2025–26 Florida Panthers season

2025–26 Florida Panthers
Division	Atlantic
Conference	Eastern
2025–26 record	7–6–1
Home record	5–1–1
Road record	2–5–0
Goals for	39
Goals against	43
Team information
General manager	Bill Zito
Coach	Paul Maurice
Captain	Aleksander Barkov
Alternate captains	Aaron Ekblad Matthew Tkachuk
Arena	Amerant Bank Arena
Minor league affiliates	Charlotte Checkers (AHL) Savannah Ghost Pirates (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Brad Marchand (9)
Assists	Mackie Samoskevich (7)
Points	Brad Marchand (15)
Penalty minutes	A. J. Greer (19)
Plus/minus	Evan Rodrigues Donovan Sebrango (+3)
Wins	Sergei Bobrovsky (7)
Goals against average	Daniil Tarasov (2.64)

The 2025–26 Florida Panthers season is the 32nd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established in 1993. The Panthers enter the season as the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions having defeated the Edmonton Oilers in six games in the 2025 Stanley Cup Final.

The Florida Panthers were the subject of criticism after a violent preseason brawl with the Tampa Bay Lightning that resulted in heavy fines and suspensions for Tampa Bay but only a minimal fine for Panthers player A. J. Greer, a disparity that commentators said raised questions about the NHL's disciplinary consistency. The Guardian reported that the episode revived concerns that the league's disciplinary system may favour certain clubs because of personal and institutional connections within NHL administration. The article also highlighted scrutiny of team owner Vincent Viola and minority owner Douglas Cifu over political associations, and a politically-charged social-media exchange by Cifu that later resulted in his suspension by the NHL.

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	14	9	3	2	4	51	45	+6	20
2	Detroit Red Wings	15	9	6	0	7	45	46	−1	18
3	Boston Bruins	16	9	7	0	5	52	53	−1	18
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	14	8	5	1	6	52	50	+2	17
5	Tampa Bay Lightning	14	7	5	2	5	43	39	+4	16
6	Florida Panthers	14	7	6	1	6	39	43	−4	15
7	Ottawa Senators	14	6	5	3	4	50	54	−4	15
8	Buffalo Sabres	14	5	5	4	4	38	43	−5	14

Updated to game(s) played on November 6, 2025. Source: National Hockey League
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)

Conference standings

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	Toronto Maple Leafs	14	8	5	1	6	52	50	+2	17
2	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	14	8	5	1	4	41	36	+5	17
3	AT	Tampa Bay Lightning	14	7	5	2	5	43	39	+4	16
4	ME	New York Rangers	15	7	6	2	5	35	35	0	16
5	ME	Washington Capitals	14	7	6	1	6	41	36	+5	15
6	AT	Florida Panthers	14	7	6	1	6	39	43	−4	15
7	AT	Ottawa Senators	14	6	5	3	4	50	54	−4	15
8	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	13	7	6	0	5	41	41	0	14
9	ME	New York Islanders	14	6	6	2	6	45	51	−6	14
10	AT	Buffalo Sabres	14	5	5	4	4	38	43	−5	14

Updated to game(s) played on November 7, 2025. Source: National Hockey League
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)

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 24, 2025.

2025 preseason game log: 3–4–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Road: 1–4–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1A	September 21	Florida	0–5	Nashville		Bussi	5,496	0–1–0
2A	September 21	Florida	3–5	Nashville		Black	17,059	0–2–0
3	September 24	Florida	4–2	Carolina		Tarasov	18,299	1–2–0
4	September 29	Carolina	3–4	Florida	OT	Bobrovsky	15,895	2–2–0
5B	September 30	Florida	2–3	Tampa Bay		Bussi	15,334	2–3–0
6	October 2	Florida	2–5	Tampa Bay		Tarasov	13,200	2–4–0
7	October 4	Tampa Bay	0–7	Florida		Bobrovsky	17,862	3–4–0
Notes: A Indicates split-squad. B Played at Kia Center in Orlando, Florida.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on July 16, 2025.

2025–26 game log
October: 5–5–1 (Home: 4–1–1; Road: 1–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 7 Chicago 2–3 Florida Bobrovsky 19,655 1–0–0 2 2 October 9 Philadelphia 1–2 Florida Bobrovsky 19,431 2–0–0 4 3 October 11 Ottawa 2–6 Florida Bobrovsky 19,704 3–0–0 6 4 October 13 Florida 2–5 Philadelphia Tarasov 19,421 3–1–0 6 5 October 15 Florida 1–4 Detroit Bobrovsky 18,655 3–2–0 6 6 October 16 Florida 1–3 New Jersey Tarasov 16,514 3–3–0 6 7 October 18 Florida 0–3 Buffalo Bobrovsky 16,015 3–4–0 6 8 October 21 Florida 4–3 Boston Bobrovsky 17,850 4–4–0 8 9 October 23 Pittsburgh 5–3 Florida Bobrovsky 19,373 4–5–0 8 10 October 25 Vegas 0–3 Florida Bobrovsky 19,558 5–5–0 10 11 October 28 Anaheim 3–2 Florida SO Tarasov 19,274 5–5–1 11
November: 2–1–0 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 1 Dallas 3–4 Florida SO Bobrovsky 19,386 6–5–1 13 13 November 4 Florida 3–7 Anaheim Bobrovsky 14,514 6–6–1 13 14 November 6 Florida 5–2 Los Angeles Bobrovsky 16,909 7–6–1 15 15 November 8 Florida – San Jose 16 November 10 Florida – Vegas 17 November 13 Washington – Florida 18 November 15 Tampa Bay – Florida 19 November 17 Vancouver – Florida 20 November 20 New Jersey – Florida 21 November 22 Edmonton – Florida 22 November 24 Florida – Nashville 23 November 26 Philadelphia – Florida 24 November 28 Calgary – Florida
December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 2 Toronto – Florida 26 December 4 Nashville – Florida 27 December 6 Columbus – Florida 28 December 7 NY Islanders – Florida 29 December 10 Florida – Utah 30 December 11 Florida – Colorado 31 December 13 Florida – Dallas 32 December 15 Florida – Tampa Bay 33 December 17 Los Angeles – Florida 34 December 19 Carolina – Florida 35 December 20 St. Louis – Florida 36 December 23 Florida – Carolina 37 December 27 Tampa Bay – Florida 38 December 29 Washington – Florida 39 December 30 Montreal – Florida
January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 40 January 2 NY Rangers – Florida (outdoors) 41 January 4 Colorado – Florida 42 January 6 Florida – Toronto 43 January 8 Florida – Montreal 44 January 10 Florida – Ottawa 45 January 12 Florida – Buffalo 46 January 16 Florida – Carolina 47 January 17 Florida – Washington 48 January 19 San Jose – Florida 49 January 22 Florida – Winnipeg 50 January 24 Florida – Minnesota 51 January 25 Florida – Chicago 52 January 27 Utah – Florida 53 January 29 Florida – St. Louis 54 January 31 Winnipeg – Florida
February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 55 February 2 Buffalo – Florida 56 February 4 Boston – Florida 57 February 5 Florida – Tampa Bay 58 February 26 Toronto – Florida 59 February 27 Buffalo – Florida
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 60 March 1 Florida – NY Islanders 61 March 3 Florida – New Jersey 62 March 5 Florida – Columbus 63 March 6 Florida – Detroit 64 March 10 Detroit – Florida 65 March 12 Columbus – Florida 66 March 15 Florida – Seattle 67 March 17 Florida – Vancouver 68 March 19 Florida – Edmonton 69 March 20 Florida – Calgary 70 March 24 Seattle – Florida 71 March 26 Minnesota – Florida 72 March 28 Florida – NY Islanders 73 March 29 Florida – NY Rangers 74 March 31 Ottawa – Florida
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 75 April 2 Boston – Florida 76 April 4 Florida – Pittsburgh 77 April 5 Florida – Pittsburgh 78 April 7 Florida – Montreal 79 April 9 Florida – Ottawa 80 April 11 Florida – Toronto 81 April 13 NY Rangers – Florida 82 April 15 Detroit – Florida
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)