2015–16 Florida Panthers season

The 2015–16 Florida Panthers season was the 23rd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 14, 1993. The Panthers' regular season began on October 10, 2015 against the Philadelphia Flyers with a 7–1 home win. 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.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap 	
1 	September 20 	Florida 	2–5 	Nashville 	 	McKenna 	15,432 	0–1–0 	Recap 	
2 	September 20 	Florida 	3–2 	Nashville 	OT 	Brittain 	12,711 	1–1–0 	Recap 	
3 	September 22 	Dallas 	2–3 	Florida 	 	Luongo 	5,504 	2–1–0 	Recap 	
4 	September 25 	Florida 	1–4 	Tampa Bay 	 	Montoya 	16,226 	2–2–0 	Recap 	
5 	September 27 	Florida 	4–2 	Dallas 	 	Luongo 	10,113 	3–2–0 	Box 	
6 	October 3 	Tampa Bay 	3–2 	Florida 	 	Luongo 	7,634 	3–3–0 	Recap 	
===Regular season===
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October: 5–4–2 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 2–2–1)	October: 5–4–2 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 2–2–1)	October: 5–4–2 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 2–2–1)	October: 5–4–2 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 2–2–1)	October: 5–4–2 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 2–2–1)	October: 5–4–2 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 2–2–1)	October: 5–4–2 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 2–2–1)	October: 5–4–2 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 2–2–1)	October: 5–4–2 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 2–2–1)	October: 5–4–2 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 2–2–1)	October: 5–4–2 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 2–2–1)	October: 5–4–2 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 2–2–1)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap 	
1 	October 10 	Philadelphia 	1–7 	Florida 	 	Luongo 	19,434 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap 	
2 	October 12 	Florida 	0–1 	Philadelphia 	 	Luongo 	19,769 	1–1–0 	2 	Recap 	
3 	October 13 	Florida 	4–1 	Carolina 	 	Montoya 	10,901 	2–1–0 	4 	Recap 	
4 	October 15 	Buffalo 	2–3 	Florida 	 	Luongo 	11,616 	3–1–0 	6 	Recap 	
5 	October 17 	Dallas 	4–2 	Florida 	 	Luongo 	12,834 	3–2–0 	6 	Recap 	
6 	October 20 	Florida 	2–3 	Pittsburgh 	OT 	Luongo 	18,471 	3–2–1 	7 	Recap 	
7 	October 22 	Florida 	2–3 	Chicago 	 	Luongo 	21,591 	3–3–1 	7 	Recap 	
8 	October 24 	Florida 	6–2 	Dallas 	 	Montoya 	18,532 	4–3–1 	9 	Recap 	
9 	October 27 	Colorado 	1–4 	Florida 	 	Luongo 	11,694 	5–3–1 	11 	Recap 	
10 	October 30 	Boston 	3–1 	Florida 	 	Luongo 	14,112 	5–4–1 	11 	Recap 	
11 	October 31 	Washington 	2–1 	Florida 	OT 	Montoya 	11,207 	5–4–2 	12 	Recap 	
===Playoffs===
2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs
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Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC) New York Islanders: New York won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC) New York Islanders: New York won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC) New York Islanders: New York won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC) New York Islanders: New York won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC) New York Islanders: New York won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC) New York Islanders: New York won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC) New York Islanders: New York won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC) New York Islanders: New York won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC) New York Islanders: New York won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC) New York Islanders: New York won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC) New York Islanders: New York won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC) New York Islanders: New York won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC) New York Islanders: New York won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC) New York Islanders: New York won 4–2
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap 	 	 	 	
1 	April 14 	NY Islanders 	5–4 	Florida 	 	Luongo 	17,422 	0–1 	Recap 	 	 	 	
2 	April 15 	NY Islanders 	1–3 	Florida 	 	Luongo 	18,373 	1–1 	Recap 	 	 	 	
3 	April 17 	Florida 	3–4 	NY Islanders 	OT 	Luongo 	15,795 	1–2 	Recap 	 	 	 	
4 	April 20 	Florida 	2–1 	NY Islanders 	 	Luongo 	15,795 	2–2 	Recap 	 	 	 	
5 	April 22 	NY Islanders 	2–1 	Florida 	2OT 	Luongo 	20,247 	2–3 	Recap 	 	 	 	
6 	April 24 	Florida 	1–2 	NY Islanders 	2OT 	Luongo 	15,795 	2–4 	Recap 	 	 	 	
== Player stats ==
Final stats
===Skaters===
 Regular Season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	79	27	39	66	23	48
 	81	18	42	60	25	42
 	76	20	39	59	17	43
 	66	28	31	59	18	8
 	76	25	28	53	15	44
 	82	25	25	50	19	31
 	78	15	21	36	18	41
 	67	15	19	34	−8	41
 	82	6 	25	31	31	26
‡ 	52	11	13	24	−4	30
 	66	2 	15	17	17	90
 	74	1 	16	17	8 	51
 	64	6 	7 	13	7 	36
† 	19	6 	5 	11	0 	10
† 	15	3 	8 	11	−2	2
 	58	6 	5 	11	–1	18
 	64	2 	7 	9 	3 	49
 	53	5 	2 	7 	−7	13
 	20	2 	5 	7 	3 	4
 	46	1 	6 	7 	−2	18
 	25	1 	4 	5 	−2	16
 	23	1 	4 	5 	1 	14
 	50	1 	4 	5 	−2	80
 	20	3 	2 	5 	−4	2
 	47	0 	4 	4 	5 	26
† 	19	0 	2 	2 	10	4
 	15	2 	0 	2 	1 	2
 	8 	0 	1 	1 	−1	2
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	1 	2
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	−1	0
 	9 	0 	0 	0 	−1	2
 	7 	0 	0 	0 	−2	4
 	29	0 	0 	0 	−3	24
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	6	4	4	8	7 	0
 	6	1	3	4	5 	4
 	6	1	3	4	4 	4
 	6	1	3	4	5 	4
 	5	2	2	4	6 	2
 	6	1	2	3	1 	10
 	6	2	1	3	−2	2
 	6	0	2	2	−2	4
 	6	2	0	2	−3	0
 	6	0	1	1	−3	0
 	6	0	1	1	−1	4
 	6	0	1	1	−2	4
 	6	0	1	1	−1	4
 	2	0	1	1	1 	0
 	5	0	1	1	1 	0
 	6	0	1	1	0 	0
 	4	0	0	0	0 	2
 	1	0	0	0	−1	0
 	1	0	0	0	0 	2
 	6	0	0	0	−2	2
 	3	0	0	0	−2	0
 	2	0	0	0	−1	2
===Goaltenders===
 Regular Season 
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	62	60	3602:51	35	19	6	141	2.35	1801	.922	4	0	2	4
 	25	22	1351:15	12	7 	3	49 	2.18	608 	.919	0	0	0	2
 Playoffs 
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	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==
==Awards and honours==
=== Awards ===
 Regular Season
Player	Award 	Awarded
 	NHL All-Star game captain 	January 2, 2016
 	NHL All-Star game selection	January 6, 2016
 	NHL All-Star game selection	January 6, 2016
 	NHL Third Star of the Week 	February 8, 2016
=== Milestones ===
 Regular Season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
 	1st Career NHL Game 	October 10, 2015
C. Brickley	1st Career NHL Goal1st Career NHL Point	October 13, 2015
 	400th Career NHL Game 	October 31, 2015
 	100th Career NHL Game 	November 19, 2015
 	100th Career NHL Game 	December 12, 2015
== Transactions ==
The Panthers were involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season:
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To New York IslandersMTL's 5th-round pick in 2015 	To Florida Panthers5th-round pick in 2016 	
 	To Boston BruinsJimmy Hayes (rights) 	To Florida PanthersReilly SmithMarc Savard 	
 	To Calgary Flames2nd-round pick in 20164th-round pick in 2018 	To Florida PanthersJiri Hudler 	
 	To Edmonton Oilersconditional 3rd-round pick in 2016 	To Florida PanthersTeddy Purcell 	
 	To Detroit Red Wings6th-round pick in 2017 	To Florida PanthersJakub Kindl 	
 	To Anaheim DucksBrandon Pirri 	To Florida Panthers6th-round pick in 2016 	
 	To Vancouver CanucksErik GudbransonNYI's 5th-round pick in 2016 	To Florida PanthersJared McCann2nd-round pick in 20164th-round pick in 2016	
 	To New Jersey DevilsMarc Savard2nd-round pick in 2018 	To Florida PanthersPaul ThompsonGraham Black 	
 	To New York Rangers6th-round pick in 2016Conditional 4th-round pick in 2017	To Florida PanthersKeith Yandle (negotiating rights) 	
 	To Colorado AvalancheRocco Grimaldi 	To Florida PanthersReto Berra 	
;Notes
*Detroit to retain 15% ($720,000) of salary as part of trade.
*Conditional on Yandle signing with Panthers.
=== Free agents acquired ===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Mike McKenna 	Arizona Coyotes 	2 years, $1.15 million 	
 	Shane Harper 	Chicago Wolves 	1 year, $575,000 	
 	Sena Acolatse 	Adirondack Flames 	1 year, $575,000 	
 	Cameron Gaunce 	Texas Stars 	1 year, $575,000 	
 	Brent Regner 	Chicago Wolves 	2 years, $1.2 million 	
 	Rob Flick 	Providence Bruins 	1 year, $575,000 	
 	Dryden Hunt 	Moose Jaw Warriors	entry-level contract 	
 	Linus Hultstrom	Djurgardens IF 	entry-level contract 	
=== Free agents lost ===
Date	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Dan Ellis 	Washington Capitals	1 year, $650,000 	
 	Shane O'Brien 	Anaheim Ducks 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Scottie Upshall	St. Louis Blues 	1 year, $700,000 	
 	Brad Boyes 	Toronto Maple Leafs	1 year, $700,000 	
=== 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
 	Corban Knight 	1 year, $750,000 	
 	Garrett Wilson 	1 year, $675,000 	
 	Greg McKegg 	1 year, $700,000 	
 	Lawson Crouse 	3 years, entry-level contract 	
 	Alex Petrovic 	2 years, $2.1 million 	
 	Quinton Howden 	1 year, $850,500 	
 	John McFarland 	1 year, $850,500 	
 	Jonathan Huberdeau	2 years, $6.5 million 	
 	Aleksander Barkov 	6 years, $35.4 million contract extension	
 	Shawn Thornton 	1 year, contract extension 	
 	Jayce Hawryluk 	entry-level contract 	
 	Michael Downing 	entry-level contract 	
 	Juho Lammikko 	3 years, entry-level contract 	
 	Jaromir Jagr 	1 year, $4 million 	
 	Erik Gudbranson 	1 year, $3.5 million 	
 	Sam Montembeault 	3 years, entry-level contract 	
 	Shane Harper 	1 year 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Florida Panthers' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, 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 	 	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
3 	77 	Sam Montembault 	G 	 	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (QMJHL)
3 	88 	Thomas Schemitsch 	D 	 	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
4 	102	Denis Malgin 	C 	 	ZSC Lions (NLA)
5 	132	Karch Bachman 	LW 	 	Culver Academy (HS-Indiana)
6 	162	Christopher Wilkie	RW 	 	Tri-City Storm (USHL)
7 	192	Patrick Shea 	C 	 	Kimball Union Academy Wildcats (HS-New Hampshire)
7 	206	Ryan Bednard 	G 	 	Johnstown Tomahawks (NAHL)
;Draft notes
* 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.
*: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.
*: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.
* 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.
*: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.
* The Pittsburgh Penguins' third-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 fifth-round pick in 2014 and this pick.
* The Anaheim Ducks' third-round pick went 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.
* The St. Louis Blues' seventh-round pick went 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.
*: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.
==References==
Category:Florida Panthers seasons
Florida Panthers season, 2015-16