2015–16 Florida Panthers season

2015–16 Florida Panthers
Atlantic Division Champions
Division	1st Atlantic
Conference	3rd Eastern
2015–16 record	47–26–9
Home record	25–11–5
Road record	22–15–4
Goals for	239
Goals against	203
Team information
General Manager	Dale Tallon
Coach	Gerard Gallant
Captain	Willie Mitchell
Alternate captains	Dave Bolland Brian Campbell Jussi Jokinen Derek MacKenzie
Arena	BB&T Center
Minor league affiliations	Portland Pirates (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Aleksander Barkov, Jr. (28)
Assists	Jussi Jokinen (42)
Points	Jaromir Jagr (66)
Penalties in minutes	Alex Petrovic (90)
Plus/minus	(+): Brian Campbell (+31) (–): Nick Bjugstad (–8)
Wins	Roberto Luongo (35)
Goals against average	Al Montoya (2.18)
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The 2015–16 Florida Panthers season was the 23rd 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.^[2] 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.

Off-season

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)[2]
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Win	Loss	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 20	Florida	2–5	Nashville		Hutton (1–0–0)	McKenna (0–1–0)	15,432	0–1–0	Recap
2	September 20	Florida	3–2	Nashville	OT	Brittain (1–0–0)	Saros (0–0–1)	12,711	1–1–0	Recap
3	September 22	Dallas	2–3	Florida		Luongo (1–0–0)	Campbell (0–1–0)	5,504	2–1–0	Recap
4	September 25	Florida	1–4	Tampa Bay		Bishop (1–0–0)	Montoya (0–1–0)	16,226	2–2–0	Recap
5	September 27	Florida	4–2	Dallas		Luongo (2–0–0)	Lehtonen (0–1–0)	10,113	3–2–0	Box
6	October 3	Tampa Bay	3–2	Florida		Bishop (2–0–0)	Luongo (2–1–0)	7,634	3–3–0	Recap

Regular season

2015–16 Game Log[2]
October: 5–4–2 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 2–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Win Loss Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 10 Philadelphia 1–7 Florida Luongo (1–0–0) Mason (0–1–1) 19,434 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 12 Florida 0–1 Philadelphia Neuvirth (1–0–0) Luongo (1–1–0) 19,769 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 October 13 Florida 4–1 Carolina Montoya (1–0–0) Lack (0–1–0) 10,901 2–1–0 4 Recap 4 October 15 Buffalo 2–3 Florida Luongo (2–1–0) Johnson (1–3–0) 11,616 3–1–0 6 Recap 5 October 17 Dallas 4–2 Florida Lehtonen (3–0–0) Luongo (2–2–0) 12,834 3–2–0 6 Recap 6 October 20 Florida 2–3 Pittsburgh OT Fleury (3–3–0) Luongo (2–2–1) 18,471 3–2–1 7 Recap 7 October 22 Florida 2–3 Chicago Crawford (3–2–0) Luongo (2–3–1) 21,591 3–3–1 7 Recap 8 October 24 Florida 6–2 Dallas Montoya (2–0–0) Lehtonen (3–1–0) 18,532 4–3–1 9 Recap 9 October 27 Colorado 1–4 Florida Luongo (3–3–1) Berra (1–2–0) 11,694 5–3–1 11 Recap 10 October 30 Boston 3–1 Florida Rask (3–3–1) Luongo (3–4–1) 14,112 5–4–1 11 Recap 11 October 31 Washington 2–1 Florida OT Grubauer (2–0–0) Montoya (2–0–1) 11,207 5–4–2 12 Recap
November: 5–5–2 (Home: 3–3–1 ; Road: 2–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Win Loss Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 4 Florida 2–3 Anaheim SO Andersen (2–5–2) Luongo (3–4–1) 15,169 5–4–3 13 Recap 13 November 5 Florida 2–5 San Jose Stalock (1–2–0) Montoya (2–1–1) 15,525 5–5–3 13 Recap 14 November 7 Florida 1–4 Los Angeles Quick (7–5–0) Luongo (3–5–1) 18,230 5–6–3 13 Recap 15 November 10 Calgary 3–4 Florida Luongo (4–5–1) Ramo (3–5–0) 11,242 6–6–3 15 Recap 16 November 12 Buffalo 3–2 Florida Ullmark (4–2–0) Luongo (4–6–1) 11,271 6–7–3 15 Recap 17 November 14 Florida 5–4 Tampa Bay SO Luongo (5–6–1) Bishop (6–7–2) 19,092 7–7–3 17 Recap 18 November 16 Tampa Bay 0–1 Florida Luongo (6–6–1) Vasilevskiy (2–2–0) 12,067 8–7–3 19 Recap 19 November 19 Anaheim 3–1 Florida Andersen (4–6–4) Luongo (6–7–1) 10,947 8–8–3 19 Recap 20 November 21 NY Rangers 5–4 Florida OT Lundqvist (11–3–2) Luongo (6–7–2) 17,866 8–8–4 20 Recap 21 November 23 Los Angeles 3–1 Florida Quick (10–7–0) Luongo (6–8–2) 10,997 8–9–4 20 Recap 22 November 27 NY Islanders 2–3 Florida SO Luongo (7–8–2) Halak (6–4–2) 14,598 9–9–4 22 Recap 23 November 29 Florida 2–1 Detroit OT Luongo (8–8–2) Mrazek (6–4–3) 20,027 10–9–4 24 Recap
December: 10–3–0 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 6–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Win Loss Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 December 1 Florida 3–1 St. Louis Luongo (9–8–2) Allen (11–5–2) 15,395 11–9–4 26 Recap 25 December 3 Florida 2–1 Nashville Luongo (10–8–2) Rinne (11–6–4) 15,405 12–9–4 28 Recap 26 December 4 Florida 2–1 Columbus SO Montoya (3–1–1) Bobrovsky (10–12–1) 14,162 13–9–4 30 Recap 27 December 6 Florida 2–4 New Jersey Schneider (12–7–3) Luongo (10–9–2) 13,643 13–10–4 30 Recap 28 December 8 Ottawa 4–2 Florida Anderson (12–7–3) Luongo (10–10–2) 11,571 13–11–4 30 Recap 29 December 10 Washington 1–4 Florida Montoya (4–1–1) Grubauer (2–2–1) 12,810 14–11–4 32 Recap 30 December 12 Florida 1–3 Boston Rask (11–7–3) Luongo (10–11–2) 17,565 14–12–4 32 Recap 31 December 15 Florida 5–1 NY Islanders Luongo (11–11–2) Halak (9–5–3) 13,656 15–12–4 34 Recap 32 December 17 Florida 5–1 New Jersey Montoya (5–1–1) Schneider (14–9–4) 12,512 16–12–4 36 Recap 33 December 18 Florida 2–0 Carolina Luongo (12–11–2) Ward (9–9–3) 10,511 17–12–4 38 Recap 34 December 20 Vancouver 4–5 Florida SO Luongo (13–11–2) Markstrom (1–3–3) 13,459 18–12–4 40 Recap 35 December 22 Ottawa 1–2 Florida SO Luongo (14–11–2) Anderson (15–9–4) 14,538 19–12–4 42 Recap 36 December 27 Columbus 2–3 Florida Luongo (15–11–2) McElhinney (1–6–2) 16,902 20–12–4 44 Recap 37 December 29 Montreal 1–3 Florida Luongo (16–11–2) Scrivens (0–1–0) 19,822 21–12–4 46 Recap
January: 8–3–1 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Win Loss Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 January 2 NY Rangers 0–3 Florida Luongo (17–11–2) Lundqvist (17–11–3) 20,289 22–12–4 48 Recap 39 January 3 Minnesota 1–2 Florida OT Montoya (6–1–1) Dubnyk (16–11–3) 15,426 23–12–4 50 Recap 40 January 5 Florida 5–1 Buffalo Luongo (18–11–2) Ullmark (5–10–2) 18,560 24–12–4 52 Recap 41 January 7 Florida 3–2 Ottawa Luongo (19–11–2) Anderson (16–12–4) 17,150 25–12–4 54 Recap 42 January 10 Florida 2–1 Edmonton Montoya (7–1–1) Talbot (7–13–2) 16,839 26–12–4 56 Recap 43 January 11 Florida 2–3 Vancouver OT Markstrom (6–5–4) Luongo (18–11–3) 18,570 26–12–5 57 Recap 44 January 13 Florida 0–6 Calgary Hiller (5–4–0) Luongo (18–12–3) 18,702 26–13–5 57 Recap 45 January 17 Florida 1–3 Tampa Bay Bishop (18–13–3) Luongo (18–13–3) 19,092 26–14–5 57 Recap 46 January 18 Edmonton 4–2 Florida Talbot (9–13–3) Montoya (7–2–1) 14,897 26–15–5 57 Recap 47 January 22 Chicago 0–4 Florida Luongo (19–13–3) Darling (5–4–2) 19,343 27–15–5 59 Recap 48 January 23 Tampa Bay 2–5 Florida Luongo (20–13–3) Bishop (19–14–3) 19,626 28–15–5 61 Recap 49 January 26 Toronto 1–5 Florida Luongo (21–13–3) Reimer (8–8–6) 14,585 29–15–5 63 Recap January 28–31 All-Star Break in Nashville, Tennessee
February: 6–4–3 (Home: 4–2–2 ; Road: 2–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Win Loss Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 2 Florida 5–2 Washington Montoya (8–2–1) Grubauer (5–4–1) 18,506 30–15–5 65 Recap 51 February 4 Detroit 3–6 Florida Luongo (22–13–3) Howard (7–8–4) 16,991 31–15–5 67 Recap 52 February 6 Pittsburgh 3–2 Florida OT Zatkoff (4-5-1) Luongo (22–13–4) 20,295 31–15–6 68 Recap 53 February 8 Florida 0–3 Detroit Mrazek (20–10–4) Montoya (8–3–1) 20,027 31–16–6 68 Recap 54 February 9 Florida 7–4 Buffalo Luongo (24–13–5) Johnson (11–14–3) 18,837 32–16–6 70 Recap 55 February 12 St. Louis 5–3 Florida Elliott (13–7–6) Montoya (8–4–1) 13,904 32–17–6 70 Recap 56 February 13 Nashville 5–0 Florida Hutton (6–2–1) Luongo (24–14–5) 13,019 32–18–6 70 Recap 57 February 15 Pittsburgh 1–2 Florida SO Montoya (9–4–1) Fleury (22–13–6) 15,595 33–18–6 72 Recap 58 February 18 San Jose 2–1 Florida SO Jones (28–15–3) Montoya (9–4–2) 13,019 33–18–7 73 Recap 59 February 20 Winnipeg 1–3 Florida Luongo (25–14–5) Hutchinson (6–11–1) 16,210 34–18–7 75 Recap 60 February 25 Arizona 2–3 Florida Luongo (26–14–5) Domingue (12–12–4) 13,134 35–18–7 77 Recap 61 February 27 Florida 3–4 Columbus SO Korpisalo (12–7–4) Luongo (26–14–6) 15,400 35–18–8 78 Recap 62 February 28 Florida 1–3 Minnesota Dubnyk (22–21–5) Luongo (26–15–6) 19,093 35–19–8 78 Recap
March: 8–6–1 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 5–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Win Loss Attendance Record Pts Recap 63 March 1 Florida 3–2 Winnipeg Luongo (27–15–6) Pavelec (6–9–2) 15,294 36–19–8 80 Recap 64 March 3 Florida 2–3 Colorado Pickard (6–4–1) Luongo (27–16–6) 16,194 36–20–8 80 Recap 65 March 5 Florida 1–5 Arizona Domingue (13–14–4) Montoya (9–5–2) 12,361 36–21–8 80 Recap 66 March 7 Boston 5–4 Florida OT Rask (27–18–6) Montoya (9–5–3) 19,194 36–21–9 81 Recap 67 March 10 Ottawa 2–6 Florida Luongo (28–16–6) Anderson (27–21–4) 15,051 37–21–9 83 Recap 68 March 12 Philadelphia 4–5 Florida SO Luongo (29–16–6) Mason (16–15–8) 19,404 38–21–9 85 Recap 69 March 14 Florida 2–3 NY Islanders Greiss (19–7–4) Luongo (29–17–6) 14,106 38–22–9 85 Recap 70 March 15 Florida 4–1 Montreal Montoya (10–5–3) Condon (17–21–6) 21,288 39–22–9 87 Recap 71 March 17 Florida 4–1 Toronto Luongo (30–17–6) Bernier (9–19–3) 18,922 40–22–9 89 Recap 72 March 19 Detroit 5–3 Florida Howard (10–10–5) Luongo (30–18–6) 20,817 40–23–9 89 Recap 73 March 21 Florida 2–4 NY Rangers Lundqvist (32–19–6) Montoya (10–6–3) 18,006 40–24–9 89 Recap 74 March 24 Florida 4–1 Boston Luongo (31–18–6) Rask (28–21–7) 17,565 41–24–9 91 Recap 75 March 26 Florida 5–2 Tampa Bay Luongo (32–18–6) Vasilevskiy (11–8–0) 19,092 42–24–9 93 Recap 76 March 29 Toronto 5–2 Florida Bernier (11–20–3) Luongo (32–19–6) 16,724 42–25–9 93 Recap 77 March 31 New Jersey 2–3 Florida Montoya (11–6–3) Kinkaid (9–8–1) 15,803 43–25–9 95 Recap
April: 4–1–0 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Win Loss Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 2 Montreal 3–4 Florida Luongo (33–19–6) Condon (20–24–6) 17,427 44–25–9 97 Recap 79 April 4 Florida 4–3 Toronto Montoya (12–6–3) Bernier (11–21–3) 18,846 45–25–9 99 Recap 80 April 5 Florida 4–1 Montreal Luongo (34–19–6) Condon (20–25–6) 21,288 46–25–9 101 Recap 81 April 7 Florida 1–3 Ottawa Anderson (31–23–5) Montoya (12–7–3) 19,165 46–26–9 101 Recap 82 April 9 Carolina 2–5 Florida Luongo (35–19–6) Lack (12–14–6) 18,434 47–26–9 103 Recap
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2016 Stanley Cup playoffs

Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC) New York Islanders: New York won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Win Loss Florida goals New York goals Attendance Series Recap 1 April 14 NY Islanders 5–4 Florida Greiss (1–0) Luongo (0–1) Purcell, Jokinen, Smith (2) Nelson, Nielsen, Tavares, Okposo, Strome 17,422 0–1 NYI lead 1–0 2 April 15 NY Islanders 1–3 Florida Luongo (1–1) Greiss (1–1) Smith, Bjugstad, Kulikov Tavares 18,373 1–1 Series tied 1–1 3 April 17 Florida 3–4 NY Islanders OT Greiss (2–1) Luongo (1–2) Smith, Barkov, Bjugstad Pulock, Nielsen, Prince, Hickey 15,795 1–2 NYI lead 2–1 4 April 20 Florida 2–1 NY Islanders Luongo (2–2) Greiss (2–2) Purcell, Petrovic Tavares 15,795 2–2 Series tied 2–2 5 April 22 NY Islanders 2–1 Florida 2OT Greiss (3–2) Luongo (2–3) Barkov Nielsen, Quine 20,247 2–3 NYI lead 3–2 6 April 24 Florida 1–2 NY Islanders 2OT Greiss (4–2) Luongo (2–4) Huberdeau Tavares (2) 15,795 2–4 NYI wins 4–2 Legend:       Win       Loss

Player stats

Final stats

Skaters

Regular Season[3] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr 79 27 39 66 23 48 Jokinen, JussiJussi Jokinen 81 18 42 60 25 42 Huberdeau, JonathanJonathan Huberdeau 76 20 39 59 17 43 Barkov, AleksanderAleksander Barkov 66 28 31 59 18 8 Trocheck, VincentVincent Trocheck 76 25 28 53 15 44 Smith, ReillyReilly Smith 82 25 25 50 19 31 Ekblad, AaronAaron Ekblad 78 15 21 36 18 41 Bjugstad, NickNick Bjugstad 67 15 19 34 −8 41 Campbell, BrianBrian Campbell 82 6 25 31 31 26 Pirri, BrandonBrandon Pirri^‡ 52 11 13 24 −4 30 Petrovic, AlexAlex Petrovic 66 2 15 17 17 90 Kulikov, DmitriDmitri Kulikov 74 1 16 17 8 51 MacKenzie, DerekDerek MacKenzie 64 6 7 13 7 36 Hudler, JiriJiri Hudler^† 19 6 5 11 0 10 Purcell, TeddyTeddy Purcell^† 15 3 8 11 −2 2 Howden, QuintonQuinton Howden 58 6 5 11 –1 18 Gudbranson, ErikErik Gudbranson 64 2 7 9 3 49 Shaw, LoganLogan Shaw 53 5 2 7 −7 13 Knight, CorbanCorban Knight 20 2 5 7 3 4 Mitchell, WillieWillie Mitchell 46 1 6 7 −2 18 Bolland, DaveDave Bolland 25 1 4 5 −2 16 Brickley, ConnorConnor Brickley 23 1 4 5 1 14 Thornton, ShawnShawn Thornton 50 1 4 5 −2 80 Grimaldi, RoccoRocco Grimaldi 20 3 2 5 −4 2 Kampfer, StevenSteven Kampfer 47 0 4 4 5 26 Kindl, JakubJakub Kindl^† 19 0 2 2 10 4 McKegg, GregGreg McKegg 15 2 0 2 1 2 Olsen, DylanDylan Olsen 8 0 1 1 −1 2 Matheson, MichaelMichael Matheson 3 0 0 0 1 2 McFarland, JohnJohn McFarland 3 0 0 0 −1 0 Rau, KyleKyle Rau 9 0 0 0 −1 2 Regner, BrentBrent Regner 7 0 0 0 −2 4 Wilson, GarrettGarrett Wilson 29 0 0 0 −3 24

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Smith, ReillyReilly Smith 6 4 4 8 7 0 Jokinen, JussiJussi Jokinen 6 1 3 4 5 4 Kulikov, DmitriDmitri Kulikov 6 1 3 4 4 4 Petrovic, AlexAlex Petrovic 6 1 3 4 5 4 Bjugstad, NickNick Bjugstad 5 2 2 4 6 2 Huberdeau, JonathanJonathan Huberdeau 6 1 2 3 1 10 Barkov, AleksanderAleksander Barkov 6 2 1 3 −2 2 Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr 6 0 2 2 −2 4 Purcell, TeddyTeddy Purcell 6 2 0 2 −3 0 Campbell, BrianBrian Campbell 6 0 1 1 −3 0 MacKenzie, DerekDerek MacKenzie 6 0 1 1 −1 4 Hudler, JiriJiri Hudler 6 0 1 1 −2 4 Wilson, GarrettGarrett Wilson 6 0 1 1 −1 4 Trocheck, VincentVincent Trocheck 2 0 1 1 1 0 Matheson, MichaelMichael Matheson 5 0 1 1 1 0 Ekblad, AaronAaron Ekblad 6 0 1 1 0 0 Thornton, ShawnShawn Thornton 4 0 0 0 0 2 Kindl, JakubJakub Kindl 1 0 0 0 −1 0 McKegg, GregGreg McKegg 1 0 0 0 0 2 Gudbranson, ErikErik Gudbranson 6 0 0 0 −2 2 Shaw, LoganLogan Shaw 3 0 0 0 −2 0 Grimaldi, RoccoRocco Grimaldi 2 0 0 0 −1 2

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[4]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Luongo, RobertoRoberto Luongo	62	60	3602:51	35	19	6	141	2.35	1801	.922	4	0	2	4
Montoya, AlAl Montoya	25	22	1351:15	12	7	3	49	2.18	608	.919	0	0	0	2

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Luongo, RobertoRoberto Luongo	6	6	438	2	4	15	2.05	227	.934	0	0	0	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.

Roster

Updated March 1, 2016.^[5]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
16		Barkov, AleksanderAleksander Barkov	C	L	20	2013	Tampere, Finland
27		Bjugstad, NickNick Bjugstad	C	R	23	2010	Minneapolis, Minnesota
63		Bolland, DaveDave Bolland (A)	C	R	29	2014	Etobicoke, Ontario
51		Campbell, BrianBrian Campbell (A)	D	L	36	2011	Strathroy, Ontario
5		Ekblad, AaronAaron Ekblad	D	R	20	2014	Windsor, Ontario
44		Gudbranson, ErikErik Gudbranson	D	R	24	2010	Ottawa, Ontario
42		Howden, QuintonQuinton Howden	C/LW	L	24	2010	Winnipeg, Manitoba
11		Huberdeau, JonathanJonathan Huberdeau	LW	L	22	2011	Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
24		Hudler, JiriJiri Hudler	RW	L	32	2016	Olomouc, Czechoslovakia
68		Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr	RW	L	44	2015	Kladno, Czechoslovakia
36		Jokinen, JussiJussi Jokinen (A)	LW	L	33	2014	Kalajoki, Finland
3		Kampfer, StevenSteven Kampfer	D	R	27	2014	Ann Arbor, Michigan
46		Kindl, JakubJakub Kindl	D	L	29	2016	Šumperk, Czechoslovakia
7		Kulikov, DmitryDmitry Kulikov	D	L	25	2009	Lipetsk, Soviet Union
1		Luongo, RobertoRoberto Luongo	G	L	37	2014	Montreal, Quebec
17		MacKenzie, DerekDerek MacKenzie (A)	C	L	34	2014	Sudbury, Ontario
30		McKenna, MikeMike McKenna	G	R	33	2015	St. Louis, Missouri
33		Mitchell, WillieWillie Mitchell (C)	D	L	39	2014	Port McNeill, British Columbia
35		Montoya, AlAl Montoya	G	L	31	2014	Chicago, Illinois
6		Petrovic, AlexAlex Petrovic	D	R	24	2010	Edmonton, Alberta
26		Purcell, TeddyTeddy Purcell	RW	R	30	2016	St. John's, Newfoundland
92		Rau, KyleKyle Rau	LW	L	23	2011	Eden Prairie, Minnesota
–		Savard, MarcMarc Savard	C	L	38	2015	Ottawa, Ontario
48		Shaw, LoganLogan Shaw	RW	R	23	2011	Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
18		Smith, ReillyReilly Smith	RW	L	25	2015	Etobicoke, Ontario
22		Thornton, ShawnShawn Thornton	LW	R	38	2014	Oshawa, Ontario
21		Trocheck, VincentVincent Trocheck	C	R	22	2011	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
28		Wilson, GarrettGarrett Wilson	LW	L	25	2009	Barrie, Ontario

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular Season Player Award Awarded Jagr, J.J. Jagr NHL All-Star game captain[6] January 2, 2016 Ekblad, A.A. Ekblad NHL All-Star game selection[7] January 6, 2016 Luongo, R.R. Luongo NHL All-Star game selection[7] January 6, 2016 Trocheck, V.V. Trocheck NHL Third Star of the Week[8] February 8, 2016

Milestones

Regular Season Player Milestone Reached Brickley, C.C. Brickley 1st Career NHL Game October 10, 2015 C. Brickley 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point October 13, 2015 MacKenzie, D.D. MacKenzie 400th Career NHL Game October 31, 2015 Ekblad, A.A. Ekblad 100th Career NHL Game November 19, 2015 Trocheck, V.V. Trocheck 100th Career NHL Game December 12, 2015

Transactions

The Panthers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season:

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 27, 2015	To New York Islanders MTL's 5th-round pick in 2015	To Florida Panthers 5th-round pick in 2016	[9]
July 1, 2015	To Boston Bruins Jimmy Hayes (rights)	To Florida Panthers Reilly Smith Marc Savard (rights)	[10]
February 27, 2016	To Calgary Flames 2nd-round pick in 2016 4th-round pick in 2018	To Florida Panthers Jiri Hudler	[11]
February 27, 2016	To Edmonton Oilers conditional 3rd-round pick in 2016	To Florida Panthers Teddy Purcell	[12]
February 27, 2016	To Detroit Red Wings 6th-round pick in 2017	To Florida Panthers Jakub Kindl^Note 1	[13]
February 29, 2016	To Anaheim Ducks Brandon Pirri	To Florida Panthers 6th-round pick in 2016	[14]

Notes

• ^{Note 1} Detroit to retain 15% ($720,000) of salary as part of trade.

Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2015 Mike McKenna Arizona Coyotes 2 years, $1.15 million [15] July 1, 2015 Shane Harper Chicago Wolves 1 year, $575,000 [15] July 1, 2015 Sena Acolatse Adirondack Flames 1 year, $575,000 [15] July 1, 2015 Cameron Gaunce Texas Stars 1 year, $575,000 [16] July 1, 2015 Brent Regner Chicago Wolves 2 years, $1.2 million [16] July 2, 2015 Rob Flick Providence Bruins 1 year, $575,000 [17] March 2, 2016 Dryden Hunt Moose Jaw Warriors entry-level contract [18] May 3, 2016 Linus Hultstrom Djurgardens IF entry-level contract [19]

Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 4, 2015 Dan Ellis Washington Capitals 1 year, $650,000 [20] July 16, 2015 Shane O'Brien Anaheim Ducks 1 year, $600,000 [21] October 5, 2015 Scottie Upshall St. Louis Blues 1 year, $700,000 [22] September 27, 2015 Brad Boyes Toronto Maple Leafs 1 year, $700,000 [23]

Claimed via waivers Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Ref

Lost via waivers Player New team Date claimed off waivers Ref

Lost via retirement Player Ref

Player signings Date Player Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 8, 2015 Corban Knight 1 year, $750,000 [24] July 8, 2015 Garrett Wilson 1 year, $675,000 [24] July 8, 2015 Greg McKegg 1 year, $700,000 [25] July 15, 2015 Lawson Crouse 3 years, entry-level contract [26] July 15, 2015 Alex Petrovic 2 years, $2.1 million [27] July 15, 2015 Quinton Howden 1 year, $850,500 [27] July 15, 2015 John McFarland 1 year, $850,500 [27] September 17, 2015 Jonathan Huberdeau 2 years, $6.5 million [28] January 26, 2016 Aleksander Barkov 6 years, $35.4 million contract extension [29] February 25, 2016 Shawn Thornton 1 year, contract extension [30] March 1, 2016 Jayce Hawryluk entry-level contract [31] March 29, 2016 Michael Downing entry-level contract [32] April 15, 2016 Juho Lammikko 3 years, entry-level contract [33]

Draft picks

Below are the Florida Panthers' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	11	Lawson Crouse	LW	Canada	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
3	77^[a]	Samuel Montembault	G	Canada	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (QMJHL)
3	88^[b]	Thomas Schemitsch	D	Canada	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
4	102	Denis Malgin	C	Switzerland	ZSC Lions (NLA)
5	132	Karch Bachman	LW	United States	Culver Academy (HS-Indiana)
6	162	Christopher Wilkie	RW	United States	Tri-City Storm (USHL)
7	192	Patrick Shea	C	United States	Kimball Union Academy Wildcats (HS-New Hampshire)
7	206^[c]	Ryan Bednard	G	United States	Johnstown Tomahawks (NAHL)

Draft notes^[34]

• The Florida Panthers' second-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent Carl Hagelin and a second and sixth-round pick in 2015 (59th and 179th overall) to Anaheim in exchange for Emerson Etem and this pick.^[35]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.^[35]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.^[36]

• The Florida Panthers' third-round pick went to the Tampa Bay Lightning as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015 that sent the Rangers’ first-round pick in 2015 (28th overall) to the New York Islanders in exchange for Edmonton’s second-round pick in 2015 (33rd overall) and this pick.^[37]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.^[38]

• ^a The Pittsburgh Penguins' third-round pick will go to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014 that sent Marcel Goc to Pittsburgh in exchange for a fifth-round pick in 2014 and this pick.^[39]

• ^b The Anaheim Ducks' third-round pick will go to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on February 28, 2015 that sent Tomas Fleischmann to Anaheim in exchange for Dany Heatley and this pick.^[40]

• ^c The St. Louis Blues' seventh-round pick will go to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on September 28, 2013 that sent Scott Timmins and a sixth-round pick in 2014 to New Jersey in exchange for Krys Barch and this pick.^[41]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.^[42]

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