2018–19 Florida Panthers season
The 2018–19 Florida Panthers season was the 25th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 14, 1993.[2] The Panthers were eliminated from playoff contention on March 26, 2019, after losing 6–1 to the Montreal Canadiens.[3] This was also the final season for Roberto Luongo, who announced his retirement on June 26, 2019, after playing 19 seasons in the NHL.
2018–19 Florida Panthers | |
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Division | 5th Atlantic |
Conference | 10th Eastern |
2018–19 record | 36–32–14 |
Home record | 20–13–8 |
Road record | 16–19–6 |
Goals for | 267 |
Goals against | 280 |
Team information | |
General manager | Dale Tallon |
Coach | Bob Boughner |
Captain | Aleksander Barkov |
Alternate captains | Aaron Ekblad Jonathan Huberdeau Vincent Trocheck Keith Yandle |
Arena | BB&T Center |
Average attendance | 13,261[1] |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Mike Hoffman (36) |
Assists | Jonathan Huberdeau (62) |
Points | Aleksander Barkov (96) |
Penalty minutes | MacKenzie Weegar (64) |
Plus/minus | Nick Bjugstad (+2) |
Wins | Roberto Luongo (18) |
Goals against average | Sam Montembeault (3.04) |
Standings
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | p – Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 62 | 16 | 4 | 56 | 325 | 222 | +103 | 128 |
2 | x – Boston Bruins | 82 | 49 | 24 | 9 | 47 | 259 | 215 | +44 | 107 |
3 | x – Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 46 | 28 | 8 | 46 | 286 | 251 | +35 | 100 |
4 | Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 44 | 30 | 8 | 41 | 249 | 236 | +13 | 96 |
5 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 36 | 32 | 14 | 33 | 267 | 280 | −13 | 86 |
6 | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 33 | 39 | 10 | 28 | 226 | 271 | −45 | 76 |
7 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 32 | 40 | 10 | 29 | 227 | 277 | −50 | 74 |
8 | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 29 | 47 | 6 | 29 | 242 | 302 | −60 | 64 |
Pos | Div | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ME | x – Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 46 | 29 | 7 | 44 | 245 | 223 | +22 | 99 |
2 | ME | x – Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 47 | 31 | 4 | 45 | 258 | 232 | +26 | 98 |
3 | AT | Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 44 | 30 | 8 | 41 | 249 | 236 | +13 | 96 |
4 | AT | Florida Panthers | 82 | 36 | 32 | 14 | 33 | 267 | 280 | −13 | 86 |
5 | ME | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 37 | 37 | 8 | 34 | 244 | 281 | −37 | 82 |
6 | ME | New York Rangers | 82 | 32 | 36 | 14 | 26 | 227 | 272 | −45 | 78 |
7 | AT | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 33 | 39 | 10 | 28 | 226 | 271 | −45 | 76 |
8 | AT | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 32 | 40 | 10 | 29 | 227 | 277 | −50 | 74 |
9 | ME | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 31 | 41 | 10 | 28 | 222 | 275 | −53 | 72 |
10 | AT | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 29 | 47 | 6 | 29 | 242 | 302 | −60 | 64 |
Schedule and results
Preseason
The preseason schedule was published on June 14, 2018.[6]
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# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Recap |
1 | September 17 | Nashville | 5–0 | Florida | Hutchinson | 5,806 | 0–1–0 | Recap | |
2 | September 17 | Nashville | 5–3 | Florida | Montembeault | 7,671 | 0–2–0 | Recap | |
3 | September 19 | Florida | 5–2 | Montreal | Luongo | 19,691 | 1–2–0 | Recap | |
4[a] | September 22 | Florida | 4–3 | Dallas | OT | Reimer | — | 2–2–0 | Recap |
5 | September 25 | Florida | 3–2 | Tampa Bay | Reimer | 11,485 | 3–2–0 | Recap | |
6[b] | September 27 | Florida | 2–6 | Tampa Bay | Luongo | — | 3–3–0 | Recap | |
7 | September 29 | Tampa Bay | 3–2 | Florida | Luongo | 10,487 | 3–4–0 | Recap | |
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Regular season
The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.[7]
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Legend:
Win (2 points)
Loss (0 points)
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Player statistics
Skaters
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
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Aleksander Barkov | 82 | 35 | 61 | 96 | −3 | 8 |
Jonathan Huberdeau | 82 | 30 | 62 | 92 | −14 | 40 |
Mike Hoffman | 82 | 36 | 34 | 70 | −24 | 30 |
Evgenii Dadonov | 82 | 28 | 42 | 70 | −6 | 8 |
Keith Yandle | 82 | 9 | 53 | 62 | −17 | 50 |
Frank Vatrano | 81 | 24 | 15 | 39 | −10 | 38 |
Aaron Ekblad | 82 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 1 | 47 |
Vincent Trocheck | 55 | 10 | 24 | 34 | −9 | 54 |
Mike Matheson | 75 | 8 | 19 | 27 | −24 | 44 |
Troy Brouwer | 75 | 12 | 9 | 21 | −6 | 47 |
Jared McCann‡ | 46 | 8 | 10 | 18 | −9 | 18 |
Henrik Borgstrom | 50 | 8 | 10 | 18 | −14 | 4 |
Denis Malgin | 50 | 7 | 9 | 16 | −10 | 14 |
Colton Sceviour | 59 | 5 | 10 | 15 | −2 | 15 |
MacKenzie Weegar | 64 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −3 | 64 |
Jayce Hawryluk | 42 | 7 | 5 | 12 | −8 | 16 |
Nick Bjugstad‡ | 32 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 16 |
Mark Pysyk | 70 | 1 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 26 |
Dryden Hunt | 31 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 8 |
Riley Sheahan† | 33 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 4 |
Bogdan Kiselevich‡ | 32 | 0 | 8 | 8 | −3 | 12 |
Jamie McGinn | 19 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −5 | 6 |
Juho Lammikko | 40 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −7 | 6 |
Derick Brassard†‡ | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −6 | 2 |
Micheal Haley‡ | 24 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 30 |
Ian McCoshen | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 8 |
Josh Brown | 37 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 28 |
Jacob MacDonald | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Alex Petrovic‡ | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −8 | 24 |
Chris Wideman†‡ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
Maxim Mamin | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 |
Derek MacKenzie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Anthony Greco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
Riley Stillman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Brady Keeper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Goaltenders
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Roberto Luongo | 43 | 40 | 2,346:38 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 122 | 3.12 | 1,205 | .899 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
James Reimer | 36 | 29 | 1,805:11 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 93 | 3.09 | 929 | .900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sam Montembeault | 11 | 10 | 591:24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 3.04 | 282 | .894 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Michael Hutchinson‡ | 4 | 3 | 201:14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4.17 | 87 | .839 | 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.
Transactions
The Panthers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.
Trades
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 23, 2018 | To Nashville Predators 3rd-round pick in 2019 |
To Florida Panthers 3rd-round pick in 2018 |
[10] |
December 29, 2018 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Michael Hutchinson |
To Florida Panthers 5th-round pick in 2020 |
[11] |
December 30, 2018 | To Edmonton Oilers Alex Petrovic |
To Florida Panthers Chris Wideman Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2019 |
[12] |
February 1, 2019 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Nick Bjugstad Jared McCann |
To Florida Panthers Derick Brassard Riley Sheahan 2nd-round pick in 2019 4th-round pick in 2019 MIN 4th-round pick in 2019 |
[13] |
February 22, 2019 | To San Jose Sharks Future considerations |
To Florida Panthers Vincent Praplan |
[14][15] |
February 25, 2019 | To Carolina Hurricanes Future considerations |
To Florida Panthers Cliff Pu |
[16] |
February 25, 2019 | To Colorado Avalanche Derick Brassard Conditional 6th-round pick in 2020 |
To Florida Panthers 3rd-round pick in 2020 |
[17] |
February 25, 2019 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Chris Wideman |
To Florida Panthers Jean-Sebastien Dea |
[18] |
February 25, 2019 | To Winnipeg Jets Bogdan Kiselevich |
To Florida Panthers 7th-round pick in 2021 |
[18] |
Free agents
Waivers
Date | Player | Team | Ref |
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February 20, 2019 | Micheal Haley | to San Jose Sharks | [35] |
Contract terminations
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Retirement
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Signings
Date | Player | Contract term | Ref |
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June 29, 2018 | Frank Vatrano | 1-year | [37] |
July 1, 2018 | Jared McCann | 2-year | [38] |
July 6, 2018 | Alex Petrovic | 1-year | [39] |
July 25, 2018 | MacKenzie Weegar | 1-year | [40] |
February 25, 2019 | Frank Vatrano | 3-year | [41] |
March 8, 2019 | Serron Noel | 3-year | [42] |
April 2, 2019 | Ryan Bednard | 2-year | [43] |
April 30, 2019 | Chris Driedger | 2-year | [44] |
May 15, 2019 | Aleksi Heponiemi | 3-year | [45] |
Draft picks
Below are the Florida Panthers' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 15 | Grigori Denisenko | LW | Russia | Loko Yaroslavl (MHL) |
2 | 341 | Serron Noel | RW | Canada | Oshawa Generals (OHL) |
3 | 892 | Logan Hutsko | RW | United States | Boston College (Hockey East) |
6 | 170 | Justin Schutz | LW | Germany | Red Bull Hockey Akademie (Czech U18) |
7 | 201 | Cole Krygier | D | United States | Lincoln Stars (USHL) |
7 | 2073 | Santtu Kinnunen | D | Finland | Pelicans U20 (Nuorten SM-liiga) |
Notes:
- The Arizona Coyotes' second-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on August 25, 2016, that sent Dave Bolland and Lawson Crouse to Arizona in exchange for a third-round pick in 2017 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[46]
- The Nashville Predators' third-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent a third-round pick in 2019 to Nashville in exchange for this pick.[47]
- The San Jose Sharks' seventh-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on June 19, 2018, that sent Vegas' fourth-round pick in 2018, a fifth-round pick in 2018 and a second-round pick in 2019 to San Jose in exchange for Mike Hoffman and this pick.[48]
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