Florida Panthers tap Paul Maurice as new head coach
Maurice has the fourth-most games and seventh-most wins of any coach in NHL history.
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Maurice has the fourth-most games and seventh-most wins of any coach in NHL history.
The cat is in the bag! The Florida Panthers have a new head coach.
The Florida Panthers won the President's Trophy for the NHL's best season.
The Tampa Bay Lightning completed a four-game sweep of the Florida Panthers with a 2-0 victory Monday night.
The stunning finish put the Lightning up 2-0 in the best-of-seven series that heads to Tampa for Game 3 on Sunday.
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period, Andrei Vasilevskiy remained red-hot with 34 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning topped the Florida Panthers 4-1 in Game 1 of an Eastern Conference semifinal series Tuesday night.
The two-time defending Stanley Cup champions on one side. The Presidents' Trophy winners on the other.
For the second consecutive year, the Panthers play Tampa Bay in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
On the wrong side of a comeback effort this time, the Florida Panthers rebounded in overtime and made sure they wouldn't need to go home to finish their first-round series.
The Panthers are in position to win their first playoff series in 26 years.
Carter Verhaeghe set a Florida postseason record with a five-point night, and the Florida Panthers escaped a three-goal deficit to beat the Washington Capitals 5-3 and take a 3-2 lead in an Eastern Conference first-round series Wednesday night.
The comeback Cats nickname fit the Florida Panthers in game four of their first round playoff series.
Sam Reinhart tied it late in regulation, Carter Verhaeghe scored his second of the game in overtime and the Presidents' Trophy-winning Florida Panthers beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 in Game 4 Monday night, tying the first-round series.
Intensity has been lacking and nervousness high for the Panthers against an opponent with much more playoff experience.
The Florida Panthers were leading their playoff game against Washington Capitals on Saturday by 1-0 in the first period, but it did not last long.
Aleksander Barkov and Carter Verhaeghe each had a goal and an assist and the Florida Panthers beat the Washington Capitals 5-1 on Thursday night to even the Eastern Conference first-round series at a game apiece.
After a historic regular season, the Panthers dropped game one of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
The Washington Capitals rallied past the top-seeded Florida Panthers 4-2 in the opener of their Eastern Conference first-round series Tuesday night.
The Florida Panthers will finish the 2021-22 regular season as the best team in hockey.
Carter Verhaeghe scored twice and Spencer Knight stopped 27 shots for his second career shutout as the Florida Panthers beat the Ottawa Senators 4-0 on Thursday night.
Jake DeBrusk snapped a 2-2 tie in the second period, Linus Ullmark made 19 saves and the Boston Bruins beat the Florida Panthers 4-2 on Tuesday night to clinch the first wild card in the Eastern Conference.
The Florida Panthers enter the final week of the regular season as a top 10 team of all time. They are the Atlantic division champs and the number one seed in the Eastern Conference.
The streak is over. Florida's franchise-record 13-game winning streak came to end Sunday night when Nikita Kucherov and Steven Stamkos each had two goals and two assists, Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 37 shots and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Panthers 8-4.
Brandon Montour scored 2:26 into overtime and the NHL-leading Florida Panthers extended their winning streak to a franchise-record 13 games by beating the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Saturday night.
Let's go cats!!! Aleksander Barkov scored his 38th goal of the season and the Florida Panthers tied a franchise record with their 12th straight win, beating the Detroit Red Wings 5-2 on Thursday night.
