2018–19 Florida Panthers season

2018–19 Florida Panthers
2018–19 Florida Panthers
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
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)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

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. As of 2024, this is the most recent season in which the Panthers did not qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Standings

Atlantic Division
Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: National Hockey League^[4]
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: National Hockey League^[5]
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 14, 2018.^[6]

2018 preseason game log: 3–4–0 (Home: 0–3–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)
#	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
Notes: ^a Game was played at BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. ^b Game was played at Amway Center in Orlando, Florida.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.^[7]

2018–19 game log

October: 2–4–3 (Home: 0–2–1 ; Road: 2–2–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 6	Florida	1–2	Tampa Bay	SO	Reimer	19,092	0–0–1	1	Recap
2	October 11	Columbus	5–4	Florida		Reimer	14,394	0–1–1	1	Recap
3	October 13	Vancouver	3–2	Florida		Reimer	11,953	0–2–1	1	Recap
4	October 16	Florida	5–6	Philadelphia	SO	Hutchinson	19,038	0–2–2	2	Recap
5	October 19	Florida	6–5	Washington	SO	Hutchinson	18,506	1–2–2	4	Recap
6	October 20	Detroit	4–3	Florida	OT	Hutchinson	14,534	1–2–3	5	Recap
7	October 23	Florida	2–5	NY Rangers		Hutchinson	17,016	1–3–3	5	Recap
8	October 24	Florida	3–2	NY Islanders	OT	Reimer	9,743	2–3–3	7	Recap
9	October 27	Florida	2–3	New Jersey		Reimer	15,927	2–4–3	7	Recap

November: 8–6–1 (Home: 5–2–1 ; Road: 3–4–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
10^[a]	November 1	Winnipeg	4–2	Florida		Reimer	13,490	2–5–3	7	Recap
11^[a]	November 2	Florida	4–2	Winnipeg		Luongo	13,490	3–5–3	9	Recap
12	November 8	Edmonton	1–4	Florida		Luongo	11,484	4–5–3	11	Recap
13	November 10	NY Islanders	2–4	Florida		Luongo	11,947	5–5–3	13	Recap
14	November 11	Ottawa	1–5	Florida		Reimer	11,192	6–5–3	15	Recap
15	November 13	Florida	2–1	Philadelphia		Luongo	19,147	7–5–3	17	Recap
16	November 15	Florida	3–7	Columbus		Luongo	14,872	7–6–3	17	Recap
17	November 17	Florida	2–4	NY Rangers		Luongo	18,006	7–7–3	17	Recap
18	November 19	Florida	7–5	Ottawa		Reimer	11,750	8–7–3	19	Recap
19	November 21	Florida	3–7	Tampa Bay		Luongo	19,092	8–8–3	19	Recap
20	November 23	Florida	1–4	Carolina		Reimer	13,226	8–9–3	19	Recap
21	November 24	Chicago	5–4	Florida	OT	Reimer	14,283	8–9–4	20	Recap
22	November 26	New Jersey	3–4	Florida	OT	Reimer	9,456	9–9–4	22	Recap
23	November 28	Anaheim	3–2	Florida		Reimer	9,078	9–10–4	22	Recap
24	November 30	Buffalo	2–3	Florida	OT	Reimer	12,179	10–10–4	24	Recap

December: 7–5–2 (Home: 3–2–2 ; Road: 4–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
25	December 1	Tampa Bay	5–4	Florida	OT	Reimer	12,361	10–10–5	25	Recap
26	December 4	Boston	0–5	Florida		Luongo	12,058	11–10–5	27	Recap
27	December 6	Colorado	5–2	Florida		Luongo	10,077	11–11–5	27	Recap
28	December 8	NY Rangers	5–4	Florida	SO	Luongo	15,295	11–11–6	28	Recap
29	December 11	Florida	3–4	St. Louis		Luongo	16,255	11–12–6	28	Recap
30	December 13	Florida	1–5	Minnesota		Reimer	18,714	11–13–6	28	Recap
31	December 15	Toronto	3–4	Florida	OT	Luongo	14,177	12–13–6	30	Recap
32	December 18	Florida	5–2	Buffalo		Luongo	17,602	13–13–6	32	Recap
33	December 20	Florida	1–6	Toronto		Luongo	19,329	13–14–6	32	Recap
34	December 22	Florida	2–1	Detroit		Luongo	19,515	14–14–6	34	Recap
35	December 23	Florida	6–3	Chicago		Reimer	21,789	15–14–6	36	Recap
36	December 28	Montreal	5–3	Florida		Luongo	19,512	15–15–6	36	Recap
37	December 29	Philadelphia	1–2	Florida		Reimer	15,737	16–15–6	38	Recap
38	December 31	Florida	4–3	Detroit	SO	Reimer	19,515	17–15–6	40	Recap

January: 3–5–2 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 1–5–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
39	January 3	Florida	3–4	Buffalo		Luongo	18,551	17–16–6	40	Recap
40	January 5	Columbus	4–3	Florida	OT	Reimer	15,213	17–16–7	41	Recap
41	January 8	Florida	1–5	Pittsburgh		Luongo	18,526	17–17–7	41	Recap
42	January 10	Florida	3–4	Edmonton	SO	Reimer	18,347	17–17–8	42	Recap
43	January 11	Florida	3–4	Calgary		Luongo	18,579	17–18–8	42	Recap
44	January 13	Florida	1–5	Vancouver		Luongo	18,610	17–19–8	42	Recap
45	January 15	Florida	1–5	Montreal		Reimer	20,576	17–20–8	42	Recap
46	January 18	Toronto	1–3	Florida		Luongo	16,741	18–20–8	44	Recap
47	January 19	Florida	4–2	Nashville		Reimer	17,716	19–20–8	46	Recap
48	January 21	San Jose	2–6	Florida		Luongo	14,014	20–20–8	48	Recap

February: 8–5–2 (Home: 6–5–0 ; Road: 2–0–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
49	February 1	Nashville	4–1	Florida		Luongo	13,158	20–21–8	48	Recap
50	February 2	Vegas	1–3	Florida		Reimer	15,202	21–21–8	50	Recap
51	February 5	St. Louis	3–2	Florida		Reimer	10,243	21–22–8	50	Recap
52	February 7	Pittsburgh	2–3	Florida	OT	Luongo	14,712	22–22–8	52	Recap
53	February 9	Florida	5–4	Washington	OT	Luongo	18,506	23–22–8	54	Recap
54	February 10	Tampa Bay	5–2	Florida		Reimer	13,566	23–23–8	54	Recap
55	February 12	Dallas	3–0	Florida		Luongo	9,472	23–24–8	54	Recap
56	February 14	Calgary	2–3	Florida	SO	Reimer	10,198	24–24–8	56	Recap
57	February 17	Montreal	3–6	Florida		Reimer	16,212	25–24–8	58	Recap
58	February 19	Buffalo	2–4	Florida		Reimer	10,340	26–24–8	60	Recap
59	February 21	Carolina	4–3	Florida		Reimer	10,750	26–25–8	60	Recap
60	February 23	Los Angeles	1–6	Florida		Luongo	14,290	27–25–8	62	Recap
61	February 25	Florida	4–3	Colorado	OT	Luongo	14,338	28–25–8	64	Recap
62	February 26	Florida	3–4	Arizona	SO	Luongo	11,912	28–25–9	65	Recap
63	February 28	Florida	5–6	Vegas	SO	Luongo	18,281	28–25–10	66	Recap

March: 7–7–2 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 4–5–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
64	March 2	Carolina	4–3	Florida	OT	Montembeault	13,923	28–25–11	67	Recap
65	March 3	Ottawa	3–2	Florida		Luongo	11,752	28–26–11	67	Recap
66	March 5	Florida	2–3	Pittsburgh	OT	Luongo	18,484	28–26–12	68	Recap
67	March 7	Florida	3–4	Boston		Luongo	17,565	28–27–12	68	Recap
68	March 8	Minnesota	2–6	Florida		Montembeault	12,388	29–27–12	70	Recap
69	March 10	Detroit	1–6	Florida		Montembeault	15,238	30–27–12	72	Recap
70	March 14	Florida	4–2	San Jose		Montembeault	17,388	31–27–12	74	Recap
71	March 16	Florida	4–3	Los Angeles		Montembeault	18,022	32–27–12	76	Recap
72	March 17	Florida	2–3	Anaheim		Montembeault	16,523	32–28–12	76	Recap
73	March 19	Florida	2–4	Dallas		Montembeault	17,654	32–29–12	76	Recap
74	March 21	Arizona	2–4	Florida		Luongo	12,576	33–29–12	78	Recap
75	March 23	Boston	7–3	Florida		Montembeault	17,129	33–30–12	78	Recap
76	March 25	Florida	5–7	Toronto		Luongo	19,125	33–31–12	78	Recap
77	March 26	Florida	1–6	Montreal		Reimer	21,029	33–32–12	78	Recap
78	March 28	Florida	5–2	Ottawa		Luongo	14,230	34–32–12	80	Recap
79	March 30	Florida	4–1	Boston		Luongo	17,565	35–32–12	82	Recap

April: 1–0–2 (Home: 1–0–2 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
80	April 1	Washington	3–5	Florida		Luongo	14,376	36–32–12	84	Recap
81	April 4	NY Islanders	2–1	Florida	SO	Montembeault	13,775	36–32–13	85	Recap
82	April 6	New Jersey	4–3	Florida	OT	Luongo	15,259	36–32–14	86	Recap

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)
Note:
^a Game was played at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland.

Player statistics

As of April 6, 2019^[8]^[9]

Skaters

Regular season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
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

Regular season
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A
Roberto Luongo	43	40	2,346:38	18	16	5	122	3.12	1,205	.899	1	1
James Reimer	36	29	1,805:11	13	12	5	93	3.09	929	.900	0	0
Sam Montembeault	11	10	591:24	4	3	2	30	3.04	282	.894	0	1
Michael Hutchinson^‡	4	3	201:14	1	1	2	14	4.17	87	.839	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
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23)	To Nashville Predators 3rd-round pick in 2019	To Florida Panthers 3rd-round pick in 2018	^[10]
December 29, 2018 (2018-12-29)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Michael Hutchinson	To Florida Panthers 5th-round pick in 2020	^[11]
December 30, 2018 (2018-12-30)	To Edmonton Oilers Alex Petrovic	To Florida Panthers Chris Wideman Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2019	^[12]
February 1, 2019 (2019-02-01)	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 (2019-02-22)	To San Jose Sharks Future considerations	To Florida Panthers Vincent Praplan	^[14]^[15]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	To Carolina Hurricanes Future considerations	To Florida Panthers Cliff Pu	^[16]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	To Colorado Avalanche Derick Brassard Conditional 6th-round pick in 2020	To Florida Panthers 3rd-round pick in 2020	^[17]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Chris Wideman	To Florida Panthers Jean-Sebastien Dea	^[18]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	To Winnipeg Jets Bogdan Kiselevich	To Florida Panthers 7th-round pick in 2021	^[18]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Connor Brickley	to Nashville Predators	1-year	^[19]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Alexandre Grenier	to Laval Rocket (AHL)	1-year	^[20]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Michael Hutchinson	from Winnipeg Jets	1-year	^[21]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Harri Sateri	to Detroit Red Wings	1-year	^[22]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)	Jacob MacDonald	from Binghamton Devils (AHL)	2-year	^[23]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)	Paul Thompson	from Vegas Golden Knights	2-year	^[23]
July 3, 2018 (2018-07-03)	Curtis Valk	to Barys Astana (KHL)	1-year	^[24]
July 3, 2018 (2018-07-03)	Ed Wittchow	to KooKoo (Liiga)	1-year	^[25]
July 13, 2018 (2018-07-13)	Julian Melchiori	from Winnipeg Jets	1-year	^[26]
August 27, 2018 (2018-08-27)	Troy Brouwer	from Calgary Flames	1-year	^[27]
August 30, 2018 (2018-08-30)	Gregory Chase	to Wichita Thunder (ECHL)	1-year	^[28]
February 24, 2019 (2019-02-24)	Chris Driedger	from Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)	1-year	^[29]
March 18, 2019 (2019-03-18)	Brady Keeper	from Maine Black Bears (Hockey East)	2-year	^[30]
May 16, 2019 (2019-05-16)	Ludvig Bystrom	to Oulun Kärpät (Liiga)	2-year	^[31]
May 17, 2019 (2019-05-17)	Henrik Haapala	to Jokerit (Liiga)	2-year	^[32]
May 17, 2019 (2019-05-17)	Vincent Praplan	to SC Bern (NL)	4-year	^[33]
May 28, 2019 (2019-05-28)	Rodrigo Abols	from Örebro HK (SHL)	2-year	^[34]

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref
February 20, 2019 (2019-02-20)	Micheal Haley	to San Jose Sharks	^[35]

Contract terminations

Date	Player	Via	Ref

Retirement

Date	Player	Ref
April 8, 2018 (2018-04-08)	Radim Vrbata	^[36]

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
June 29, 2018 (2018-06-29)	Frank Vatrano	1-year	^[37]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Jared McCann	2-year	^[38]
July 6, 2018 (2018-07-06)	Alex Petrovic	1-year	^[39]
July 25, 2018 (2018-07-25)	MacKenzie Weegar	1-year	^[40]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	Frank Vatrano	3-year	^[41]
March 8, 2019 (2019-03-08)	Serron Noel	3-year	^[42]
April 2, 2019 (2019-04-02)	Ryan Bednard	2-year	^[43]
April 30, 2019 (2019-04-30)	Chris Driedger	2-year	^[44]
May 15, 2019 (2019-05-15)	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)
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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v t e Florida Panthers
Founded in 1993 Based in Sunrise, Florida
Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Expansion draft Seasons Current season
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