2017–18 Florida Panthers season

2017–18 Florida Panthers
Division4th Atlantic
Conference9th Eastern
2017–18 record44–30–8
Home record27–11–3
Road record17–19–5
Goals for248
Goals against246
Team information
General managerDale Tallon
CoachBob Boughner
CaptainDerek MacKenzie
Alternate captainsAleksander Barkov
Aaron Ekblad
Vincent Trocheck
Keith Yandle
ArenaBB&T Center
Average attendance13,851[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)
Team leaders
GoalsVincent Trocheck (31)
AssistsAleksander Barkov (51)
PointsAleksander Barkov (78)
Penalty minutesMicheal Haley (212)
Plus/minusJared McCann (+11)
WinsJames Reimer (22)
Goals against averageRoberto Luongo (2.47)

The 2017–18 Florida Panthers season was the 24th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 14, 1993.[2] The Panthers missed the playoffs for the second straight season, despite recording 96 points, tied with the 2014–15 Boston Bruins and 2018–19 Montreal Canadiens for the most by a team to miss the playoffs.

Standings

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Atlantic Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 z – Tampa Bay Lightning 82 54 23 5 48 296 236 +60 113
2 x – Boston Bruins 82 50 20 12 47 270 214 +56 112
3 x – Toronto Maple Leafs 82 49 26 7 42 277 232 +45 105
4 Florida Panthers 82 44 30 8 41 248 246 +2 96
5 Detroit Red Wings 82 30 39 13 25 217 255 −38 73
6 Montreal Canadiens 82 29 40 13 27 209 264 −55 71
7 Ottawa Senators 82 28 43 11 26 221 291 −70 67
8 Buffalo Sabres 82 25 45 12 24 199 280 −81 62
Source: National Hockey League[3]
x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference
Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 ME x – Columbus Blue Jackets 82 45 30 7 39 242 230 +12 97
2 ME x – New Jersey Devils 82 44 29 9 39 248 244 +4 97
3 AT Florida Panthers 82 44 30 8 41 248 246 +2 96
4 ME Carolina Hurricanes 82 36 35 11 33 228 256 −28 83
5 ME New York Islanders 82 35 37 10 32 264 296 −32 80
6 ME New York Rangers 82 34 39 9 31 231 268 −37 77
7 AT Detroit Red Wings 82 30 39 13 25 217 255 −38 73
8 AT Montreal Canadiens 82 29 40 13 27 209 264 −55 71
9 AT Ottawa Senators 82 28 43 11 26 221 291 −70 67
10 AT Buffalo Sabres 82 25 45 12 24 199 280 −81 62
Source: National Hockey League[4]
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

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Preseason

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The preseason schedule was released on June 9, 2017.[5]

Regular season

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The regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.[6]

2017–18 game log

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

Player statistics

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As of April 9, 2018[7]

Skaters

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Regular season
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Aleksander Barkov 79 27 51 78 9 14
Vincent Trocheck 82 31 44 75 −9 54
Jonathan Huberdeau 82 27 42 69 −2 32
Evgenii Dadonov 74 28 37 65 10 8
Keith Yandle 82 8 48 56 7 35
Nick Bjugstad 82 19 30 49 5 41
Aaron Ekblad 82 16 22 38 9 71
Jamie McGinn 76 13 16 29 −5 33
Jared McCann 68 9 19 28 11 30
Michael Matheson 81 10 17 27 −1 61
Colton Sceviour 76 11 13 24 6 24
Denis Malgin 51 11 11 22 4 6
Mark Pysyk 82 3 13 16 −8 20
Radim Vrbata 42 5 9 14 −7 16
Derek MacKenzie 75 3 11 14 −9 31
Alex Petrovic 67 2 11 13 −2 98
Connor Brickley 44 4 8 12 −6 19
Micheal Haley 75 3 6 9 −13 212
Frank Vatrano 16 5 3 8 6 12
MacKenzie Weegar 60 2 6 8 5 32
Maxim Mamin 26 3 1 4 2 7
Ian McCoshen 38 3 1 4 −10 25
Henrik Borgstrom 4 1 0 1 −1 0
Owen Tippett 7 1 0 1 −6 0
Henrik Haapala 5 0 1 1 0 0
Dryden Hunt 11 0 1 1 −5 2
Chase Balisy 8 0 0 0 −2 0
Curtis Valk 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

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Regular season[7]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
James Reimer 44 42 2,411:25 22 14 6 120 2.99 1373 .913 4 0 1 4
Roberto Luongo 35 33 1,965:58 18 11 2 81 2.47 1143 .929 3 0 2 0
Harri Sateri 9 7 492:36 4 4 0 24 2.92 271 .911 0 0 0 0
Antti Niemi†‡ 2 0 58:42 0 1 0 5 5.11 39 .872 0 0 0 0

Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Panthers. Statistics reflect time with the Panthers only.
Denotes player was traded mid-season. Statistics reflect time with the Panthers only.
Bold denotes season record.

Transactions

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The Panthers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.

Trades

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Date Details Ref
June 21, 2017 (2017-06-21) To Vegas Golden Knights
Reilly Smith
To Florida Panthers
4th-round pick in 2018
[8]
November 10, 2017 (2017-11-10) To Dallas Stars
Reece Scarlett
To Florida Panthers
Ludvig Bystrom
[9]
December 19, 2017 (2017-12-19) To Edmonton Oilers
Future considerations
To Florida Panthers
Gregory Chase
[10]
February 22, 2018 (2018-02-22) To Boston Bruins
3rd-round pick in 2018
To Florida Panthers
Frank Vatrano
[11]
June 19, 2018 (2018-06-19) To San Jose Sharks
2nd-round pick in 2019
4th-round pick in 2018
5th-round pick in 2018
To Florida Panthers
Mike Hoffman
7th-round pick in 2018
[12]

Player signings

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Date Player Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
June 30, 2017 (2017-06-30) Chase Balisy 1-year, $650,000 [40]
June 30, 2017 (2017-06-30) Reece Scarlett 1-year, $675,000 [41]
June 30, 2017 (2017-06-30) Alex Petrovic 1-year, $1.85 million [42]
July 2, 2017 (2017-07-02) Sebastian Repo 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract [43]
July 6, 2017 (2017-07-06) Mark Pysyk 3-year, $8.2 million [44]
July 19, 2017 (2017-07-19) Owen Tippett 3-year, $4.975 million entry-level contract [45]
August 3, 2017 (2017-08-03) MacKenzie Weegar 1-year, $675,000 [46]
October 7, 2017 (2017-10-07) Mike Matheson 8-year, $39 million contract extension [47]
November 16, 2017 (2017-11-16) Jonathan Ang 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract [48]
February 12, 2018 (2018-02-12) Colton Sceviour 3-year, $3.6 million contract extension [49]
March 4, 2018 (2018-03-04) Riley Stillman 3-year, $2.7 million entry-level contract [50]
March 27, 2018 (2018-03-27) Henrik Borgstrom 3-year, $4.475 million entry-level contract [51]
May 31, 2018 (2018-05-31) Josh Brown 2-year, $1.35 million contract extension [52]
May 31, 2018 (2018-05-31) Ludvig Byström 1-year, $650,000 contract extension [52]

Draft picks

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Below are the Florida Panthers' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 10 Owen Tippett RW  Canada Mississauga Steelheads (OHL)
2 40 Aleksi Heponiemi C  Finland Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
3 661 Max Gildon D  United States U.S. NTDP (USHL)
5 133 Tyler Inamoto D  United States U.S. NTDP (USHL)
6 1842 Sebastian Repo C  Finland Tappara (Liiga)

Draft notes:[53]

  1. The Arizona Coyotes' third-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 conditional second-round pick in 2018 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[54] The condition – Florida will receive the better of Arizona or Detroit's third-round picks in 2017[55] – was converted on March 29, 2017, when Detroit clinched a better regular season record than Arizona for the 2016–17 NHL season.
  2. The Anaheim Ducks' sixth-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on December 4, 2014, that sent Colby Robak to Anaheim in exchange for Jesse Blacker and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition — Florida will receive a sixth-round pick in 2017 dependent on how many games Robak played for Anaheim during the 2014–15 NHL season[56] — the date of conversion is unknown.[57]

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