Sam Bennett scored what proved to be the game-winning goal late in the second period as the Panthers defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning and won their 2025 Eastern Conference First Round series. Eetu Luostarinen picked up his third assist of the game on the goal — each of them on go-ahead markers — and, along […]

With an extra attacker on the ice, Matthew Tkachuk scored the tying goal with less than three minutes remaining in the third period in Game 3 of the 2023 Stanley Cup Final. The goal was the latest act of heroism from Tkachuk, who had scored four game-winning goals in the first three rounds of the […]

While most Panthers players hoisted the Lord Stanley for the first time, Vladimir Tarasenko was an old pro. The veteran right winger won the Stanley Cup in 2019 as a member of the St. Louis Blues — another franchise to win its first-ever Cup. Tarasenko and Carter Verhaeghe, playing with the Tampa Bay Lightning in […]

Known for some hard hits during the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Sam Bennett brought that energy to the championship series against the Edmonton Oilers. He had three points in the first three contests to help the Panthers to a 3-0 series lead. For Bennett, the battle against Oilers captain Connor McDavid was nothing new. The […]

Sam Bennett is more known for his physical play than for his goal scoring — his 25 goals during the 2024-25 season were the second most to that point in his career. In the playoffs, Bennett found a new level, becoming the second fastest to that point in club history to score 10 goals in […]

Teammate Kyle Okposo described Evan Rodrigues as “a bit of a chameleon” because of his ability to play up and down the lineup. In the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Rodrigues found a home on the Panthers second line with Sam Bennett and Matthew Tkachuk. “Bennie and Chuckie are a lot of fun to play with, […]

The NHL and NHLPA have teamed up since 1998 to promote awareness of and raise money for cancer research in an initiative called Hockey Fights Cancer. Sam Bennett and the Florida Panthers participate every season, and when Sam had a day with the Stanley Cup, he brought it to pediatric cancer patients near his Ontario […]

Few players score overtime goals like Carter “Swaggy” Verhaeghe. His walk-off in Game 3 of the 2023 Stanley Cup Final was Verhaeghe’s fourth career playoff overtime goal, the most in Panthers history. He became the 22nd player in NHL history to have four playoff OT goals, tying one-time Cats Jaromir Jagr and Esa Tikkanen.

In his 699th career NHL game — regular season and playoffs — Sam Bennett was finally able to lift the Stanley Cup. “He’s a quiet man, but his style of game and his personality is something we’re trying to emulate — Everybody should play a little bit more like Sam Bennett,” coach Paul Maurice said. […]

Patience is an underappreciated virtue in a goal scorer, especially when nearly 20,000 fans are yelling “SHOOT!” When Matthew Tkachuk scored his game-winning goal with under five seconds in regulation in Game 4 of the 2023 Eastern Conference Final, he waited an extra second and allowed traffic to clear in front of the net while […]