2022–23 Florida Panthers season

The 2022–23 Florida Panthers season was the 29th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established in 1993. It is the Panthers' 24th season at FLA Live Arena. This is the Panthers' first season under new head coach Paul Maurice. The Panthers qualified for the playoffs after the Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins each lost their games on April 11, 2023.

After barely clinching a wild card spot in the playoffs, the Panthers were set to face the Presidents' Trophy-winning Boston Bruins, who had set the NHL record for most wins and points in a season. After being down 3–1 in the series, the Panthers came back and won the series in overtime in game 7 to pull off one of the biggest upsets in NHL history. The Panthers would then upset the Toronto Maple Leafs to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time in 27 years. Subsequently, the Panthers would sweep the Carolina Hurricanes to advance to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 1996. Making their first Stanley Cup Final appearance for the first time in 27 years, the Panthers were defeated by the Vegas Golden Knights in five games. Coupled with the Miami Heat's defeat one night earlier in the NBA Finals against the Denver Nuggets (which was also decided in five games), South Florida had two teams lose their respective sport's finals on consecutive days.

Off-season On June 22, 2022, Paul Maurice was named head coach following the departure of interim coach Andrew Brunette.

Standings

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason The preseason schedule was published on June 30, 2022. 2022 preseason game log: 2–4–0 (home: 1–1–0; road: 1–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 26 Florida 4–3 Nashville OT Guzda 8,648 1–0–0 2 September 26 Florida 0–4 Nashville Knight 13,574 1–1–0 3 September 29 Carolina 5–2 Florida Bobrovsky 6,156 1–2–0 4 October 1 Florida 3–4 Carolina Knight 14,843 1–3–0 5 October 6 Tampa Bay 2–3 Florida Bobrovsky 11,350 2–3–0 6 October 8 Florida 2–5 Tampa Bay Knight 19,092 2–4–0

Regular season The regular season schedule was published on July 6, 2022. 2022–23 game logOctober: 5–3–1 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 2–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 13 Florida 3–1 NY Islanders Bobrovsky 17,255 1–0–0 2 2 October 15 Florida 4–3 Buffalo Knight 11,481 2–0–0 4 3 October 17 Florida 3–5 Boston Bobrovsky 17,850 2–1–0 4 4 October 19 Philadelphia 3–4 Florida Bobrovsky 17,421 3–1–0 6 5 October 21 Tampa Bay 3–2 Florida OT Bobrovsky 17,531 3–1–1 7 6 October 23 NY Islanders 2–3 Florida Knight 16,342 4–1–1 9 7 October 25 Florida 2–4 Chicago Bobrovsky 12,859 4–2–1 9 8 October 27 Florida 3–4 Philadelphia Bobrovsky 14,871 4–3–1 9 9 October 29 Ottawa 3–5 Florida Knight 15,577 5–3–1 11 November: 5–6–3 (Home: 3–2–2; Road: 2–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 1 Florida 1–3 Arizona Knight 4,600 5–4–1 11 11 November 3 Florida 4–3 San Jose SO Bobrovsky 10,182 6–4–1 13 12 November 5 Florida 4–5 Los Angeles Bobrovsky 16,161 6–5–1 13 13 November 6 Florida 5–3 Anaheim Knight 15,174 7–5–1 15 14 November 9 Carolina 0–3 Florida Knight 13,225 8–5–1 17 15 November 12 Edmonton 4–2 Florida Knight 16,579 8–6–1 17 16 November 15 Washington 2–5 Florida Bobrovsky 13,813 9–6–1 19 17 November 17 Dallas 6–4 Florida Knight 14,428 9–7–1 19 18 November 19 Calgary 5–4 Florida SO Knight 15,842 9–7–2 20 19 November 20 Florida 3–5 Columbus Bobrovsky 15,643 9–8–2 20 20 November 23 Boston 2–5 Florida Knight 17,511 10–8–2 22 21 November 26 St. Louis 5–4 Florida OT Knight 15,649 10–8–3 23 22 November 28 Florida 3–4 Edmonton OT Knight 17,775 10–8–4 24 23 November 29 Florida 2–6 Calgary Bobrovsky 17,806 10–9–4 24 December: 6–8–0 (Home: 3–3–0; Road: 3–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 December 1 Florida 5–1 Vancouver Knight 18,052 11–9–4 26 25 December 3 Florida 5–1 Seattle Knight 17,151 12–9–4 28 26 December 6 Florida 2–5 Winnipeg Knight 13,426 12–10–4 28 27 December 8 Detroit 1–5 Florida Bobrovsky 14,961 13–10–4 30 28 December 10 Florida 1–4 Tampa Bay Bobrovsky 19,092 13–11–4 30 29 December 11 Seattle 5–2 Florida Bobrovsky 15,625 13–12–4 30 30 December 13 Columbus 0–4 Florida Bobrovsky 15,819 14–12–4 32 31 December 15 Pittsburgh 4–2 Florida Bobrovsky 14,538 14–13–4 32 32 December 17 Florida 4–2 New Jersey Bobrovsky 15,082 15–13–4 34 33 December 19 Florida 3–7 Boston Knight 17,850 15–14–4 34 34 December 21 New Jersey 4–2 Florida Bobrovsky 17,073 15–15–4 34 35 December 23 Florida 1–5 NY Islanders Bobrovsky 17,255 15–16–4 34 36 December 29 Montreal 2–7 Florida Bobrovsky 19,623 16–16–4 36 37 December 30 Florida 0–4 Carolina Knight 18,767 16–17–4 36 January: 8–5–2 (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 4–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 January 1 NY Rangers 5–3 Florida Bobrovsky 18,272 16–18–4 36 39 January 3 Arizona 3–5 Florida Knight 19,484 17–18–4 38 40 January 6 Florida 3–2 Detroit Bobrovsky 19,515 18–18–4 40 41 January 8 Florida 1–5 Dallas Knight 18,532 18–19–4 40 42 January 10 Florida 5–4 Colorado Bobrovsky 18,102 19–19–4 42 43 January 12 Florida 2–4 Vegas Bobrovsky 17,735 19–20–4 42 44 January 14 Vancouver 3–4 Florida Bobrovsky 17,584 20–20–4 44 45 January 16 Florida 4–1 Buffalo Bobrovsky 15,251 21–20–4 46 46 January 17 Florida 4–5 Toronto OT Bobrovsky 18,573 21–20–5 47 47 January 19 Florida 6–2 Montreal Lyon 21,105 22–20–5 49 48 January 21 Minnesota 3–5 Florida Lyon 16,759 23–20–5 51 49 January 23 Florida 2–6 NY Rangers Lyon 17,121 23–21–5 51 50 January 24 Florida 6–7 Pittsburgh OT Lyon 17,159 23–21–6 52 51 January 27 Los Angeles 4–3 Florida Lyon 15,322 23–22–6 52 52 January 28 Boston 3–4 Florida OT Lyon 18,058 24–22–6 54 February: 6–4–0 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 February 6 Tampa Bay 1–7 Florida Bobrovsky 15,882 25–22–6 56 54 February 9 San Jose 1–4 Florida Bobrovsky 15,183 26–22–6 58 55 February 11 Colorado 5–3 Florida Bobrovsky 17,472 26–23–6 58 56 February 13 Florida 2–1 Minnesota SO Bobrovsky 17,453 27–23–6 60 57 February 14 Florida 2–6 St. Louis Knight 18,096 27–24–6 60 58 February 16 Florida 6–3 Washington Bobrovsky 18,573 28–24–6 62 59 February 18 Florida 3–7 Nashville Bobrovsky 17,823 28–25–6 62 60 February 20 Anaheim 3–4 Florida OT Bobrovsky 16,525 29–25–6 64 61 February 24 Buffalo 3–1 Florida Bobrovsky 18,075 29–26–6 64 62 February 28 Florida 4–1 Tampa Bay Bobrovsky 19,092 30–26–6 66 March: 8–5–1 (Home: 5–3–1; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 63 March 2 Nashville 2–1 Florida Bobrovsky 16,660 30–27–6 66 64 March 4 Pittsburgh 1–4 Florida Bobrovsky 16,581 31–27–6 68 65 March 7 Vegas 1–2 Florida Bobrovsky 15,100 32–27–6 70 66 March 10 Chicago 3–4 Florida OT Bobrovsky 17,468 33–27–6 72 67 March 11 Winnipeg 5–4 Florida OT Bobrovsky 16,340 33–27–7 73 68 March 16 Montreal 5–9 Florida Bobrovsky 17,372 34–27–7 75 69 March 18 New Jersey 2–4 Florida Bobrovsky 17,321 35–27–7 77 70 March 20 Florida 5–2 Detroit Bobrovsky 15,198 36–27–7 79 71 March 21 Florida 3–6 Philadelphia Lyon 16,479 36–28–7 79 72 March 23 Toronto 6–2 Florida Bobrovsky 16,704 36–29–7 79 73 March 25 NY Rangers 4–3 Florida Bobrovsky 18,635 36–30–7 79 74 March 27 Florida 2–5 Ottawa Bobrovsky 16,047 36–31–7 79 75 March 29 Florida 3–2 Toronto OT Lyon 18,894 37–31–7 81 76 March 30 Florida 5–2 Montreal Lyon 21,105 38–31–7 83 April: 4–1–1 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 77 April 1 Florida 7–0 Columbus Lyon 17,860 39–31–7 85 78 April 4 Buffalo 1–2 Florida Lyon 17,255 40–31–7 87 79 April 6 Ottawa 2–7 Florida Lyon 16,675 41–31–7 89 80 April 8 Florida 4–2 Washington Lyon 18,573 42–31–7 91 81 April 10 Toronto 2–1 Florida OT Lyon 18,521 42–31–8 92 82 April 13 Carolina 6–4 Florida Lyon 19,160 42–32–8 92 Legend:

Playoffs

2023 Stanley Cup PlayoffsEastern Conference First Round vs. (A1) Boston Bruins: Florida won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 17 Florida 1–3 Boston Lyon 17,850 0–1 2 April 19 Florida 6–3 Boston Lyon 17,850 1–1 3 April 21 Boston 4–2 Florida Lyon 19,910 1–2 4 April 23 Boston 6–2 Florida Bobrovsky 19,771 1–3 5 April 26 Florida 4–3 Boston OT Bobrovsky 17,850 2–3 6 April 28 Boston 5–7 Florida Bobrovsky 18,911 3–3 7 April 30 Florida 4–3 Boston OT Bobrovsky 17,850 4–3 Eastern Conference Second Round vs. (A2) Toronto Maple Leafs: Florida won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 2 Florida 4–2 Toronto Bobrovsky 19,244 1–0 2 May 4 Florida 3–2 Toronto Bobrovsky 19,387 2–0 3 May 7 Toronto 2–3 Florida OT Bobrovsky 19,911 3–0 4 May 10 Toronto 2–1 Florida Bobrovsky 19,868 3–1 5 May 12 Florida 3–2 Toronto OT Bobrovsky 19,513 4–1 Eastern Conference Final vs. (M1) Carolina Hurricanes: Florida won 4–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 18 Florida 3–2 Carolina 4OT Bobrovsky 18,680 1–0 2 May 20 Florida 2–1 Carolina OT Bobrovsky 18,854 2–0 3 May 22 Carolina 0–1 Florida Bobrovsky 19,873 3–0 4 May 24 Carolina 3–4 Florida Bobrovsky 20,065 4–0 Stanley Cup Final vs. (P1) Vegas Golden Knights: Vegas won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 June 3 Florida 2–5 Vegas Bobrovsky 18,432 0–1 2 June 5 Florida 2–7 Vegas Bobrovsky 18,561 0–2 3 June 8 Vegas 2–3 Florida OT Bobrovsky 19,735 1–2 4 June 10 Vegas 3–2 Florida Bobrovsky 19,986 1–3 5 June 13 Florida 3–9 Vegas Bobrovsky 19,058 1–4 Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player 79 40 69 109 +29 123 68 23 55 78 +10 8 81 42 31 73 +10 46 80 16 57 73 +9 107 82 31 36 67 −12 12 82 17 26 43 +19 28 82 13 28 41 +19 40 63 16 24 40 +5 54 71 14 24 38 −14 68 73 12 21 33 +1 43 72 14 15 29 −5 26 79 9 18 27 −1 38 82 12 8 20 −1 88 72 2 15 17 +14 79 82 4 12 16 +17 48 68 8 7 15 0 12 82 3 12 15 +10 43 20 2 7 9 +4 2 14 2 2 4 −2 4 14 2 2 4 −4 2 20 1 3 4 +4 6 † 34 1 3 4 +1 72 13 2 1 3 −1 2 10 1 2 3 −1 2 22 1 2 3 −4 13 18 0 3 3 −5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 † 4 0 0 0 −1 0 2 0 0 0 −1 2

Playoffs Player 20 11 13 24 +12 74 21 7 10 17 +7 8 21 5 11 16 +5 10 20 5 10 15 +5 60 21 8 5 13 +2 39 21 8 5 13 0 12 20 4 7 11 −6 16 21 2 8 10 +3 2 21 2 6 8 +7 10 20 2 6 8 +9 20 21 2 5 7 0 16 16 2 3 5 +2 4 21 2 3 5 −4 12 21 0 3 3 −6 6 21 0 3 3 −5 34 21 0 2 2 −9 6 13 1 0 1 −1 22 13 1 0 1 −8 2 1 0 0 0 −3 0 2 0 0 0 −1 10 1 0 0 0 0 2 21 0 0 0 0 10

Goaltenders Regular season Player 50 49 2,834:22 24 20 3 145 3.07 1,466 .901 1 0 0 2 15 14 893:11 9 4 2 43 2.89 488 .914 1 0 0 0 21 19 1,168:45 9 8 3 62 3.18 627 .901 1 0 1 0

Playoffs Player 19 18 1,164:21 12 6 54 2.78 639 .915 1 0 1 0 4 3 198:32 1 2 12 3.63 107 .888 0 0 0 0

Transactions The Panthers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2022–23 season.

Key:

Contract is entry-level Contract initially takes effect in the 2023–24 season.

Trades Date Details Ref To Pittsburgh Penguins7th-round pick in 2023 To Florida Panthers7th-round pick in 2022 To Calgary FlamesJonathan HuberdeauCole SchwindtMacKenzie WeegarConditional 1st-round pick in 2025 To Florida PanthersMatthew TkachukConditional 4th-round pick in 2025 To Anaheim DucksMichael Del ZottoTo Florida PanthersGivani SmithTo Detroit Red WingsDanny O'Regan To Los Angeles KingsCole Krygier To Florida PanthersFuture considerations Notes: Calgary will receive Florida's 1st-round pick in 2026 instead if Florida's 1st-round pick in 2025 is within the top 2 selections. Florida will receive Calgary's 4th-round pick in 2026 instead if Florida's 1st-round pick in 2025 is within the top 2 selections.

Players acquired