2019–20 Florida Panthers season

The 2019–20 Florida Panthers season was the 26th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 14, 1993. It is their first season under head coach Joel Quenneville.

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. The Panthers advanced to the playoffs for the first time since the 2015–16 season and lost in four games to the New York Islanders in the qualifying round.

Standings

Divisional standings

Eastern Conference

Schedule and results

Preseason The preseason schedule was published on June 12, 2019. 2019 preseason game log: 3–4–1 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 2–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 16 Florida 3–6 Nashville Desrosiers — 0–1–0 2 September 16 Florida 0–1 Nashville Bednard 17,200 0–2–0 3 September 18 Florida 3–4 Montreal Driedger — 0–3–0 4 September 19 Florida 4–5 Montreal SO Montembeault 19,101 0–3–1 5 September 21 Florida 6–0 Dallas Montembeault — 1–3–1 6 September 24 Tampa Bay 3–6 Florida Bobrovsky 8,744 2–3–1 7 September 26 Tampa Bay 4–2 Florida Bobrovsky 8,611 2–4–1 8 September 28 Florida 1–0 Tampa Bay SO Bobrovsky 14,732 3–4–1 Notes: Indicates split-squad. Game was played at K. C. Irving Regional Centre in Bathurst, New Brunswick as part of Kraft Hockeyville. Game was played at BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Regular season The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019. 2019–20 game logOctober: 6–3–4 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 4–2–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 3 Florida 2–5 Tampa Bay Bobrovsky 19,092 0–1–0 0 2 October 5 Tampa Bay 3–4 Florida Bobrovsky 17,424 1–1–0 2 3 October 8 Carolina 6–3 Florida Bobrovsky 11,638 1–2–0 2 4 October 11 Florida 2–3 Buffalo SO Bobrovsky 15,638 1–2–1 3 5 October 12 Florida 2–3 NY Islanders SO Montembeault 11,421 1–2–2 4 6 October 14 Florida 6–4 New Jersey Bobrovsky 13,208 2–2–2 6 7 October 18 Colorado 5–4 Florida OT Bobrovsky 13,382 2–2–3 7 8 October 19 Florida 3–2 Nashville SO Montembeault 17,534 3–2–3 9 9 October 22 Pittsburgh 2–4 Florida Bobrovsky 12,738 4–2–3 11 10 October 24 Florida 5–6 Calgary SO Bobrovsky 18,011 4–2–4 12 11 October 27 Florida 6–2 Edmonton Bobrovsky 17,278 5–2–4 14 12 October 28 Florida 2–7 Vancouver Montembeault 17,864 5–3–4 14 13 October 30 Florida 4–3 Colorado OT Bobrovsky 16,022 6–3–4 16 November: 7–5–1 (Home: 5–2–1; Road: 2–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 14 November 2 Detroit 0–4 Florida Bobrovsky 14,411 7–3–4 18 15 November 7 Washington 5–4 Florida OT Bobrovsky 14,085 7–3–5 19 16 November 9 Florida 1–2 NY Islanders Bobrovsky 13,100 7–4–5 19 17 November 10 Florida 6–5 NY Rangers SO Montembeault 17,464 8–4–5 21 18 November 12 Florida 5–4 Boston SO Montembeault 17,850 9–4–5 23 19 November 14 Winnipeg 4–3 Florida Bobrovsky 12,190 9–5–5 23 20 November 16 NY Rangers 3–4 Florida Bobrovsky 16,512 10–5–5 25 21 November 19 Philadelphia 2–5 Florida Bobrovsky 11,515 11–5–5 27 22 November 21 Anaheim 4–5 Florida OT Bobrovsky 11,316 12–5–5 29 23 November 23 Florida 2–4 Carolina Bobrovsky 18,159 12–6–5 29 24 November 24 Buffalo 5–2 Florida Montembeault 14,443 12–7–5 29 25 November 27 Florida 3–4 Washington Bobrovsky 18,573 12–8–5 29 26 November 30 Nashville 0–3 Florida Driedger 14,285 13–8–5 31 December: 7–6–0 (Home: 5–4–0; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 27 December 3 Minnesota 4–2 Florida Driedger 10,167 13–9–5 31 28 December 7 Columbus 1–4 Florida Bobrovsky 11,640 14–9–5 33 29 December 8 San Jose 1–5 Florida Bobrovsky 11,340 15–9–5 35 30 December 10 Tampa Bay 2–1 Florida Bobrovsky 10,685 15–10–5 35 31 December 12 NY Islanders 3–1 Florida Bobrovsky 12,609 15–11–5 35 32 December 14 Boston 4–2 Florida Bobrovsky 15,157 15–12–5 35 33 December 16 Ottawa 1–6 Florida Bobrovsky 10,448 16–12–5 37 34 December 20 Dallas 4–7 Florida Bobrovsky 14,040 17–12–5 39 35 December 21 Florida 4–2 Carolina Driedger 18,224 18–12–5 41 36 December 23 Florida 1–6 Tampa Bay Bobrovsky 19,092 18–13–5 41 37 December 28 Detroit 4–5 Florida Driedger 17,731 19–13–5 43 38 December 29 Montreal 5–6 Florida Bobrovsky 19,651 20–13–5 45 39 December 31 Florida 1–4 Columbus Bobrovsky 18,977 20–14–5 45 January: 8–2–0 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 5–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 40 January 2 Florida 6–3 Ottawa Bobrovsky 10,991 21–14–5 47 41 January 4 Florida 2–3 Buffalo Bobrovsky 17,731 21–15–5 47 42 January 5 Florida 4–1 Pittsburgh Driedger 18,564 22–15–5 49 43 January 7 Arizona 5–2 Florida Driedger 12,120 22–16–5 49 44 January 9 Vancouver 2–5 Florida Bobrovsky 12,648 23–16–5 51 45 January 12 Toronto 4–8 Florida Driedger 15,535 24–16–5 53 46 January 16 Los Angeles 3–4 Florida Montembeault 12,575 25–16–5 55 47 January 18 Florida 4–1 Detroit Bobrovsky 19,231 26–16–5 57 48 January 20 Florida 5–4 Minnesota Bobrovsky 17,255 27–16–5 59 49 January 21 Florida 4–3 Chicago Bobrovsky 21,559 28–16–5 61 February: 5–9–2 (Home: 0–5–1; Road: 5–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 1 Florida 0–4 Montreal Bobrovsky 21,302 28–17–5 61 51 February 3 Florida 5–3 Toronto Bobrovsky 19,156 29–17–5 63 52 February 4 Florida 0–1 Columbus OT Bobrovsky 17,811 29–17–6 64 53 February 6 Vegas 7–2 Florida Bobrovsky 15,057 29–18–6 64 54 February 8 Pittsburgh 3–2 Florida Bobrovsky 17,773 29–19–6 64 55 February 10 Florida 1–4 Philadelphia Bobrovsky 17,867 29–20–6 64 56 February 11 Florida 5–3 New Jersey Montembeault 12,732 30–20–6 66 57 February 13 Philadelphia 6–2 Florida Bobrovsky 15,556 30–21–6 66 58 February 15 Edmonton 4–1 Florida Montembeault 15,069 30–22–6 66 59 February 17 Florida 5–3 San Jose Bobrovsky 16,510 31–22–6 68 60 February 19 Florida 4–1 Anaheim Bobrovsky 15,716 32–22–6 70 61 February 20 Florida 4–5 Los Angeles Bobrovsky 16,911 32–23–6 70 62 February 22 Florida 3–5 Vegas Montembeault 18,480 32–24–6 70 63 February 25 Florida 2–1 Arizona Bobrovsky 12,391 33–24–6 72 64 February 27 Toronto 5–3 Florida Bobrovsky 16,322 33–25–6 72 65 February 29 Chicago 3–2 Florida SO Bobrovsky 16,055 33–25–7 73 March: 2–1–1 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 66 March 1 Calgary 3–0 Florida Montembeault 14,104 33–26–7 73 67 March 5 Boston 2–1 Florida OT Driedger 15,577 33–26–8 74 68 March 7 Montreal 1–4 Florida Driedger 17,873 34–26–8 76 69 March 9 Florida 2–1 St. Louis Driedger 18,096 35–26–8 78 Cancelled games # Date Visitor Home 70 March 12 Florida Dallas 71 March 14 New Jersey Florida 72 March 16 Florida Detroit 73 March 17 Florida Winnipeg 74 March 19 Buffalo Florida 75 March 21 St. Louis Florida 76 March 23 Florida Toronto 77 March 24 Florida Ottawa 78 March 26 Florida Montreal 79 March 28 Florida Boston 80 March 30 NY Rangers Florida 81 April 2 Ottawa Florida 82 April 4 Washington FloridaLegend:

Playoffs

The Panthers faced the New York Islanders in the qualifying round, where they were defeated in four games. 2020 Stanley Cup playoffsEastern Conference Qualifying Round vs. (7) New York Islanders: New York won 3–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 1 Florida 1–2 NY Islanders Bobrovsky 0–1 2 August 4 Florida 2–4 NY Islanders Bobrovsky 0–2 3 August 5 NY Islanders 2–3 Florida Bobrovsky 1–2 4 August 7 NY Islanders 5–1 Florida Bobrovsky 1–3 Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player 69 23 55 78 5 30 66 20 42 62 2 18 69 29 30 59 −5 28 69 25 22 47 −7 10 69 5 40 45 0 20 67 5 36 41 12 26 ‡ 55 10 26 36 −3 33 69 16 18 34 −8 30 69 19 14 33 −3 26 66 20 7 27 2 21 59 8 12 20 −1 14 69 5 14 19 −6 14 58 9 9 18 4 20 45 7 11 18 6 33 69 6 10 16 2 6 39 6 9 15 −5 17 ‡ 36 4 8 12 −6 12 46 4 7 11 4 37 56 3 5 8 1 39 34 0 5 5 −3 14 9 2 2 4 2 0 21 0 4 4 0 24 15 1 2 3 −1 8 † 7 1 1 2 0 0 † 7 0 2 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 −2 2

Playoffs Player 4 3 2 5 −1 4 4 1 3 4 0 2 4 1 2 3 0 2 4 0 3 3 −2 0 4 1 0 1 −1 12 4 1 0 1 −3 0 4 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 1 1 1 4 3 0 0 0 −3 0 4 0 0 0 −3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 −1 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 −3 0 4 0 0 0 −1 0 4 0 0 0 −5 2 4 0 0 0 −5 2 1 0 0 0 −1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 −2 2 2 0 0 0 −2 8 2 0 0 0 −1 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 50 49 2,805:59 23 19 6 151 3.23 1,505 .900 1 0 0 0 12 11 642:40 7 2 1 22 2.05 354 .938 1 0 0 0 14 9 700:45 5 5 1 39 3.34 356 .890 0 0 0 0

Playoffs Player 4 4 234:23 1 3 12 3.07 121 .901 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 2019–20 season.

Trades

Free agents

Contract terminations Date Player Via Ref Scott Darling

Retirement Date Player Ref Roberto Luongo

Draft picks

References