# 2019–20 Florida Panthers season

The 2019–20 Florida Panthers season was the 26th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 14, 1993. It is their first season under head coach Joel Quenneville.
The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. The Panthers advanced to the playoffs for the first time since the 2015–16 season and lost in four games to the New York Islanders in the qualifying round.

## Standings
### Divisional standings

Atlantic Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | p – Boston Bruins | 70 | 44 | 14 | 12 | 38 | 227 | 174 | +53 | 100 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 70 | 43 | 21 | 6 | 35 | 245 | 195 | +50 | 92 |
| 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 36 | 25 | 9 | 28 | 238 | 227 | +11 | 81 |
| 4 | Florida Panthers | 69 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 30 | 231 | 228 | +3 | 78 |
| 5 | Montreal Canadiens | 71 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 19 | 212 | 221 | −9 | 71 |
| 6 | Buffalo Sabres | 69 | 30 | 31 | 8 | 22 | 195 | 217 | −22 | 68 |
| 7 | Ottawa Senators | 71 | 25 | 34 | 12 | 18 | 191 | 243 | −52 | 62 |
| 8 | Detroit Red Wings | 71 | 17 | 49 | 5 | 13 | 145 | 267 | −122 | 39 |

### Eastern Conference

| Pos | Teamvte | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 44 | 14 | 12 | 38 | 227 | 174 | +53 | .714 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 70 | 43 | 21 | 6 | 35 | 245 | 195 | +50 | .657 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 3 | Washington Capitals | 69 | 41 | 20 | 8 | 31 | 240 | 215 | +25 | .652 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 4 | Philadelphia Flyers | 69 | 41 | 21 | 7 | 31 | 232 | 196 | +36 | .645 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 5 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 69 | 40 | 23 | 6 | 29 | 224 | 196 | +28 | .623 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 6 | Carolina Hurricanes | 68 | 38 | 25 | 5 | 27 | 222 | 193 | +29 | .596 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 7 | New York Islanders | 68 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 24 | 192 | 193 | −1 | .588 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 8 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 36 | 25 | 9 | 28 | 238 | 227 | +11 | .579 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 9 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 70 | 33 | 22 | 15 | 25 | 180 | 187 | −7 | .579 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 10 | Florida Panthers | 69 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 30 | 231 | 228 | +3 | .565 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 11 | New York Rangers | 70 | 37 | 28 | 5 | 31 | 234 | 222 | +12 | .564 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 12 | Montreal Canadiens | 71 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 19 | 212 | 221 | −9 | .500 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 13 | Buffalo Sabres | 69 | 30 | 31 | 8 | 22 | 195 | 217 | −22 | .493 | |
| 14 | New Jersey Devils | 69 | 28 | 29 | 12 | 22 | 189 | 230 | −41 | .493 | |
| 15 | Ottawa Senators | 71 | 25 | 34 | 12 | 18 | 191 | 243 | −52 | .437 | |
| 16 | Detroit Red Wings | 71 | 17 | 49 | 5 | 13 | 145 | 267 | −122 | .275 | |

## Schedule and results
### Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 12, 2019.

### Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.
2019–20 game log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

The Panthers faced the New York Islanders in the qualifying round, where they were defeated in four games.
2020 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Jonathan Huberdeau | 69 | 23 | 55 | 78 | 5 | 30 |
| Aleksander Barkov | 66 | 20 | 42 | 62 | 2 | 18 |
| Mike Hoffman | 69 | 29 | 30 | 59 | −5 | 28 |
| Evgenii Dadonov | 69 | 25 | 22 | 47 | −7 | 10 |
| Keith Yandle | 69 | 5 | 40 | 45 | 0 | 20 |
| Aaron Ekblad | 67 | 5 | 36 | 41 | 12 | 26 |
| Vincent Trocheck$^‡$ | 55 | 10 | 26 | 36 | −3 | 33 |
| Frank Vatrano | 69 | 16 | 18 | 34 | −8 | 30 |
| Brett Connolly | 69 | 19 | 14 | 33 | −3 | 26 |
| Noel Acciari | 66 | 20 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 21 |
| Mike Matheson | 59 | 8 | 12 | 20 | −1 | 14 |
| Anton Stralman | 69 | 5 | 14 | 19 | −6 | 14 |
| Mark Pysyk | 58 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 20 |
| MacKenzie Weegar | 45 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 33 |
| Colton Sceviour | 69 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 6 |
| Brian Boyle | 39 | 6 | 9 | 15 | −5 | 17 |
| Denis Malgin$^‡$ | 36 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −6 | 12 |
| Dominic Toninato | 46 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 37 |
| Josh Brown | 56 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 39 |
| Riley Stillman | 34 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −3 | 14 |
| Aleksi Saarela | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Dryden Hunt | 21 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 24 |
| Jayce Hawryluk | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 8 |
| Lucas Wallmark$^†$ | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Haula$^†$ | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Henrik Borgstrom | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Mike Hoffman | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
| Aleksander Barkov | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Jonathan Huberdeau | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Keith Yandle | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
| Brian Boyle | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 12 |
| Erik Haula | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 0 |
| Evgenii Dadonov | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| MacKenzie Weegar | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Riley Stillman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
| Noel Acciari | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
| Dryden Hunt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lucas Wallmark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| Aaron Ekblad | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Josh Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominic Toninato | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
| Mark Pysyk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Brett Connolly | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 2 |
| Anton Stralman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 2 |
| Brady Keeper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Aleksi Saarela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Vatrano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
| Mike Matheson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 8 |
| Colton Sceviour | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Sergei Bobrovsky | 50 | 49 | 2,805:59 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 151 | 3.23 | 1,505 | .900 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Driedger | 12 | 11 | 642:40 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 2.05 | 354 | .938 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Montembeault | 14 | 9 | 700:45 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 3.34 | 356 | .890 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Sergei Bobrovsky | 4 | 4 | 234:23 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 3.07 | 121 | .901 | 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.

## Transactions

The Panthers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.

### Contract terminations

| Date | Player | Via | Ref |
| July 7, 2019 (2019-07-07) | Scott Darling | | |

### Retirement

| Date | Player | Ref |
| June 26, 2019 (2019-06-26) | Roberto Luongo | |