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Florida Didn't Save Money on Bobrovsky. It Paid Three Forwards.

We called Florida's crease overhaul a repricing. The reported numbers say the Panthers landed on the identical $6 million cap hit they offered Bobrovsky, then paid three roster forwards on top of it.

Panthers by the numbers

2026-27 regular season · source NHL, data as of 2026-10-23. Goals per game exclude shootout deciders. Standings · All 32 teams

5-4-2Record
12Points
16thNHL rank
2.82GF / GP
3.09GA / GP
19.2PP%
82.6PK%
45.5FO%

Possession · 5-on-5

Computed by Play-Pause Hockey from the league play-by-play, 2026-27, 165 regular-season games. Where a rank is shown it is among the 32 clubs, 1st = best. PDO and zone starts carry none: a high PDO means hot rather than good, and zone starts are how a club is deployed rather than how well it plays. All 32 teams

56.1CF%5th of 32 · Share of shot attempts
54.2FF%8th of 32 · Unblocked attempts
96.4PDOShooting % + save %, 100 is neutral
57.4OZS%Share of zone faceoffs in the attacking end

Skaters

Panthers skaters, 2026-27 · by points
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PPP	S	TOI/GP
Matthew Tkachuk	L	11	3	12	15	+1	8	23	19:14
Brady Tkachuk	L	11	7	4	11	-2	6	38	16:43
Seth Jones	D	11	1	10	11	0	6	29	24:53
Carter Verhaeghe	C	11	6	2	8	+3	2	18	18:16
Sam Reinhart	C	11	5	3	8	0	5	35	20:22
Sam Bennett	C	11	3	3	6	+2	0	27	18:20
Lars Eller	C	11	0	5	5	+2	1	9	15:19
Aaron Ekblad	D	9	0	3	3	-6	1	13	20:52
Anton Lundell	C	11	1	2	3	-6	0	28	17:58
Dmitry Kulikov	D	11	0	2	2	-1	0	5	15:15
Eetu Luostarinen	C	11	2	0	2	-3	1	15	16:10
Gustav Forsling	D	10	1	1	2	-4	0	13	21:14
Niko Mikkola	D	11	1	1	2	0	0	15	19:48
Brad Marchand	L	2	1	0	1	0	0	5	11:23
Sandis Vilmanis	L	10	0	1	1	-3	0	11	12:58
Uvis Balinskis	D	7	0	1	1	+1	0	3	14:22
Aleksander Barkov	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	14:54
Bokondji Imama	L	11	0	0	0	-2	0	7	7:43
Cole Reinhardt	L	1	0	0	0	-2	0	0	10:03
Cole Schwindt	R	2	0	0	0	-1	0	1	8:40
Garnet Hathaway	R	11	0	0	0	-1	0	4	9:40
Radko Gudas	D	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	13:41
Sam Lafferty	C	5	0	0	0	-4	0	4	10:03

Goalies

Panthers goalies, 2026-27
Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SV%	GAA	SO
Jacob Markstrom	6	6	3	1	1	.897	2.21	1
Akira Schmid	5	4	2	2	1	.867	3.62	0
Cooper Black	1	1	0	1	0	.850	3.15	0

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Panthers on NHL EDGE

Puck and player tracking, 2026-27 regular season · source NHL EDGE. Ranks are among the 32 clubs, 1st = best; defensive-zone time ranks the least time first. All 32 teams

22.6mphTop skating speed30th of 32league avg 23.2
1Shots over 90 mph30th of 32league avg not published
188Bursts over 20 mph27th of 32league avg 238
506.7miDistance skated8th of 32league avg 470.4
93.7mphTop shot speed25th of 32league avg 95.4
309Shots on goal8th of 32league avg 282
10.0%Shooting %23rd of 32league avg 11.3
43.6%Offensive-zone time3rd of 32league avg 41.0
38.5%Defensive-zone time3rd of 32league avg 41.0

All Panthers Articles

PanthersOpinion

Florida Let a Cup-Winning Goalie Walk. That's the Smart Play.

Two-time Vezina winners who just backstopped consecutive Cups don't usually get shown the door. Why Florida choosing Jacob Markstrom over re-signing Sergei Bobrovsky is a cap repricing, not a downgrade.

Jun 30, 2026

PanthersOpinion

Florida Didn't Need Brady Tkachuk. That's the Scary Part.

Stanley Cup champions don't shop for 30-goal captains. They don't need to. Why Florida trading for Brady Tkachuk should unsettle the other 31 teams more than the price tag suggests.

Jun 25, 2026