League: | NHL |
Season: | 2015–16 |
Year: | 2015 |
Team: | Florida Panthers |
Division: | Atlantic |
Divisionrank: | 1st |
Conference: | Eastern |
Conferencerank: | 3rd |
Record: | 47–26–9 |
Homerecord: | 25–11–5 |
Roadrecord: | 22–15–4 |
Goalsfor: | 239 |
Goalsagainst: | 203 |
Generalmanager: | Dale Tallon |
Coach: | Gerard Gallant |
Captain: | Willie Mitchell |
Altcaptain: | Dave Bolland Brian Campbell Jussi Jokinen Derek MacKenzie |
Arena: | BB&T Center |
Minorleague: | Portland Pirates (AHL) |
Goalsleader: | Aleksander Barkov (28) |
Assistsleader: | Jussi Jokinen (42) |
Pointsleader: | Jaromir Jagr (66) |
Plusminusleader: | Brian Campbell (+31) |
Pimleader: | Alex Petrovic (90) |
Winsleader: | Roberto Luongo (35) |
Gaaleader: | Al Montoya (2.18) |
Divisionwin: | yes |
The 2015–16 Florida Panthers season was the 22nd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 14, 1993.[1] The Panthers' regular season began on October 10, 2015, against the Philadelphia Flyers with a 7–1 home win. The Panthers won the Atlantic Division but fell in six games in the opening round of the playoffs to the wild card entrant New York Islanders.
2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)[2] | ||||||||||
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Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Recap | ||
1 | September 20 | Florida | 2–5 | Nashville | 15,432 | 0–1–0 | [3] | |||
2 | September 20 | Florida | 3–2 | Nashville | OT | 12,711 | 1–1–0 | [4] | ||
3 | September 22 | Dallas | 2–3 | Florida | 5,504 | 2–1–0 | [5] | |||
4 | September 25 | Florida | 1–4 | Tampa Bay | 16,226 | 2–2–0 | [6] | |||
5 | September 27 | Florida | 4–2 | Dallas | Luongo | 10,113 | 3–2–0 | [7] | ||
6 | October 3 | Tampa Bay | 3–2 | Florida | Luongo | 7,634 | 3–3–0 | [8] |
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Legend: |
Final stats
Player | data-sort-type="number" | ||||||
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79 | 27 | 39 | 66 | 23 | 48 | ||
81 | 18 | 42 | 60 | 25 | 42 | ||
66 | 28 | 31 | 59 | 18 | 8 | ||
76 | 20 | 39 | 59 | 17 | 43 | ||
76 | 25 | 28 | 53 | 15 | 44 | ||
82 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 19 | 31 | ||
78 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 18 | 41 | ||
67 | 15 | 19 | 34 | −8 | 41 | ||
82 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 31 | 26 | ||
‡ | 52 | 11 | 13 | 24 | −4 | 30 | |
66 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 90 | ||
74 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 51 | ||
64 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 36 | ||
† | 19 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 10 | |
58 | 6 | 5 | 11 | −1 | 18 | ||
† | 15 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −2 | 2 | |
64 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 49 | ||
53 | 5 | 2 | 7 | −7 | 13 | ||
20 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||
46 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −2 | 18 | ||
20 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −4 | 2 | ||
50 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −2 | 80 | ||
25 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −2 | 16 | ||
23 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | ||
47 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 26 | ||
15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
† | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | |
8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | ||
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | ||
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | ||
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | ||
29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 24 |
Player | data-sort-type="number" | ||||||
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6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 0 | ||
5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||
6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 | ||
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ||
6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −3 | 0 | ||
6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 4 | ||
6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | ||
6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | ||
6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | ||
6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | ||
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | ||
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | ||
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | ||
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
Player | ||||||||||||||||
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style=white-space:nowrap | 62 | 60 | 3602:51 | 35 | 19 | 6 | 141 | 2.35 | 1801 | .922 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
style=white-space:nowrap | 25 | 22 | 1351:15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 49 | 2.18 | 608 | .919 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Player | Award | data-sort-type="date" | Awarded |
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NHL All-Star game captain[99] | January 2, 2016 | ||
NHL All-Star game selection[100] | January 6, 2016 | ||
NHL All-Star game selection | January 6, 2016 | ||
NHL Third Star of the Week[101] | February 8, 2016 |
Player | Milestone | Reached | |
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1st Career NHL Game | October 10, 2015 | ||
C. Brickley | 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point | October 13, 2015 | |
400th Career NHL Game | October 31, 2015 | ||
100th Career NHL Game | November 19, 2015 | ||
100th Career NHL Game | December 12, 2015 |
The Panthers were involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season:
Date | Details | Ref | ||
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To New York Islanders MTL's 5th-round pick in 2015 | To Florida Panthers 5th-round pick in 2016 | [102] | ||
To Boston Bruins Jimmy Hayes (rights) | To Florida Panthers Reilly Smith Marc Savard | [103] | ||
To Calgary Flames 2nd-round pick in 2016 4th-round pick in 2018 | To Florida Panthers Jiri Hudler | [104] | ||
To Edmonton Oilers conditional 3rd-round pick in 2016 | To Florida Panthers Teddy Purcell | |||
To Detroit Red Wings 6th-round pick in 2017 | To Florida Panthers Jakub Kindl | [105] | ||
To Anaheim Ducks Brandon Pirri | To Florida Panthers 6th-round pick in 2016 | [106] | ||
To Vancouver Canucks Erik Gudbranson NYI's 5th-round pick in 2016 | To Florida Panthers Jared McCann 2nd-round pick in 2016 4th-round pick in 2016 | [107] | ||
To New Jersey Devils Marc Savard 2nd-round pick in 2018 | To Florida Panthers Paul Thompson Graham Black | [108] | ||
To New York Rangers 6th-round pick in 2016 Conditional 4th-round pick in 2017 | To Florida Panthers Keith Yandle (negotiating rights) | [109] | ||
To Colorado Avalanche Rocco Grimaldi | To Florida Panthers Reto Berra | [110] |
Date | Player | Former team | Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) | Ref | |
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2 years, $1.15 million | [111] | ||||
1 year, $575,000 | |||||
1 year, $575,000 | |||||
1 year, $575,000 | [112] | ||||
2 years, $1.2 million | |||||
1 year, $575,000 | [113] | ||||
entry-level contract | [114] | ||||
entry-level contract | [115] |
Date | Player | New team | Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) | Ref | |
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1 year, $650,000 | [116] | ||||
1 year, $600,000 | [117] | ||||
1 year, $700,000 | [118] | ||||
1 year, $700,000 | [119] |
Player | Former team | Date claimed off waivers | Ref |
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Date | Player | Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) | Ref | |
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1 year, $750,000 | [120] | |||
1 year, $675,000 | ||||
1 year, $700,000 | [121] | |||
3 years, entry-level contract | [122] | |||
2 years, $2.1 million | [123] | |||
1 year, $850,500 | ||||
1 year, $850,500 | ||||
2 years, $6.5 million | [124] | |||
6 years, $35.4 million contract extension | [125] | |||
1 year, contract extension | [126] | |||
entry-level contract | [127] | |||
entry-level contract | [128] | |||
3 years, entry-level contract | [129] | |||
1 year, $4 million | [130] | |||
1 year, $3.5 million | [131] | |||
3 years, entry-level contract | [132] | |||
1 year | [133] |
See also: List of Florida Panthers draft picks. Below are the Florida Panthers' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.
Round | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) | ||
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1 | 11 | Lawson Crouse | LW | Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) | ||
3 | 77 | Sam montembeault | G | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (QMJHL) | ||
3 | 88 | Thomas Schemitsch | D | Owen Sound Attack (OHL) | ||
4 | 102 | Denis Malgin | C | ZSC Lions (NLA) | ||
5 | 132 | Karch Bachman | LW | Culver Academy (HS-Indiana) | ||
6 | 162 | Christopher Wilkie | RW | Tri-City Storm (USHL) | ||
7 | 192 | Patrick Shea | C | Kimball Union Academy Wildcats (HS-New Hampshire) | ||
7 | 206 | Ryan Bednard | G | Johnstown Tomahawks (NAHL) |
Anaheim previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015, that sent Kyle Palmieri to New Jersey in exchange for a third-round pick in 2016 and this pick.
New Jersey previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 26, 2015, that sent Jaromir Jagr to Florida in exchange for a conditional third-round pick in 2016 and this pick.[136]
The Islanders previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 28, 2014, that sent a third-round pick in 2014 to Florida in exchange for this pick.[138]
New Jersey previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 22, 2013, that sent a conditional fourth-round pick to St. Louis in exchange for Matt D'Agostini and this pick.[142]