# 2010–11 Florida Panthers season

The 2010–11 Florida Panthers season was the team's 17th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

## Off-season

On May 18, 2010, the Panthers introduced Dale Tallon as their new executive vice-president and general manager, replacing Randy Sexton. Sexton's contract expired on June 30, 2010, and was thought to be retained in some other capacity with the club, but on July 3, 2010, Sexton was hired by the Pittsburgh Penguins to be the assistant director of amateur scouting.
On May 20, 2010, the Panthers announced that they would reduce seating capacity at the BankAtlantic Center to 17,040 by covering over 2,000 seats with tarpaulins. For select games, the team would remove the tarpaulins to increase capacity.

## Regular season

The Panthers finished in last place in both the Southeast Division and the Eastern Conference. On April 10, 2011, the Panthers fired head coach Peter DeBoer.
The Panthers' power play struggled during the regular season, as they finished 30th overall in power play percentage at just 13.11% (35 for 267).

## Playoffs

The Panthers failed to make the playoffs, for the 11th consecutive year.

## Standings
### Divisional standings

Southeast Division :
| | vte | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | z-Washington Capitals | 82 | 48 | 23 | 11 | 43 | 224 | 197 | 107 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 46 | 25 | 11 | 40 | 247 | 240 | 103 |
| 3 | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 35 | 236 | 239 | 91 |
| 4 | Atlanta Thrashers | 82 | 34 | 36 | 12 | 29 | 223 | 269 | 80 |
| 5 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 30 | 40 | 12 | 26 | 195 | 229 | 72 |

### Conference standings

Eastern Conference :
| R | vte | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | z – Washington Capitals | SE | 82 | 48 | 23 | 11 | 43 | 224 | 197 | 107 |
| 2 | y – Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 82 | 47 | 23 | 12 | 44 | 259 | 223 | 106 |
| 3 | y – Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 46 | 25 | 11 | 44 | 246 | 195 | 103 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Penguins | AT | 82 | 49 | 25 | 8 | 39 | 238 | 199 | 106 |
| 5 | Tampa Bay Lightning | SE | 82 | 46 | 25 | 11 | 40 | 247 | 240 | 103 |
| 6 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 44 | 30 | 8 | 41 | 216 | 209 | 96 |
| 7 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 43 | 29 | 10 | 38 | 245 | 229 | 96 |
| 8 | New York Rangers | AT | 82 | 44 | 33 | 5 | 35 | 233 | 198 | 93 |
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| 9 | Carolina Hurricanes | SE | 82 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 35 | 236 | 239 | 91 |
| 10 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NE | 82 | 37 | 34 | 11 | 32 | 218 | 251 | 85 |
| 11 | New Jersey Devils | AT | 82 | 38 | 39 | 5 | 35 | 174 | 209 | 81 |
| 12 | Atlanta Thrashers | SE | 82 | 34 | 36 | 12 | 29 | 223 | 269 | 80 |
| 13 | Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 32 | 40 | 10 | 30 | 192 | 250 | 74 |
| 14 | New York Islanders | AT | 82 | 30 | 39 | 13 | 26 | 229 | 264 | 73 |
| 15 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 30 | 40 | 12 | 26 | 195 | 229 | 72 |
bold – qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; z – Placed first in conference (and division)
AT – Atlantic Division, NE – Northeast Division, SE – Southeast Division

## Schedule and results

Panthers '10–'11 schedule at nhl.com

### Game log

2010–11 game log :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Stephen Weiss | 76 | 21 | 28 | 49 | −9 | 49 |
| Mike Santorelli | 82 | 20 | 21 | 41 | −17 | 20 |
| David Booth | 82 | 23 | 17 | 40 | −31 | 26 |
| Dennis Wideman$^‡$ | 61 | 9 | 24 | 33 | −26 | 33 |
| Marty Reasoner | 82 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 2 | 22 |
| Michael Frolik$^‡$ | 52 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 2 | 16 |
| Dmitry Kulikov | 72 | 6 | 20 | 26 | −5 | 45 |
| Chris Higgins$^‡$ | 48 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 5 | 10 |
| Cory Stillman$^‡$ | 44 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 3 | 20 |
| Bryan McCabe$^‡$ | 48 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 28 |
| Radek Dvorak$^‡$ | 53 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 20 |
| Jason Garrison | 73 | 5 | 13 | 18 | −2 | 26 |
| Rostislav Olesz | 44 | 6 | 11 | 17 | −1 | 8 |
| Evgenii Dadonov | 36 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 14 |
| Shawn Matthias | 51 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| Steve Bernier | 68 | 5 | 10 | 15 | −14 | 21 |
| Sergei Samsonov$^†$ | 20 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −2 | 2 |
| Mike Weaver | 82 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 34 |
| Keaton Ellerby | 54 | 2 | 10 | 12 | −15 | 22 |
| Bryan Allen$^‡$ | 53 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −5 | 63 |
| Steven Reinprecht | 29 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −2 | 6 |
| Michal Repik | 31 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −6 | 22 |
| Niclas Bergfors$^†$ | 20 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| Bill Thomas | 24 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| Darcy Hordichuk | 64 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 76 |
| Clay Wilson | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Ryan Carter$^†$ | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 22 |
| Jack Skille$^†$ | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −12 | 4 |
| Joe Callahan | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 12 |
| Tim Kennedy | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Timmins | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −8 | 8 |
| Alexander Sulzer$^†$ | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 |
| Patrick Rissmiller$^†$ | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hugh Jessiman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 |
| Kenndal McArdle | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 16 |
| Mike Duco | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 10 |

### Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime losses; GA = Goals; GAA= Goals against average; SA= Shots against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save percentage; SO= Shutouts
Regular season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Tomas Vokoun | 57 | 3224 | 22 | 28 | 5 | 137 | 2.55 | 1753 | .922 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Scott Clemmensen | 31 | 1696 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 74 | 2.62 | 833 | .911 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jacob Markstrom | 1 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3.00 | 14 | .857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
$^†$Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Panthers. Stats reflect time with Panthers only. $^‡$Traded mid-season Bold/italics denotes franchise record

## Awards and records
### Awards

Regular season :
| Player | Award | Awarded |
| Tomas Vokoun | NHL First Star of the Week | October 18, 2010 |

### Milestones

Regular season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Keaton Ellerby | 1st NHL assist 1st NHL point | October 23, 2010 |
| Michael Frolik | 100th NHL point | November 20, 2010 |
| Stephen Weiss | 500th NHL game | November 24, 2010 |
| Dennis Wideman | 400th NHL game | November 27, 2010 |
| Evgenii Dadonov | 1st NHL assist 1st NHL point | December 7, 2010 |
| Shawn Matthias | 100th NHL game | December 9, 2010 |
| Evgeny Dadonov | 1st NHL goal | December 15, 2010 |
| Stephen Weiss | 300th NHL point | December 15, 2010 |
| Tomas Vokoun | 600th NHL game | December 17, 2010 |
| Bryan McCabe | 1,100th NHL game | December 22, 2010 |
| Dmitry Kulikov | 100th NHL game | December 23, 2010 |
| Scott Clemmensen | 100th NHL game | December 27, 2010 |
| Chris Higgins | 100th NHL goal | January 5, 2011 |
| Michael Frolik | 200th NHL game | January 8, 2011 |
| Cory Stillman | 700th NHL point | January 11, 2011 |
| Stephen Weiss | 200th NHL assist | January 17, 2011 |
| Jacob Markstrom | 1st NHL game | January 23, 2011 |
| Keaton Ellerby | 1st NHL goal | January 25, 2011 |
| Scott Timmins | 1st NHL game | February 1, 2011 |
| Scott Timmins | 1st NHL goal 1st NHL point | February 2, 2011 |
| Cory Stillman | 1,000th NHL game | February 16, 2011 |
| Radek Dvorak | 1,100th NHL game | February 18, 2011 |
| Mike Weaver | 400th NHL game | February 25, 2011 |
| Bryan Allen | 500th NHL game | February 27, 2011 |
| Hugh Jessiman | 1st NHL game | February 27, 2011 |
| Mike Santorelli | 100th NHL game | March 10, 2011 |
| Jason Garrison | 100th NHL game | March 12, 2011 |
| Marty Reasoner | 700th NHL game | March 27, 2011 |
| David Booth | 300th NHL game | April 2, 2011 |

## Transactions

The Panthers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2010–11 season.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 22, 2010 | To Boston Bruins Nathan Horton Gregory Campbell | To Florida Panthers Dennis Wideman 1st-round draft pick in 2010 – Derek Forbort 3rd-round pick in 2011 – Kyle Rau |
| June 25, 2010 | To Los Angeles Kings 1st-round pick (15th overall) in 2010 – Derek Forbort | To Florida Panthers 1st-round pick (19th overall) in 2010 – Nick Bjugstad 2nd-round pick in 2010 – Jason Zucker |
| June 25, 2010 | To Vancouver Canucks Keith Ballard Victor Oreskovich | To Florida Panthers Steve Bernier Michael Grabner 1st-round pick in 2010 – Quinton Howden |
| June 26, 2010 | To Minnesota Wild 2nd-round pick in 2010 – Jason Zucker | To Florida Panthers 3rd-round pick in 2010 – Joe Basaraba 4th-round pick in 2010 – Joonas Donskoi |
| July 22, 2010 | To Chicago Blackhawks Jeff Taffe | To Florida Panthers Marty Reasoner |
| August 3, 2010 | To St. Louis BluesGraham Mink | To Florida PanthersT. J. Fast |
| August 5, 2010 | To Nashville PredatorsConditional 5th-round pick in 2011 – Josh Shalla | To Florida PanthersMike Santorelli |
| October 6, 2010 | To Vancouver CanucksAndrew Peters | To Florida PanthersDarcy Hordichuk |
| October 7, 2010 | To Vancouver CanucksNathan Paetsch | To Florida PanthersSean Zimmerman |
| December 9, 2010 | To Boston BruinsSean Zimmerman Conditional 7th-round pick in 2011 | To Florida PanthersJordan Knackstedt Jeff LoVecchio |
| February 9, 2011 | To Chicago Blackhawks Michael Frolik Alexander Salak | To Florida Panthers Jack Skille Hugh Jessiman David Pacan |
| February 24, 2011 | To Carolina HurricanesCory Stillman | To Florida PanthersRyan Carter 5th-round pick in 2011 – Sean Kuraly |
| February 25, 2011 | To Nashville PredatorsConditional 7th-round pick in 2012 | To Florida PanthersAlexander Sulzer |
| February 26, 2011 | To New York RangersBryan McCabe | To Florida PanthersTim Kennedy 3rd-round pick in 2011 – Logan Shaw |
| February 28, 2011 | To Atlanta ThrashersRadek Dvorak 5th-round pick in 2011 – Sean Kuraly | To Florida PanthersNiclas Bergfors Patrick Rissmiller |
| February 28, 2011 | To Washington CapitalsDennis Wideman | To Florida PanthersJake Hauswirth 3rd-round pick in 2011 – Jonathan Racine |
| February 28, 2011 | To Carolina HurricanesBryan Allen | To Florida PanthersSergei Samsonov |
| February 28, 2011 | To Vancouver CanucksChris Higgins | To Florida PanthersEvan Oberg 3rd-round pick in 2013 – Cole Cassels |
Player signings
PlayerContract terms
Adam Comrie3 years, $2.0225 million entry-level contract
AJ Jenks3 years, $2.0625 million entry-level contract
Colby Robak3 years, $2.375 million entry-level contract
Scott Timmins3 years, $1.745 million entry-level contract
Jacob Markstrom3 years $2.625 million entry-level contract
Jason Garrison2 years, $1.35 million
Mike Duco1 year, $550,000
Kenndal McArdle1 year, $803,250
Tyler Plante1 year, $687,500
Mike Santorelli1 year, $600,000
Quinton Howden3 years, $2.7 million entry-level contract
Alex Petrovic3 years, $2.475 million entry-level contract
John McFarland3 years, $2.475 million entry-level contract
Keaton Ellerby1 year, $787,500 :

## Draft picks

Florida's picks at the 2010 NHL Entry Draft in Los Angeles, California.
| Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 3 | Erik Gudbranson | D | Canada | Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) |
| 1 | 19 (from Los Angeles) | Nick Bjugstad | C | United States | Blaine High School (USHS-MN) |
| 1 | 25 (from Vancouver) | Quinton Howden | LW | Canada | Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL) |
| 2 | 33 | John McFarland | C | Canada | Sudbury Wolves (OHL) |
| 2 | 36 (from Tampa Bay via Boston) | Alexander Petrovic | D | Canada | Red Deer Rebels (WHL) |
| 2 | 50 (from Pittsburgh) | Connor Brickley | C | United States | Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) |
| 3 | 69 (from Minnesota) | Joe Basaraba | RW | Canada | Shattuck-Saint Mary's (Midget Major AAA) |
| 4 | 92 (from Toronto) | Sam Brittain | G | Canada | Canmore Eagles (AJHL) |
| 4 | 93 | Benjamin Gallacher | D | Canada | Canmore Eagles (AJHL) |
| 4 | 99 (from Minnesota) | Joonas Donskoi | RW | Finland | Kärpät (SM-liiga) |
| 5 | 123 | Zach Hyman | C | Canada | Hamilton Red Wings (CCHL) |
| 6 | 153 | Corey Durocher | C | Canada | Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) |
| 7 | 183 | Ronald Boyd | D | United States | Cushing Academy (USHS-MA) |