2020–21 Florida Panthers season

2020–21 Florida Panthers
2020–21 Florida Panthers
Division	Central
2020–21 record	5–0–2
Home record	2–0–1
Road record	3–0–1
Goals for	27
Goals against	22
Team information
General manager	Bill Zito
Coach	Joel Quenneville
Captain	Aleksander Barkov
Alternate captains	Aaron Ekblad; Jonathan Huberdeau; Patric Hornqvist
Arena	BB&T Center
Minor league affiliate(s)	Charlotte Checkers (AHL); Syracuse Crunch (AHL); Greenville Swamp Rabbits (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Patric Hornqvist; Carter Verhaeghe (5)
Assists	Jonathan Huberdeau (8)
Points	Jonathan Huberdeau (12)
Penalty minutes	Keith Yandle (12)
Plus/minus	Anthony Duclair; Radko Gudas; Carter Verhaeghe (+4)
Wins	Sergei Bobrovsky (3)
Goals against average	Chris Driedger (1.95)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Florida Panthers season is the 28th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established in 1993. Head coach Joel Quenneville will enter his second season with the team.^[2] On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada-United States border. As a result of this realignment the Panthers will play this season in the Central Division and will only play games against the other teams in their new division during the regular season and potentially the first two rounds of the playoffs.

Standings

Divisional standings

Template:2020–21 NHL Central Division standings

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.^[3]

2020–21 game log

January: 5–0–1 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
—	January 14	Dallas	–	Florida	Postponed due to COVID-19.^[4] Rescheduled for February 22.
—	January 15	Dallas	–	Florida	Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for May 10.
1	January 17	Chicago	2–5	Florida		Driedger	4,147	1–0–0	2	Recap
2	January 19	Chicago	4–5	Florida	OT	Bobrovsky	3,667	2–0–0	4	Recap
—	January 21	Florida	–	Carolina	Postponed due to COVID-19.^[5] Rescheduled for February 17.
—	January 23	Florida	–	Carolina	Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for March 7.
3	January 26	Florida	4–3	Columbus	SO	Bobrovsky	0	3–0–0	6	Recap
4	January 28	Florida	2–3	Columbus	SO	Driedger	0	3–0–1	7	Recap
5	January 30	Florida	3–2	Detroit	OT	Bobrovsky	0	4–0–1	9	Recap
6	January 31	Florida	3–2	Detroit		Driedger	0	5–0–1	11	Recap

February: 0–0–1 (Home: 0–0–1 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
7	February 4	Nashville	6–5	Florida	OT	Bobrovsky	3,698	5–0–2	12	Recap
8	February 5	Nashville	–	Florida
9	February 7	Detroit	–	Florida
10	February 9	Detroit	–	Florida
11	February 11	Tampa Bay	–	Florida
12	February 13	Tampa Bay	–	Florida
13	February 15	Florida	–	Tampa Bay
14	February 17	Florida	–	Carolina
15	February 19	Florida	–	Detroit
16	February 20	Florida	–	Detroit
17	February 22	Dallas	–	Florida
18	February 24	Dallas	–	Florida
19	February 25	Dallas	–	Florida
20	February 27	Carolina	–	Florida

March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
21	March 1	Carolina	–	Florida
22	March 4	Florida	–	Nashville
23	March 6	Florida	–	Nashville
24	March 7	Florida	–	Carolina
25	March 9	Florida	–	Columbus
26	March 11	Florida	–	Columbus
27	March 13	Chicago	–	Florida
28	March 15	Chicago	–	Florida
29	March 16	Florida	–	Tampa Bay
30	March 18	Nashville	–	Florida
31	March 20	Nashville	–	Florida
32	March 23	Florida	–	Chicago
33	March 25	Florida	–	Chicago
34	March 27	Florida	–	Dallas
35	March 28	Florida	–	Dallas
36	March 30	Detroit	–	Florida

April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
37	April 1	Detroit	–	Florida
38	April 3	Columbus	–	Florida
39	April 4	Columbus	–	Florida
40	April 6	Florida	–	Carolina
41	April 8	Florida	–	Carolina
42	April 10	Florida	–	Dallas
43	April 13	Florida	–	Dallas
44	April 15	Florida	–	Tampa Bay
45	April 17	Florida	–	Tampa Bay
46	April 19	Columbus	–	Florida
47	April 20	Columbus	–	Florida
48	April 22	Carolina	–	Florida
49	April 24	Carolina	–	Florida
50	April 26	Florida	–	Nashville
51	April 27	Florida	–	Nashville
52	April 29	Florida	–	Chicago

May: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
53	May 1	Florida	–	Chicago
54	May 4	Dallas	–	Florida
55	May 6	Tampa Bay	–	Florida
56	May 8	Tampa Bay	–	Florida

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) Postponement

Roster

Updated May 10, 2024^[6]^[7]


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
74	Rasmus Asplund	C	L	26	2023	Filipstad, Sweden
26	Uvis Balinskis	D	L	27	2023	Ventspils, Latvia
16	Aleksander Barkov (C)	C	L	28	2013	Tampere, Finland
9	Sam Bennett	C	L	27	2021	East Gwillimbury, Ontario
44	Mike Benning	D	R	22	2020	Edmonton, Alberta
2	Tobias Björnfot	D	L	23	2024	Upplands Väsby, Sweden
72	Sergei Bobrovsky	G	L	35	2019	Novokuznetsk, Soviet Union
34	Evan Cormier	G	L	26	2024	Bowmanville, Ontario
21	Nick Cousins	C	L	30	2022	Belleville, Ontario
5	Aaron Ekblad (A)	D	R	28	2014	Windsor, Ontario
91	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	D	L	32	2023	Karlskrona, Sweden
42	Gustav Forsling	D	L	27	2021	Linköping, Sweden
12	Jonah Gadjovich	LW	L	25	2023	Whitby, Ontario
36	Patrick Giles	C	R	24	2022	Chevy Chase, Maryland
35	Magnus Hellberg	G	L	33	2024	Uppsala, Sweden
3	Matt Kiersted	D	L	26	2021	Elk River, Minnesota
30	Spencer Knight	G	L	23	2019	Darien, Connecticut
7	Dmitry Kulikov	D	L	33	2023	Lipetsk, Soviet Union
67	Will Lockwood	RW	R	25	2023	Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
94	Ryan Lomberg	LW	L	29	2021	Richmond Hill, Ontario
18	Steven Lorentz	LW	L	28	2023	Kitchener, Ontario
15	Anton Lundell	C	L	22	2020	Espoo, Finland
27	Eetu Luostarinen	C	L	25	2020	Siilinjärvi, Finland
28	Josh Mahura	D	L	26	2022	St. Albert, Alberta
77	Niko Mikkola	D	L	28	2023	Kiiminki, Finland
62	Brandon Montour	D	R	30	2021	Ohsweken, Ontario
8	Kyle Okposo	RW	R	36	2024	Saint Paul, Minnesota
13	Sam Reinhart	C	R	28	2021	North Vancouver, British Columbia
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	R	30	2023	Toronto, Ontario
25	Mackie Samoskevich	RW	R	21	2021	Newtown, Connecticut
24	Justin Sourdif	RW	R	22	2020	Richmond, British Columbia
82	Kevin Stenlund	C	L	27	2023	Stockholm, Sweden
41	Anthony Stolarz	G	L	30	2023	Edison, New Jersey
10	Vladimir Tarasenko	RW	L	32	2024	Yaroslavl, Soviet Union
19	Matthew Tkachuk (A)	LW	L	26	2022	Scottsdale, Arizona
23	Carter Verhaeghe	C	L	28	2020	Toronto, Ontario

Draft picks

Below are the Florida Panthers selection at the 2020 NHL Draft which was held on October 6–7 at NHL Network Studios.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationally	College/Junior/Club Team (league)
1	12	Anton Lundell	(C)	FIN	HIFK (Liiga)
2	43	Emil Heineman	(LW)	SWE	Leksands IF (SHL)
3	74	Ty Smilanic	(C)	USA	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
3	87	Justin Sourdif	(RW)	CAN	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
4	105	Zachry Uens	(D)	CAN	Merrimack Warriors (H-East)
5	153	Kasper Puuito	(D)	FIN	Everett Slivertips (WHL)
7	198	Elliot Ekmark	(C)	SWE	Linkoping J20 (SuperElit)
7	212	Devon Levi	(G)	CAN	Carleton Place Canadians (CCHL)

References

^ "Syracuse Crunch will have dual affiliation in 2021". The Post-Standard. January 6, 2021.
^ Whyno, Stephen (October 6, 2020). "NHL trageting Jan. 1 to begin next season". Chicacgo Tribune. Associated Press. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
^ "2020-21 NHL schedule announced". NHL.com. December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
^ "NHL schedule changes; Stars open season Jan. 22 due to coronavirus". NHL.com. January 15, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
^ "Hurricanes games postponed through Jan. 23 because of COVID-19". NHL.com. January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
^ "Florida Panthers Roster". National Hockey League. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
^ "Florida Panthers Hockey Transactions". The Sports Network. Retrieved May 6, 2024.

[1] "Syracuse Crunch will have dual affiliation in 2021". The Post-Standard. January 6, 2021.

[2] Whyno, Stephen (October 6, 2020). "NHL trageting Jan. 1 to begin next season". Chicacgo Tribune. Associated Press. Retrieved October 20, 2020.

[3] "2020-21 NHL schedule announced". NHL.com. December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 25, 2020.

[4] "NHL schedule changes; Stars open season Jan. 22 due to coronavirus". NHL.com. January 15, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2021.

[5] "Hurricanes games postponed through Jan. 23 because of COVID-19". NHL.com. January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.

[6] "Florida Panthers Roster". National Hockey League. Retrieved May 6, 2024.

[7] "Florida Panthers Hockey Transactions". The Sports Network. Retrieved May 6, 2024.

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