League: | NHL |
Season: | 2021–22 |
Year: | 2021 |
Team: | Florida Panthers |
Division: | Atlantic |
Divisionrank: | 1st |
Conference: | Eastern |
Conferencerank: | 1st |
Record: | 58–18–6 |
Homerecord: | 34–7–0 |
Roadrecord: | 24–11–6 |
Goalsfor: | 340 |
Goalsagainst: | 246 |
Generalmanager: | Bill Zito |
Coach: | Joel Quenneville (Oct. 14 – Oct. 28) Andrew Brunette (interim, Oct. 29 – May 23) |
Captain: | Aleksander Barkov |
Altcaptain: | Aaron Ekblad Patric Hornqvist Jonathan Huberdeau |
Attendance: | 14,811[1] |
Minorleague: | Charlotte Checkers (AHL) Greenville Swamp Rabbits (ECHL) |
Goalsleader: | Aleksander Barkov (39) |
Assistsleader: | Jonathan Huberdeau (85) |
Pointsleader: | Jonathan Huberdeau (115) |
Plusminusleader: | Gustav Forsling (+41) |
Pimleader: | Radko Gudas (105) |
Winsleader: | Sergei Bobrovsky (39) |
Gaaleader: | Sergei Bobrovsky (2.67) |
Divisionwin: | yes |
Presidentstrophy: | yes |
The 2021–22 Florida Panthers season was the 28th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established in 1993.[2] Head coach Joel Quenneville returned to coach his third season with the team. The Panthers began the season 3–0–0 for the second time in team history in as many years.[3]
Quenneville resigned from his coaching duties as a result of the fallout from the 2010 Chicago Blackhawks sexual assault scandal on October 28, 2021.[4] On October 29, assistant coach Andrew Brunette was named interim head coach.[5]
The franchise record season opening winning streak reached an 8–0–0 record. The streak ended after the Panthers lost to the Boston Bruins 3–2 in a shootout. The Panthers became the seventh team to begin the season at 8–0–0.[6] The Panthers became the first team to clinch a berth in the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs following a 5–3 win over the Buffalo Sabres on April 3, 2022.[7] On April 21, the Panthers clinched the Atlantic Division title,[8] and on April 28, they won the Presidents' Trophy for the first time in franchise history.[9]
On May 13, 2022, the Florida Panthers won their first playoff series since 1996 by defeating the Washington Capitals in six games,[10] only to suffer an upset in the Second Round by the Tampa Bay Lightning, who swept them in four games.[11]
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80 | 30 | 85 | 115 | +35 | 54 | ||
67 | 39 | 49 | 88 | +36 | 18 | ||
78 | 33 | 49 | 82 | +25 | 13 | ||
74 | 31 | 27 | 58 | +19 | 30 | ||
61 | 15 | 42 | 57 | +38 | 26 | ||
78 | 24 | 31 | 55 | +24 | 48 | ||
71 | 28 | 21 | 49 | +27 | 74 | ||
54 | 18 | 29 | 47 | +29 | 53 | ||
65 | 18 | 26 | 44 | +33 | 18 | ||
80 | 8 | 36 | 44 | +40 | 81 | ||
81 | 11 | 26 | 37 | +15 | 48 | ||
71 | 10 | 27 | 37 | +41 | 18 | ||
65 | 11 | 17 | 28 | −5 | 19 | ||
78 | 9 | 17 | 26 | +1 | 12 | ||
† | 18 | 3 | 20 | 23 | +7 | 6 | |
‡ | 49 | 10 | 9 | 19 | −2 | 16 | |
55 | 9 | 9 | 18 | +4 | 92 | ||
77 | 3 | 13 | 16 | +27 | 105 | ||
40 | 7 | 7 | 14 | +8 | 13 | ||
‡ | 42 | 6 | 8 | 14 | +2 | 10 | |
34 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −10 | 10 | ||
40 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +3 | 10 | ||
20 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +2 | 11 | ||
† | 20 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +4 | 6 | |
10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −8 | 2 | ||
9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
† | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | |
1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −6 | 2 | ||
‡ | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 2 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | ||
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
‡ | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | ||
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 |
10 | 6 | 6 | 12 | +7 | 4 | ||
10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +2 | 0 | ||
10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +3 | 4 | ||
10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −2 | 11 | ||
10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | +1 | 4 | ||
10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −4 | 2 | ||
10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 12 | ||
8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 4 | ||
10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +7 | 4 | ||
10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 2 | ||
10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 4 | ||
10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 6 | ||
9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | ||
5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | ||
4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 6 | ||
10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 10 | ||
10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 8 | ||
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | ||
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 0 | ||
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
54 | 53 | 3,082:10 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 137 | 2.67 | 1,566 | .913 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
32 | 27 | 1,740:14 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 81 | 2.79 | 876 | .908 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2 | 2 | 116:13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7.74 | 64 | .766 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | 10 | 600:18 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 2.70 | 303 | .911 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
The Panthers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2021–22 season.
Date | Details | Ref | |
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To Buffalo Sabres Devon Levi Conditional1 1st-round pick in 2022 or 2023 | To Florida Panthers Sam Reinhart | [110] | |
To Arizona Coyotes Anton Stralman Vladislav Kolyachonok 2nd-round pick in 2024 | To Florida Panthers 7th-round pick in 2023 | [111] | |
To Vancouver Canucks Noah Juulsen Juho Lammikko | To Florida Panthers Olli Juolevi | [112] | |
To New York Rangers Frank Vatrano | To Florida Panthers Conditional2 NYR or WPG 4th-round pick in 2022 | [113] | |
To Montreal Canadiens Ty Smilanic Conditional3 1st-round pick in 2023 Conditional2 NYR or WPG 4th-round pick in 2022 | To Florida Panthers Ben Chiarot | [114] | |
To Philadelphia Flyers Owen Tippett Conditional4 1st-round pick in 2024 3rd-round pick in 2023 | To Florida Panthers Claude Giroux Connor Bunnaman German Rubtsov 5th-round pick in 2024 | [115] | |
To Buffalo Sabres CGY 6th-round pick in 2022 | To Florida Panthers Robert Hagg | [116] | |
To Carolina Hurricanes Max Domi Tyler Inamoto | To Florida Panthers Yegor Korshkov CBJ 6th-round pick in 2022 | [117] | |
To Columbus Blue Jackets Aidan Hreschuk |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref | |
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1-year | Free agency | [118] | ||||
2-year | Free agency | [119] | ||||
1-year | Free agency | [120] | ||||
Waivers | [121] | |||||
Charlotte Checkers (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [122] | |||
Barrie Colts (OHL) | 3-year | Free agency | [123] | |||
Jokerit (KHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [124] | |||
Leksands IF (SHL) | 2-year | Free agency | [125] | |||
Tappara (Liiga) | 1-year | Free agency | [126] |
Date | Player | New team | Term | Via | Ref | |
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Buy-out | [127] | |||||
[128] | ||||||
2-year | Free agency | [129] | ||||
1-year | Free agency | [130] | ||||
3-year | Free agency | [131] | ||||
1-year | Free agency | [132] | ||||
Hershey Bears (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [133] | |||
Manitoba Moose (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [134] | |||
South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [135] | |||
Greenville Swamp Rabbits (ECHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [136] | |||
Reading Royals (ECHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [137] | |||
HC Pustertal Wolfe (ICEHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [138] | |||
[139] | ||||||
Charlotte Checkers (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [140] | |||
SKA St. Petersburg (KHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [141] | |||
Waivers | [142] | |||||
Waivers | [143] | |||||
Charlotte Checkers (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [144] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref | |
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3-year | Re-signing | [145] | |||
3-year | Re-signing | [146] | |||
4-year | Re-signing | [147] | |||
1-year | Re-signing | [148] | |||
1-year | Re-signing | [149] | |||
1-year | Re-signing | [150] | |||
3-year | Extension | [151] | |||
1-year | Re-signing | [152] | |||
3-year | Re-signing | [153] | |||
1-year | Re-signing | [154] | |||
1-year | Re-signing | [155] | |||
3-year | Re-signing | [156] | |||
3-year | Entry-level | [157] | |||
8-year | Extension | [158] | |||
2-year | Extension | [159] | |||
3-year | Entry-level | [160] | |||
2-year | Entry-level | [161] | |||
2-year | Extension | [162] | |||
1-year | Extension | [163] |
See also: List of Florida Panthers draft picks. Below are the Florida Panthers' selections at the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, which were held on July 23 to 24, 2021. It was held virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.
Round | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) | ||
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1 | 24 | Mackie Samoskevich | RW | Chicago Steel (USHL) | ||
2 | 56 | Evan Nause | D | Quebec Remparts (QMJHL) | ||
4 | 120 | Vladislav Lukashevich | D | Loko Yaroslavl (MHL) | ||
5 | 152 | Kirill Gerasimyuk | G | SKA Varyagi (MHL) | ||
6 | 184 | Jakub Kos | LW | Ilves U20 (U20 SM-sarja) | ||
7 | 210 | Braden Hache | D | Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) |