fifth straight time, dating to the 2018-19 regular season, and continued keeping the high-scoring Panthers in check. NOTES: Panthers Joel Quenneville coached his 216th career playoff game, which ranks second on the all-time list. This is the second playoff meeting after the Islanders eliminated the Panthers in six games of a first-round series in 2016.

That's the mindset of the Florida Panthers $70 million goaltender, who said he approached the three months away from the rink due to the coronavirus pandemic just like he would have for a normal offseason summer. Panthers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky takes part in an intrasquad scrimmage during a Florida Panthers training camp practice at the Ice Den in Coral Springs. (Florida Panthers)LOTS O CENTERSFlorida's training camp roster features several forwards who have more than a little experience in the faceoff circle. KITCHEN OPTS OUTOn Monday, the Panthers announced that assistant coach Mike Kitchen had opted out of the 2020 postseason. Florida Panthers players take part in an intrasquad scrimmage at the Ice Den in Coral Springs on July 14, 2020.

But that was the regular season, and now we're talking playoffs. Despite the inconsistent regular season, Quenneville knows what Bobrovsky is capable of and is confident he can recapture the top form needed to help Florida reach the next level. Quenneville anticipates having around three weeks for training camp before the Panthers begin their best-of-five series against the New York Islanders. PREPARING FOR BATTLEDuring the regular season, Florida tied for fifth in the league in scoring, averaging 3.3 goals per game. The Panthers went 0-2-1 against the Isles during the regular season.

If thats going to be the Florida Panthers, theyre going to have to answer a few questions first. 1- Which Panthers team will show up? Following a forgettable 5-9-2 stretch that came immediately after the NHL All-Star Game, Florida finally seemed to be getting their act together. Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky of the Florida Panthers during the NHL game against the Arizona Coyotes at Gila River Arena on February 25, 2020. Keith Yandle, Brian Boyle and Anton Stralman of the Florida Panthers celebrate Boyle's game tying goal against the New York Rangers on November 10, 2019.

Sam Montembeault #33 of the Florida Panthers protects the net against the Carolina Hurricanes at BB&T Center on October 08, 2019. CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. - For Florida Panthers goaltender Samuel Montembeault, his first full year in the NHL has been all about adapting to new things. Michael Reaves/Getty Images Goaltender Sam Montembeault of the Florida Panthers looks on at BB&T Center on October 08, 2019. Joel Auerbach/Getty Images Samuel Montembeault of the Florida Panthers makes a save against the Boston Bruins on March 23, 2019. After every Panthers practice, Montembeault can usually be seen on the ice with goaltending coach Robb Tallas.

Aleksander Barkov of the Florida Panthers scores a goal against the New York Islanders on November 09, 2019. NEW YORK - Scott Mayfield scored in the third period, Thomas Greiss stopped 37 shots and the New York Islanders beat the Florida Panthers 2-1 Saturday for their 11th win in 12 games. Leading 1-0 after 20 minutes, the Islanders pressed to add to their lead in the scoreless second period, with both goalies making some nice stops. The Panthers outshot the Islanders 14-7 in the first period, including an 8-1 margin over the final 6 1/2 minutes. The Panthers lost a one-goal game in regulation for the first time this season, falling to 3-1-5 in such games.

Oh, and let us not forget the poor starts to the season that past Panthers teams have been notorious for setting themselves up with. "I think with the first month (of the season), we're still adjusting," said Florida forward JonathanHuberdeau. "Q is there, and he has a great system; we've just got to follow it every night." Florida allowed just 22 shots on goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky, who registered his first shutout as a member of the Panthers. Puck possession was strong, as well, which will always lead to good things in Quenneville's system.

The veteran goalie earned his first shutout with Florida, and Jonathan Huberdeau had two goals and an assist as the Panthers cruised to a 4-0 win over the struggling Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night. Bobrovsky, who signed with the Panthers as a free agent in the offseason, stopped 22 shots for his 34th career shutout. The Red Wings mounted little offense and were ineffective on defense most of the game. NOTES: Panthers D Anton Stralman got his 200th NHL assist on the first goal by Huberdeau. ... Red Wings D Trevor Daley left in the third period with an undisclosed injury.

EDMONTON, Alberta - Brian Boyle and Jayce Hawryluk each had a goal and an assist and the Florida Panthers scored three goals in just over two minutes to open the second period in a 6-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday. Aaron Ekblad, Noel Acciari, Evgenii Dadonov and Frank Vatrano also scored for Florida. The Panthers improved to 5-2-4, earning at least a point in eight straight games. James Neal and Leon Draisaitl scored for the Oilers. The Panthers put nine shots on Oilers goalie Mike Smith as Edmonton sent seven shots on Florida starter Sergei Bobrovsky.