2022–23 Florida Panthers season

The 2022–23 Florida Panthers season was the 29th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established in 1993. It is the Panthers' 24th season at FLA Live Arena. This is the Panthers' first season under new head coach Paul Maurice. The Panthers qualified for the playoffs after the Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins each lost their games on April 11, 2023.
After barely clinching a wild card spot in the playoffs, the Panthers were set to face the Boston Bruins, who had set the NHL record for most wins and points in a season. After being down 3–1 in the series, the Panthers came back and won the series in overtime in Game 7 to pull off one of the biggest upsets in NHL history. The Panthers would then upset the Toronto Maple Leafs to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time in 27 years. Subsequently, the Panthers would sweep the Carolina Hurricanes to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1996. In the Stanley Cup Finals, the Panthers were defeated by the Vegas Golden Knights in five games.
==Off-season==
On June 22, 2022, Paul Maurice was named head coach following the departure of interim coach Andrew Brunette.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Preseason===
The preseason schedule was published on June 30, 2022.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 26 	Florida 	4–3 	Nashville 	OT 	Guzda 	8,648 	1–0–0 	
2 	September 26 	Florida 	0–4 	Nashville 	 	Knight 	13,574 	1–1–0 	
3 	September 29 	Carolina 	5–2 	Florida 	 	Bobrovsky 	6,156 	1–2–0 	
4 	October 1 	Florida 	3–4 	Carolina 	 	Knight 	14,843 	1–3–0 	
5 	October 6 	Tampa Bay 	2–3 	Florida 	 	Bobrovsky 	11,350 	2–3–0 	
6 	October 8 	Florida 	2–5 	Tampa Bay 	 	Knight 	19,092 	2–4–0 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
===Regular Season===
The regular season schedule was published on July 6, 2022.
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October: 5–3–1 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 2–3–0)	October: 5–3–1 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 2–3–0)	October: 5–3–1 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 2–3–0)	October: 5–3–1 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 2–3–0)	October: 5–3–1 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 2–3–0)	October: 5–3–1 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 2–3–0)	October: 5–3–1 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 2–3–0)	October: 5–3–1 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 2–3–0)	October: 5–3–1 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 2–3–0)	October: 5–3–1 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 2–3–0)	October: 5–3–1 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 2–3–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 13 	Florida 	3–1 	NY Islanders 	 	Bobrovsky 	17,255 	1–0–0 	2 	
2 	October 15 	Florida 	4–3 	Buffalo 	 	Knight 	11,481 	2–0–0 	4 	
3 	October 17 	Florida 	3–5 	Boston 	 	Bobrovsky 	17,850 	2–1–0 	4 	
4 	October 19 	Philadelphia 	3–4 	Florida 	 	Bobrovsky 	17,421 	3–1–0 	6 	
5 	October 21 	Tampa Bay 	3–2 	Florida 	OT 	Bobrovsky 	17,531 	3–1–1 	7 	
6 	October 23 	NY Islanders 	2–3 	Florida 	 	Knight 	16,342 	4–1–1 	9 	
7 	October 25 	Florida 	2–4 	Chicago 	 	Bobrovsky 	12,859 	4–2–1 	9 	
8 	October 27 	Florida 	3–4 	Philadelphia 	 	Bobrovsky 	14,871 	4–3–1 	9 	
9 	October 29 	Ottawa 	3–5 	Florida 	 	Knight 	15,577 	5–3–1 	11 	
===Playoffs===
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Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A1) Boston Bruins: Florida won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A1) Boston Bruins: Florida won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A1) Boston Bruins: Florida won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A1) Boston Bruins: Florida won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A1) Boston Bruins: Florida won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A1) Boston Bruins: Florida won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A1) Boston Bruins: Florida won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A1) Boston Bruins: Florida won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A1) Boston Bruins: Florida won 4–3	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A1) Boston Bruins: Florida won 4–3
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap
1 	April 17 	Florida 	1–3 	Boston 	 	Lyon 	17,850 	0–1 	
2 	April 19 	Florida 	6–3 	Boston 	 	Lyon 	17,850 	1–1 	
3 	April 21 	Boston 	4–2 	Florida 	 	Lyon 	19,910 	1–2 	
4 	April 23 	Boston 	6–2 	Florida 	 	Bobrovsky 	19,771 	1–3 	
5 	April 26 	Florida 	4–3 	Boston 	OT 	Bobrovsky 	17,850 	2–3 	
6 	April 28 	Boston 	5–7 	Florida 	 	Bobrovsky 	18,911 	3–3 	
7 	April 30 	Florida 	4–3 	Boston 	OT 	Bobrovsky 	17,850 	4–3 	
==Player statistics==
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	79	40	69	109	+29	123
 	68	23	55	78 	+10	8
 	81	42	31	73 	+10	46
 	80	16	57	73 	+9 	107
 	82	31	36	67 	−12	12
 	82	17	26	43 	+19	28
 	82	13	28	41 	+19	40
 	63	16	24	40 	+5 	54
 	71	14	24	38 	−14	68
 	73	12	21	33 	+1 	43
 	72	14	15	29 	−5 	26
 	79	9 	18	27 	−1 	38
 	82	12	8 	20 	−1 	88
 	72	2 	15	17 	+14	79
 	82	4 	12	16 	+17	48
 	68	8 	7 	15 	0 	12
 	82	3 	12	15 	+10	43
 	20	2 	7 	9 	+4 	2
 	14	2 	2 	4 	−2 	4
 	14	2 	2 	4 	−4 	2
 	20	1 	3 	4 	+4 	6
† 	34	1 	3 	4 	+1 	72
 	13	2 	1 	3 	−1 	2
 	10	1 	2 	3 	−1 	2
 	22	1 	2 	3 	−4 	13
 	18	0 	3 	3 	−5 	4
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
† 	4 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	2
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	20	11	13	24	+12	74
 	21	7 	10	17	+7 	8
 	21	5 	11	16	+5 	10
 	20	5 	10	15	+5 	60
 	21	8 	5 	13	+2 	39
 	21	8 	5 	13	0 	12
 	20	4 	7 	11	−6 	16
 	21	2 	8 	10	+3 	2
 	21	2 	6 	8 	+7 	10
 	20	2 	6 	8 	+9 	20
 	21	2 	5 	7 	0 	16
 	16	2 	3 	5 	+2 	4
 	21	2 	3 	5 	−4 	12
 	21	0 	3 	3 	−6 	6
 	21	0 	3 	3 	−5 	34
 	21	0 	2 	2 	−9 	6
 	13	1 	0 	1 	−1 	22
 	13	1 	0 	1 	−8 	2
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	−3 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	10
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	21	0 	0 	0 	0 	10
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	50	49	2,834:22	24	20	3	145	3.07	1,466	.901	1	0	0	2
 	15	14	893:11 	9 	4 	2	43 	2.89	488 	.914	1	0	0	0
 	21	19	1,168:45	9 	8 	3	62 	3.18	627 	.901	1	0	1	0
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	19	18	1,164:21	12	6	54	2.78	639	.915	1	0	1	0
 	4 	3 	198:32 	1 	2	12	3.63	107	.888	0	0	0	0
==Roster==
==Transactions==
The Panthers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2022–23 season.
Key:
 Contract is entry-level
 Contract initially takes effect in the 2023–24 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Pittsburgh Penguins7th-round pick in 2023 	To Florida Panthers7th-round pick in 2022 	
 	To Calgary FlamesJonathan HuberdeauMacKenzie WeegarCole SchwindtConditional 1st-round pick in 2025	To Florida PanthersMatthew TkachukConditional 4th-round pick in 2025	
 	To Anaheim DucksMichael Del Zotto 	To Florida PanthersGivani Smith 	
 	To Detroit Red WingsDanny O'Regan 	To Florida PanthersGivani Smith 	
 	To Los Angeles KingsCole Krygier 	To Florida PanthersFuture considerations 	
Notes:
# Calgary will receive Florida's 1st-round pick in 2026 instead if Florida's 1st-round pick in 2025 is within the top 2 selections.
# Florida will receive Calgary's 4th-round pick in 2026 instead if Florida's 1st-round pick in 2025 is within the top 2 selections.
===Players acquired===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Term 	Via 	Ref
 	Anthony Bitetto 	San Jose Sharks 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Nick Cousins 	Nashville Predators 	2-year	Free agency	
 	Alex Lyon 	Carolina Hurricanes 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Marc Staal 	Detroit Red Wings 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Nathan Staios 	Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL) 	3-year	Free agency	
 	Colin White 	Ottawa Senators 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Rudolfs Balcers 	San Jose Sharks 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Gerald Mayhew 	Anaheim Ducks 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Chris Tierney 	Ottawa Senators 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Michael Del Zotto 	Ottawa Senators 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Patrick Giles 	Boston College Eagles (HE) 	2-year	Free agency	
 	Josh Mahura 	Anaheim Ducks 	 	Waivers 	
 	Eric Staal 	Iowa Wild (AHL) 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Jean-Francois Berube	Charlotte Checkers (AHL) 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Evan Fitzpatrick 	Charlotte Checkers (AHL) 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Ryan McAllister 	Western Michigan Broncos (NCHC)	3-year	Free agency	
 	Uvis Janis Balinskis	Bílí Tygři Liberec (ELH) 	1-year	 	
===Players lost===
Date	Player 	New team 	Term 	Via 	Ref
 	Noel Acciari 	St. Louis Blues 	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Ben Chiarot 	Detroit Red Wings 	4-year	Free agency 	
 	Claude Giroux 	Ottawa Senators 	3-year	Free agency 	
 	Jonas Johansson 	Colorado Avalanche 	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Maxim Mamin 	CSKA Moscow (KHL) 	3-year	Free agency 	
 	Mason Marchment 	Dallas Stars 	4-year	Free agency 	
 	Markus Nutivaara	San Jose Sharks 	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Chase Priskie 	Buffalo Sabres 	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Robert Hagg 	Detroit Red Wings 	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Petteri Lindbohm	Frölunda HC (SHL) 	1-year	Free agency 	
 	German Rubtsov 	Spartak Moscow (KHL)	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Rudolfs Balcers 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	 	Waivers 	
 	Anton Levtchi 	 	 	Contract termination	
 	Chris Tierney 	Montreal Canadiens 	 	Waivers 	
===Signings===
Date	Player 	Term 	Ref
 	Lucas Carlsson 	1-year	
 	Eetu Luostarinen 	2-year	
 	Evan Nause 	3-year	
 	Henry Bowlby 	1-year	
 	Spencer Knight 	3-year	
 	Kai Schwindt 	3-year	
 	Josh Mahura 	1-year	
 	Marek Alscher 	3-year	
 	Zac Dalpe 	2-year	
 	Michael Benning 	3-year	
 	Mackie Samoskevich	3-year	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Florida Panthers' selections at the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, which will be held on July 7 and 8, 2022, at Bell Centre in Montreal.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
3 	93 	Marek Alscher 	D 	 	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
4 	125 	Ludvig Jansson 	D 	 	Södertälje SK (HockeyAllsvenskan)
5 	157 	Sandis Vilmanis	LW 	 	Luleå HF (J20 Nationell)
6 	1863	Joshua Davies 	C 	 	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
6 	189 	Tyler Muszelik 	G 	 	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
7 	2144	Liam Arnsby 	C 	 	North Bay Battalion (OHL)
7 	221 	Jack Devine 	RW 	 	Denver Pioneers (NCHC)
Notes:
# The Florida Panthers' first-round pick will go to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on July 24, 2021, that sent Sam Reinhart to Florida in exchange for Devon Levi and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Buffalo will receive a first-round pick in 2022 if Florida's first-round pick is outside of the top ten selections – was converted when the Panthers qualified for the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs on April 3, 2022.
# The Florida Panthers' second-round pick will go to the Seattle Kraken as the result of a trade on March 16, 2022, that sent Calle Jarnkrok to Calgary in exchange for a third-round pick in 2023, a seventh-round pick in 2024 and this pick.
# The Toronto Maple Leafs' sixth-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on March 21, 2022, that sent Tyler Inamoto to Columbus in exchange for Max Domi and this pick.
# The Pittsburgh Penguins' seventh-round pick will go to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on July 8, 2022, that sent a seventh-round pick in 2023 to Pittsburgh in exchange for this pick.
==References==
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