2014–15 Florida Panthers season

On April 29, 2014, General Manager Dale Tallon relieved Interim Head Coach Peter Horachek of his duties, and announced that the Panthers were looking to hire a new head coach with NHL experience prior to June 27, 2014, when the 2014 NHL Entry Draft will be held.^[3]

Training camp

The Panthers will play in six pre-season exhibition games before the start of the 2014–15 regular season.^[4]

Memorable events

On March 3, 2015, in a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Roberto Luongo suffered an injury and was forced to leave the game; he was replaced by backup Al Montoya. Later in the same game, however, Montoya also suffered an injury. Without another available goaltender (NHL teams seldom have a third goaltender on the roster), Montoya attempted to continue playing with the injury while the team debated their options, reportedly considered between either having forward Derek MacKenzie play the position or calling on a "local" goaltender. Forty-one-year-old Goaltending Coach Rob Tallas subsequently dressed in goaltending gear, registered with the team's roster and began warming up in the dressing room tunnel in preparation to enter the game as an emergency backup, but before entering the game, however, Luongo was able to return and finish the remainder of the game. Allegedly, Luongo was at the hospital when Montoya was injured and was rushed back to the arena. This marked the second such instance for Tallas being called in as an emergency backup, with the other occurrence happening the previous season and also preventing him from officially entering the game as the original goaltender returned. Had he played, it would have been his first appearance in a in an NHL game in 14 years. The incident has reportedly lead the NHL to consider reviewing its rules for "emergency" players and led the Panthers to hold open tryouts for a "fill-in" goaltender.

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Montreal Canadiens	82	50	22	10	43	221	189	+32	110
2	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	50	24	8	47	262	211	+51	108
3	x – Detroit Red Wings	82	43	25	14	39	235	221	+14	100
4	x – Ottawa Senators	82	43	26	13	37	238	215	+23	99
5	Boston Bruins	82	41	27	14	37	213	211	+2	96
6	Florida Panthers	82	38	29	15	30	206	223	−17	91
7	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	30	44	8	25	211	262	−51	68
8	Buffalo Sabres	82	23	51	8	15	161	274	−113	54

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.

Conference standings

Top 3 (Atlantic Division)
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Montreal Canadiens	82	50	22	10	43	221	189	+32	110
2	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	50	24	8	47	262	211	+51	108
3	x – Detroit Red Wings	82	43	25	14	39	235	221	+14	100

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.

Top 3 (Metropolitan Division)
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – New York Rangers	82	53	22	7	49	252	192	+60	113
2	x – Washington Capitals	82	45	26	11	40	242	203	+39	101
3	x – New York Islanders	82	47	28	7	40	252	230	+22	101

Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot.

Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	x – Ottawa Senators	82	43	26	13	37	238	215	+23	99
2	ME	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	43	27	12	39	221	210	+11	98

3	AT	Boston Bruins	82	41	27	14	37	213	211	+2	96
4	AT	Florida Panthers	82	38	29	15	30	206	223	−17	91
5	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	42	35	5	33	236	250	−14	89
6	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	82	33	31	18	30	215	234	−19	84
7	ME	New Jersey Devils	82	32	36	14	27	181	216	−35	78
8	ME	Carolina Hurricanes	82	30	41	11	25	188	226	−38	71
9	AT	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	30	44	8	25	211	262	−51	68
10	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	23	51	8	15	161	274	−113	54

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot.

Suspensions/fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
Vincent Trocheck	Diving/Embellishment during NHL Game No. 577 in Washington on Sunday, January 4, 2015, at 11:04 of the third period.	—	$2,000.00	January 7, 2015^[5]
Dmitri Kulikov	Clipping Dallas Stars forward Tyler Seguin during NHL game No. 820 in Dallas on Friday, February 13, 2015, at 13:05 of the third period.	4 games	$93,189.96	February 16, 2015^[6]

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 0–4–2 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 0–3–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Win	Loss	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 24	Dallas	4–3	Florida	SO	Rynnas (1–0–0)	Houser (0–0–1)	2,841	0–0–1	Recap
2	September 27	Florida	1–2	Nashville	SO	Hutton (1–0–0)	Montoya (0–0–1)	12,700	0–0–2	Recap
3	September 27	Florida	1–4	Nashville		Rinne (2–0–0)	Luongo (0–1—0)	15,741	0–1–2	Recap
4	September 29	Florida	4–5	Dallas		Lindback (3–0–0)	Luongo (0–2–0)	14,234	0–2–2	Recap
5	October 2	Tampa Bay	0–3	Florida		Nabokov (1–0–0)	Luongo (0–3–0)	2,859	0–3–2	Recap
6	October 4	Florida	1–4	Tampa Bay		Bishop (3–0–0)	Montoya (0–1–1)	15,411	0–4–2	Recap

Regular season

2014–15 Game Log

October: 3–2–3 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 2–0–3)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Win	Loss	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 9	Florida	2–3	Tampa Bay	OT	Bishop (1–0–0)	Luongo (0–0–1)	19,204	0–0–1	1	Recap
2	October 11	New Jersey	5–1	Florida		Schneider (2–0–0)	Luongo (0–1–1)	11,419	0–1–1	1	Recap
3	October 13	Ottawa	1–0	Florida		Anderson (1–1–0)	Luongo (0–2–1)	7,311	0–2–1	1	Recap
4	October 17	Florida	1–0	Buffalo		Luongo (1–2–1)	Enroth (1–3–0)	17,864	1–2–1	3	Recap
5	October 18	Florida	1–2	Washington		Peters (1–0–1)	Montoya (0–0–1)	18,506	1–2–2	4	Recap
6	October 21	Florida	4–3	Colorado	OT	Luongo (2–2–1)	Berra (1–0–1)	14,440	2–2–2	6	Recap
7	October 25	Florida	1–2	Arizona	OT	Smith (2–3–0)	Luongo (2–2–2)	13,202	2–2–3	7	Recap
8	October 30	Arizona	1–2	Florida		Luongo (3–2–2)	Smith (2–5–0)	7,691	3–2–3	9	Recap

November: 6–4–3 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 3–1–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Win	Loss	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
9	November 1	Philadelphia	1–2	Florida		Luongo (4–2–2)	Mason (0–4–1)	9,774	4–2–3	11	Recap
10	November 4	Florida	1–2	Boston	OT	Rask (6–4–0)	Luongo (4–2–3)	17,565	4–2–4	12	Recap
11	November 6	Florida	1–4	Philadelphia		Mason (2–4–1)	Luongo (4–3–3)	19,777	4–3–4	12	Recap
12	November 8	Calgary	6–4	Florida		Hiller (7–3–1)	Montoya (0–1–1)	9,230	4–4–4	12	Recap
13	November 11	San Jose	4–1	Florida		Luongo (5–3–3)	Niemi (6–5–1)	8,075	5–4–4	14	Recap
14	November 14	NY Islanders	4–3	Florida	SO	Halak (7–4–0)	Luongo (5–3–4)	10,010	5–4–5	15	Recap
15	November 16	Florida	6–2	Anaheim		Montoya (1–1–1)	Andersen (7–2–3)	16,128	6–4–5	17	Recap
16	November 18	Florida	2–5	Los Angeles		Quick (9–3–4)	Luongo (5–3–4)	18,230	6–5–5	17	Recap
17	November 20	Florida	3–2	San Jose	SO	Luongo (6–4–4)	Niemi (7–6–2)	17,331	7–5–5	19	Recap
18	November 22	Florida	2–3	Nashville	SO	Rinne (13–3–1)	Luongo (6–4–5)	17,163	7–5–6	20	Recap
19	November 24	Minnesota	4–1	Florida		Backstrom (3–2–0)	Luongo (6–5–5)	8,426	7–6–6	20	Recap
20	November 26	Carolina	0–1	Florida		Luongo (7–5–5)	Ward (6–8–1)	8,119	8–6–6	22	Recap
21	November 28	Ottawa	2–3	Florida		Montoya (2–1–1)	Anderson (5–5–3)	9,758	9–6–6	24	Recap

December: 7–4–3 (Home: 4–1–2 ; Road: 3–3–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Win	Loss	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
22	December 1	Florida	1–2	Columbus		Bobrovsky (6–8–1)	Montoya (2–2–1)	12,309	9–7–6	24	Recap
23	December 2	Florida	4–3	Detroit		Luongo (8–5–5)	Howard (11–5–4)	20,027	10–7–6	26	Recap
24	December 4	Columbus	4–3	Florida	SO	Bobrovsky (7–8–1)	Luongo (8–5–6)	7,788	10–7–7	27	Recap
25	December 6	Buffalo	2–3	Florida		Luongo (9–5–6)	Neuvirth (3–6–1)	8,597	11–7–7	29	Recap
26	December 8	Florida	2–4	St. Louis		Brodeur (2–1–0)	Luongo (9–6–6)	17,330	11–8–7	29	Recap
27	December 12	Florida	3–2	Detroit	SO	Luongo (10–6–6)	Howard (13–5–6)	20,027	12–8–7	31	Recap
28	December 13	Florida	3–4	Buffalo	SO	Enroth (9–10–1)	Montoya (2–2–2)	18,450	12–8–8	32	Recap
29	December 16	Washington	1–2	Florida	SO*	Luongo (11–6–6)	Holtby (12–7–5)	10,012	13–8–8	34	Recap
30	December 18	Florida	2–1	Philadelphia	SO	Luongo (12–6–6)	Mason (6–10–5)	19,582	14–8–8	36	Recap
31	December 20	Florida	1–3	Pittsburgh		Fleury (19–4–2)	Luongo (12–7–6)	18,668	14–9–8	36	Recap
32	December 22	Pittsburgh	3–4	Florida	SO	Luongo (13–7–6)	Fleury (19–4–3)	15,947	15–9–8	38	Recap
33	December 28	Toronto	4–6	Florida		Luongo (14–7–6)	Reimer (6–5–0)	17,877	16–9–8	40	Recap
34	December 30	Montreal	2–1	Florida	SO	Tokarski (4–2–1)	Luongo (14–7–7)	19,614	16–9–9	41	Recap
35	December 31	NY Rangers	5–2	Florida		Lundqvist (16–8–8)	Montoya (2–3–2)	15,090	16–10–9	41	Recap
* The shootout between the Panthers and the Washington Capitals on December 16, 2014, was the longest to date in NHL history, at 20 rounds.

January: 5–6–1 (Home: 1–3–1 ; Road: 4–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Win	Loss	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
36	January 2	Florida	2–0	Buffalo		Luongo (15–7–7)	Neuvirth (3–9–1)	19,070	17–10–9	43	Recap
37	January 4	Florida	3–4	Washington		Holtby (18–8–9)	Montoya (2–4–2)	18,506	17–11–9	43	Recap
38	January 8	Florida	3–1	Vancouver		Luongo (16–7–7)	Miller (20–9–1)	18,799	18–11–9	45	Recap
39	January 9	Florida	6–5	Calgary		Montoya (3–4–2)	Hiller (13–13–2)	19,289	19–11–9	47	Recap
40	January 11	Florida	4–2	Edmonton		Luongo (17–7–7)	Scrivens (8–14–7)	16,839	20–11–9	49	Recap
41	January 13	Florida	2–8	Winnipeg		Hutchinson (12–4–2)	Luongo (17–8–7)	15,016	20–12–9	49	Recap
42	January 15	Colorado	4–2	Florida		Varlamov (11–9–5)	Luongo (17–9–7)	9,584	20–13–9	49	Recap
43	January 17	Edmonton	3–2	Florida	SO	Fasth (3–10–2)	Luongo (17–9–8)	10,529	20–13–10	50	Recap
44	January 19	Vancouver	2–1	Florida		Miller (23–9–1)	Luongo (17–10–8)	9,373	20–14–10	50	Recap
45	January 27	Detroit	5–4	Florida		Mrazek (10–3–1)	Luongo (17–11–8)	12,190	20–15–10	50	Recap
46	January 29	Columbus	2–3	Florida		Luongo (18–11–8)	McElhinney (5–7–1)	7,917	21–15–10	52	Recap
47	January 31	Florida	1–3	New Jersey		Kinkaid (3–3–3)	Luongo (18–12–8)	16,278	21–16–10	52	Recap

February: 6–6–3 (Home: 3–1–2 ; Road: 3–5–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Win	Loss	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
48	February 2	Florida	3–6	NY Rangers		Lundqvist (25–11–3)	Luongo (18–13–8)	18,006	21–17–10	52	Recap
49	February 3	Florida	4–2	NY Islanders		Montoya (4–4–2)	Halak (26–11–0)	14,704	22–17–10	54	Recap
50	February 5	Los Angeles	2–3	Florida		Luongo (19–13–8)	Quick (17–15–10)	9,624	23–17–10	56	Recap
51	February 8	Nashville	3–2	Florida	SO	Hutton (5–4–4)	Luongo (19–13–9)	10,844	23–17–11	57	Recap
52	February 10	Anaheim	2–6	Florida		Luongo (20–13–9)	Bryzgalov (1–4–1)	8,576	24–17–11	59	Recap
53	February 12	Florida	1–2	Minnesota		Dubnyk (18–6–3)	Luongo (20–14–9)	19,055	24–18–11	59	Recap
54	February 13	Florida	0–2	Dallas		Lehtonen (24–12–8)	Montoya (4–5–2)	18,211	24–19–11	59	Recap
55	February 15	St. Louis	2–1	Florida	SO	Elliott (18–7–2)	Luongo (20–14–10)	11,859	24–19–12	60	Recap
56	February 17	Florida	3–2	Toronto		Luongo (21–14–10)	Bernier (16–18–5)	19,098	25–19–12	62	Recap
57	February 19	Florida	3–2	Montreal	SO	Luongo (22–14–10)	Price (32–11–3)	21,286	26–19–12	64	Recap
58	February 21	Florida	1–4	Ottawa		Hammond (2–0–0)	Luongo (22–15–10)	16,938	26–20–12	64	Recap
59	February 22	Florida	1–5	Pittsburgh		Fleury (27–13–6)	Montoya (4–6–2)	18,592	26–21–12	64	Recap
60	February 24	Florida	2–3	Chicago	SO	Darling (6–2–0)	Luongo (22–15–11)	21,526	26–21–13	65	Recap
61	February 26	Chicago	3–0	Florida		Crawford (24–14–4)	Luongo (22–16–11)	17,387	26–22–13	65	Recap
62	February 28	Buffalo	3–5	Florida		Luongo (23–16–11)	Neuvirth (6–17–3)	10,374	27–22–13	67	Recap

March: 8–5–2 (Home: 5–2–1 ; Road: 3–3–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Win	Loss	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
63	March 1	Tampa Bay	3–4	Florida		Montoya (5–6–2)	Bishop (31–11–3)	10,336	28–22–13	69	Recap
64	March 3	Toronto	3–2	Florida		Bernier (19–19–5)	Montoya (5–7–2)	10,198	28–23–13	69	Recap
65	March 5	Dallas	4–3	Florida	SO	Enroth (14–25–2)	Ellis (0–0–1)	8,510	28–23–14	70	Recap
66	March 7	NY Islanders	3–4	Florida	SO	Ellis (1–0–1)	Neuvirth (6–17–4)	14,474	29–23–14	72	Recap
67	March 12	Winnipeg	2–4	Florida		Ellis (2–0–1)	Hutchinson (20–9–5)	9,819	30–23–14	74	Recap
68	March 14	Florida	2–0	Carolina		Ellis (3–0–1)	Ward (18–21–5)	11,790	31–23–14	76	Recap
69	March 15	Florida	1–2	NY Rangers		Talbot (17–6–4)	Ellis (3–1–1)	18,006	31–24–14	76	Recap
70	March 17	Montreal	3–2	Florida		Tokarski (6–5–3)	Ellis (3–2–1)	18,245	31–25–14	76	Recap
71	March 19	Detroit	1–3	Florida		Luongo (24–16–11)	Mrazek (17–11–1)	11,458	32–25–14	78	Recap
72	March 21	Boston	1–2	Florida	SO	Luongo (25–16–11)	Rask (29–18–11)	17,044	33–25–14	80	Recap
73	March 24	Florida	3–4	Tampa Bay		Vasilevskiy (7–4–1)	Luongo (25–17–11)	18,729	33–26–14	80	Recap
74	March 26	Florida	4–1	Toronto		Luongo (26–17–11)	Bernier (20–27–6)	18,831	34–26–14	82	Recap
75	March 28	Florida	2–3	Montreal	OT	Price (41–15–5)	Luongo (26–17–12)	21,287	34–26–15	83	Recap
76	March 29	Florida	4–2	Ottawa		Ellis (4–2–1)	Anderson (14–13–8)	19,045	35–26–15	85	Recap
77	March 31	Florida	2–3	Boston		Luongo (26–18–12)	Rask (32–19–12)	17,565	35–27–15	85	Recap

April: 2–2–0 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Win	Loss	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
78	April 2	Carolina	1–6	Florida		Luongo (27–18–12)	Khudobin (8–16–6)	9,827	36–27–15	87	Recap
79	April 4	Tampa Bay	4–0	Florida		Bishop (38–13–5)	Luongo (27–19–12)	11,072	36–28–15	87	Recap
80	April 5	Montreal	4–1	Florida		Price (42–16–6)	Ellis (4–3–1)	14,112	36–29–15	87	Recap
81	April 9	Boston	2–4	Florida		Luongo (28–19–12)	Rask (34–21–12)	11,778	37–29–15	89	Recap
82	April 11	New Jersey	2–3	Florida		Montoya (6–7–2)	Schneider (26–31–19)	12,236	38–29–15	91	Recap

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

Playoffs

Despite having 91 points, the Panthers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third consecutive year.

Player stats

Final stats

Skaters

Regular Season^[7]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Huberdeau, JonathanJonathan Huberdeau	79	15	39	54	10	38
Jokinen, JussiJussi Jokinen	81	8	36	44	−2	34
Bjugstad, NickNick Bjugstad	72	24	19	43	−7	38
Ekblad, AaronAaron Ekblad	81	12	27	39	12	32
Boyes, BradBrad Boyes	78	14	24	38	11	20
Barkov, AleksanderAleksander Barkov	71	16	20	36	−4	16
Hayes, JimmyJimmy Hayes	72	19	16	35	−4	20
Campbell, BrianBrian Campbell	82	3	24	27	4	22
Pirri, BrandonBrandon Pirri	49	22	2	24	6	14
Bolland, DaveDave Bolland	53	6	17	23	4	48
Kulikov, DmitriDmitri Kulikov	73	3	19	22	0	48
Trocheck, VincentVincent Trocheck	50	7	15	22	9	24
Fleischmann, TomasTomas Fleischmann^‡	52	7	14	21	12	8
Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr^†	20	6	12	18	7	6
Bergenheim, SeanSean Bergenheim^‡	39	8	10	18	2	34
Upshall, ScottieScottie Upshall	63	8	7	15	−8	28
Gudbranson, ErikErik Gudbranson	76	4	9	13	−4	58
MacKenzie, DerekDerek MacKenzie	82	5	6	11	−17	45
Mitchell, WillieWillie Mitchell	66	3	5	8	1	25
Kopecky, TomasTomas Kopecky	64	2	6	8	−19	28
Olsen, DylanDylan Olsen	44	2	6	8	−7	20
Thornton, ShawnShawn Thornton	46	1	4	5	−13	50
Kampfer, StevenSteven Kampfer	25	2	2	4	−4	12
Petrovic, AlexAlex Petrovic	33	0	3	3	−4	34
O'Brien, ShaneShane O'Brien	9	0	1	1	−4	5
Grimaldi, RoccoRocco Grimaldi	7	1	0	1	1	4
Wilson, GarrettGarrett Wilson	2	0	0	0	−2	0
Robak, ColbyColby Robak^‡	7	0	0	0	−1	2

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[7]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	PIM
Luongo, RobertoRoberto Luongo	61	61	3528	28	19	12	138	2.35	1743	0.921	2	0
Montoya, AlAl Montoya	20	13	977	6	7	2	49	3.01	453	0.892	0	2
Ellis, DanDan Ellis	8	8	486	4	3	1	19	2.35	221	0.914	1	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Panthers. Stats reflect time with the Panthers only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Panthers only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Notable achievements

Awards

Regular Season
Player	Award	Awarded
Ekblad, AaronAaron Ekblad	NHL Third Star of the Week^[8]	December 8, 2014
Huberdeau, JonathanJonathan Huberdeau	NHL Third Star of the Week^[9]	January 12, 2015
Luongo, RobertoRoberto Luongo	NHL All-Star game selection^[10]	January 10, 2015
Ekblad, AaronAaron Ekblad	NHL All-Star Game rookie selection^[10]	January 10, 2015

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Ekblad, A.A. Ekblad	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	October 9, 2014
Kulikov, D.D. Kulikov	100th Career NHL Point	October 17, 2014
Mitchell, W.W. Mitchell	800th Career NHL Game	October 18, 2014
Grimaldi, R.R. Grimaldi	1st Career NHL Game	November 1, 2014
A. Ekblad	1st Career NHL Goal	November 1, 2014
Upshall, S.S. Upshall	500th Career NHL Game	November 4, 2014
Hayes, J.J. Hayes	100th Career NHL Game	November 4, 2014
Bjugstad, N.N. Bjugstad	100th Career NHL Game	November 11, 2014
Boyes, B.B. Boyes	700th Career NHL Game	November 18, 2014
R. Grimaldi	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	November 22, 2014
Montoya, A.A. Montoya	100th Career NHL Game	December 13, 2014
Olsen, D.D. Olsen	100th Career NHL Game	December 16, 2014
Gudbranson, E.E. Gudbranson	200th Career NHL Game	December 20, 2014
Jokinen, J.J. Jokinen	700th Career NHL Game	January 13, 2015
Fleischmann, T.T. Fleischmann	300th Career NHL Point	February 10, 2015
Barkov, A.A. Barkov	100th Career NHL Game	February 19, 2015
Campbell, B.B. Campbell	900th Career NHL Game	February 28, 2015
B. Boyes	200th Career NHL Goal	March 1, 2015
Huberdeau, J.J. Huberdeau	100th Career NHL Point	March 12, 2015
Thornton, S.S. Thornton	600th Career NHL Game	March 21, 2015
Bolland, D.D. Bolland	400th Career NHL Game	March 26, 2015
D. Bolland	200th Career NHL Point	March 29, 2015
Pirri, B.B. Pirri	100th Career NHL Game	April 2, 2015
Luongo, R.R. Luongo	400th Career NHL Win	April 2, 2015
Jagr, J.J. Jagr	1,800th Career NHL Point	April 9, 2015
J. Jokinen	300th Career NHL Assist	April 9, 2015

Transactions

The Panthers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season:

Trades

Date	Details
June 28, 2014^[11]	To New York Islanders 3rd-round pick in 2015	To Florida Panthers 3rd-round pick in 2014
October 6, 2014^[12]	To New York Rangers Joey Crabb	To Florida Panthers Steven Kampfer Andrew Yogan
December 4, 2014^[13]	To Anaheim Ducks Colby Robak	To Florida Panthers Jesse Blacker future conditional draft pick
January 9, 2015^[14]	To Calgary Flames Drew Shore	To Florida Panthers Corban Knight
February 24, 2015^[15]	To Minnesota Wild Sean Bergenheim 7th-round pick in 2016	To Florida Panthers 3rd-round pick in 2016
February 26, 2015^[16]	To New Jersey Devils 2nd-round pick in 2015 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2016	To Florida Panthers Jaromir Jagr
February 28, 2015^[17]	To Anaheim Ducks Tomas Fleischmann	To Florida Panthers Dany Heatley 3rd-round pick in 2015
June 19, 2015 ^[18]	To Toronto Maple Leafs Zach Hyman Conditional 7th-round pick in 2017	To Florida Panthers Greg McKegg

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2014	Al Montoya	Winnipeg Jets	2 years, $2.1 million	^[19]
July 1, 2014	Derek MacKenzie	Columbus Blue Jackets	3 years, $3.9 million	^[20]
July 1, 2014	Shawn Thornton	Boston Bruins	2 years, $2.4 million	^[21]
July 1, 2014	Dave Bolland	Toronto Maple Leafs	5 years, $27.5 million	^[22]
July 1, 2014	Jussi Jokinen	Pittsburgh Penguins	4 years, $16 million	^[23]
July 1, 2014	Willie Mitchell	Los Angeles Kings	2 years, $8.5 million	^[24]
July 1, 2014	Blake Parlett	Providence Bruins	1 year, $575,000	^[25]
July 4, 2014	Brett Olson	Abbotsford Heat	1 year, $550,000	^[26]
July 4, 2014	Greg Zanon	San Antonio Rampage	1 year, $600,000	^[26]
October 6, 2014	Shane O’Brien	Calgary Flames	1 year, $650,000	^[27]
March 20, 2015	Colin Stevens	Union College	entry-level contract	^[28]
June 1, 2015	Chase Balisy	St. John's IceCaps	entry-level contract	^[29]

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2014	Tom Gilbert	Montreal Canadiens	2 years, $5.6 million	^[30]
July 1, 2014	Scott Clemmensen	New Jersey Devils	1 year, $600,000	^[31]
July 1, 2014	Jesse Winchester	Colorado Avalanche	2 years, $1.8 million	^[32]
December 1, 2014	Scott Gomez	New Jersey Devils	1 year, $550,000	^[33]

Claimed via waivers

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers

Lost via retirement

Player

Players released

Date	Player	Via	Ref
June 30, 2014	Ed Jovanovski	Compliance buyout	^[34]

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 2, 2014	Sam Brittain	2 year, $1.51 million entry-level contract	^[25]
July 10, 2014	Erik Gudbranson	2 years, $5 million	^[35]
July 14, 2014	Dylan Olsen	2 years, $1.55 million	^[36]
July 14, 2014	Garrett Wilson	1 year, $715,000	^[36]
July 14, 2014	Ryan Martindale	1 year, $715,000	^[36]
July 16, 2014	Brandon Pirri	2 years, $1.85 million	^[37]
July 18, 2014	Dmitri Kulikov	3 years, $13 million	^[38]
July 29, 2014	Jimmy Hayes	1 year, $925,000	^[39]
September 3, 2014	Aaron Ekblad	3 years, $11.325 million entry-level contract	^[40]
March 14, 2015	Steven Kampfer	2 years, contract extension	^[41]
March 29, 2015	Kyle Rau	entry-level contract	^[42]
April 1, 2015	Mike Matheson	entry-level contract	^[43]
April 9, 2015	Josh Brown	entry-level contract	^[44]
April 12, 2015	Jaromir Jagr	1 year	^[45]
May 28, 2015	Brett Olson	1 year	^[46]

Draft picks

Main article: List of Florida Panthers draft picks

The 2014 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 27–28, 2014 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^[47] On April 15, 2014, the Panthers won the draft lottery to jump ahead of the Buffalo Sabres and secure the first selection in the draft.^[48]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	1	Aaron Ekblad	D	Canada	Barrie Colts (OHL)
2	32	Jayce Hawryluk	RW	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
3	65^[a]	Juho Lammikko	RW	Finland	Assat U20 (FIN U20)
4	92	Joe Wegwerth	RW	United States	USA U-18 (USHL)
5	143^[b]	Miguel Fidler	LW	United States	Edina Hornets (MSHSL)
7	182^[c]	Hugo Fagerblom	G	Sweden	Sweden Jr. U18

Draft notes

The Florida Panthers' third-round pick went to the Nashville Predators as the result of a trade on June 28, 2014 that sent a third and fourth-round pick (72nd and 102nd overall) both in 2014 to San Jose in exchange for this pick.^[49]
San Jose previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 27, 2014 that sent a first-round pick and the Rangers sixth-round pick both in 2014 (20th and 179th overall) to Chicago in exchange for a first-round pick in 2014 (27th overall) and this pick.^[50]
Chicago previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 2, 2014 that sent Brandon Pirri to Florida in exchange for a fifth-round pick in 2016 and this pick.^[51]
^[a]The New York Islanders' third-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on June 28, 2014 that sent a third-round pick in 2015 to New York in exchange for this pick.^[49]
Florida's fifth-round pick went to the New York Rangers, as the result of a trade on July 20, 2012 that sent Casey Wellman to Florida, in exchange for this pick.^[52]
^[b]The Pittsburgh Penguins' fifth-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014 that sent Marcel Goc to Pittsburgh in exchange for a third-round pick in 2015 and this pick.^[53]
Florida's sixth-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils, as the result of a trade on September 28, 2013 that sent Krys Barch and St. Louis' seventh-round pick in 2015 to Florida, in exchange for Scott Timmins and this pick.^[54]
^[c]The Florida Panthers’ seventh-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on July 5, 2013 that sent George Parros to Montreal in exchange for Philippe Lefebvre and this pick.^[55]
Montreal previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013 that sent a seventh-round pick in 2013 to Florida in exchange for this pick.^[56]

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1 2 "2015 NHL All-Star selections highlighted by three Columbus Blue Jackets". NHL. January 10, 2015.
↑ Florida Panthers Make Five Selections on Day Two of NHL Draft
↑ Florida Panthers Acquire D Steven Kampfer and F Andrew Yogan from New York Rangers
↑ Florida Panthers Acquire D Jesse Blacker from Anaheim
↑ Florida Panthers acquire F Corban Knight from Calgary
↑ Florida Panthers Acquire Minnesota’s 2016 Third-Round Draft Choice in exchange for F Sean Bergenheim
↑ Florida Panthers Acquire F Jaromir Jagr
↑ Florida Panthers Acquire F Dany Heatley & 2015 Third-Round Draft Choice from Anaheim in Exchange for F Tomas Fleischmann
↑ "Florida Panthers Acquire F Greg McKegg". Florida Panthers. 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
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↑ C Derek MacKenzie Agrees to Three-Year Contract with Florida Panthers
↑ Shawn Thornton Agrees to Two-Year Contract with Florida Panthers
↑ C Dave Bolland Agrees to Five-Year Contract with Florida Panthers
↑ LW Jussi Jokinen Agrees to Four-Year Contract with Florida Panthers
↑ D Willie Mitchell Agrees to Two-Year Contract with Florida Panthers
1 2 Florida Panthers Agree to Entry Level Contract with G Sam Brittain
1 2 C Brett Olson and D Greg Zanon Agree to One-Year Contracts with Florida Panthers
↑ Florida Panthers Sign D Shane O’Brien
↑ Florida Panthers Agree to Terms with G Colin Stevens
↑ Florida Panthers Agree to Entry Level Contract with F Chase Balisy
↑ Canadiens agree to terms on a two-year contract with free agent defenseman Tom Gilbert
↑ Clemmensen signs with Devils
↑ Avalanche Signs Four Players
↑ Devils bring back veteran center Gomez
↑ http://panthers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=724649
↑ D Erik Gudbranson Inks Two-Year Contract with Florida Panthers
1 2 3 Florida Panthers Sign D Dylan Olsen
↑ C Brandon Pirri Inks Two-Year Contract with Florida Panthers
↑ D Dmitry Kulikov Inks Three-Year Contract with Florida Panthers
↑ Florida Panthers Agree to One-Year Contract with F Jimmy Hayes
↑ Florida Panthers Sign No. 1 Overall Draft Pick D Aaron Ekblads
↑ Florida Panthers Agree to Two-Year Contract Extension with D Steven Kampfer
↑ Florida Panthers Agree to Terms with F Kyle Rau
↑ Florida Panthers Agree to Terms with D Michael Matheson
↑ Florida Panthers Agree to Terms with D Josh Brown
↑ Florida Panthers Re-sign F Jaromir Jagr
↑ Florida Panthers Sign F Brett Olson
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Florida Panthers

Founded in 1993 Based in Sunrise, Florida

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	Expansion Draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owner Sunrise Sports and Entertainment (Vincent Viola, chairman) General manager Tom Rowe Head coach Tom Rowe (interim) Team captain Derek MacKenzie Current roster

Arenas	Miami Arena BB&T Center

Affiliates	AHL Springfield Thunderbirds

General Managers	Clarke Murray Torrey Fletcher Dudley Keenan Martin Sexton Tallon Rowe

Head Coaches	Neilson MacLean B. Murray T. Murray Sutter Keenan Dudley Torchetti Martin DeBoer Dineen Horachek Gallant Rowe

Stanley Cup Finals	1996

Media	TV FSFlorida Radio WQAM

Culture	Rat trick

Florida Panthers seasons

1990s	1990–91 . 1991–92 . 1992–93 . 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

2014–15 NHL season

Pacific	Anaheim Ducks Arizona Coyotes Calgary Flames Edmonton Oilers Los Angeles Kings San Jose Sharks Vancouver Canucks

Central	Chicago Blackhawks Colorado Avalanche Dallas Stars Minnesota Wild Nashville Predators St. Louis Blues Winnipeg Jets

Atlantic	Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Detroit Red Wings Florida Panthers Montreal Canadiens Ottawa Senators Tampa Bay Lightning Toronto Maple Leafs

Metropolitan	Carolina Hurricanes Columbus Blue Jackets New Jersey Devils New York Islanders New York Rangers Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins Washington Capitals

See also	Draft Winter Classic All Star Game Stadium Series Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals Transactions Three Star Awards Suspensions and fines

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