2021–22 Florida Panthers season

The 2021–22 Florida Panthers season was the 29th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established in 1993. Head coach Joel Quenneville returned to coach his third season with the team. The Panthers began the season 3–0–0 for the second time in team history in as many years.
Quenneville resigned from his coaching duties as a result of the fallout from the 2010 Chicago Blackhawks sexual assault scandal on October 28, 2021. On October 29, assistant coach Andrew Brunette was named interim head coach. 
The franchise record season opening winning streak reached an 8–0–0 record. The streak ended after the Panthers lost to the Boston Bruins 3–2 in a shootout. The Panthers became the seventh team to begin the season at 8–0–0. The Panthers became the first team to clinch a berth in the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs following a 5–3 win over the Buffalo Sabres on April 3, 2022. On April 21, the Panthers clinched the Atlantic Division title, and on April 28, they won the Presidents' Trophy for the first time in franchise history. 
On May 13, 2022, the Florida Panthers won their first playoff series since 1996 by defeating the Washington Capitals in six games. But, they were upset in the Second Round by the Tampa Bay Lightning, being swept in four games. 
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
== Schedule and Results ==
===Regular season===
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October: 8–0–1 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)	October: 8–0–1 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)	October: 8–0–1 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)	October: 8–0–1 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)	October: 8–0–1 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)	October: 8–0–1 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)	October: 8–0–1 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)	October: 8–0–1 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)	October: 8–0–1 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)	October: 8–0–1 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)	October: 8–0–1 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 14 	Pittsburgh 	4–5 	Florida 	OT 	Bobrovsky 	14,308 	1–0–0 	2 	
2 	October 16 	NY Islanders 	1–5 	Florida 	 	Bobrovsky 	12,936 	2–0–0 	4 	
3 	October 19 	Florida 	4–1 	Tampa Bay 	 	Knight 	19,092 	3–0–0 	6 	
4 	October 21 	Colorado 	1–4 	Florida 	 	Bobrovsky 	11,245 	4–0–0 	8 	
5 	October 23 	Florida 	4–2 	Philadelphia 	 	Bobrovsky 	16,936 	5–0–0 	10 	
6 	October 25 	Arizona 	3–5 	Florida 	 	Knight 	13,943 	6–0–0 	12 	
7 	October 27 	Boston 	1–4 	Florida 	 	Bobrovsky 	12,306 	7–0–0 	14 	
8 	October 29 	Florida 	3–2 	Detroit 	OT 	Bobrovsky 	15,593 	8–0–0 	16 	
9 	October 30 	Florida 	2–3 	Boston 	SO 	Knight 	17,850 	8–0–1 	17 	
===Playoffs===
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Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC2) Washington Capitals: Florida won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC2) Washington Capitals: Florida won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC2) Washington Capitals: Florida won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC2) Washington Capitals: Florida won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC2) Washington Capitals: Florida won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC2) Washington Capitals: Florida won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC2) Washington Capitals: Florida won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC2) Washington Capitals: Florida won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC2) Washington Capitals: Florida won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC2) Washington Capitals: Florida won 4–2
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap
1 	May 3 	Washington 	4–2 	Florida 	 	Bobrovsky 	19,678 	0–1 	
2 	May 5 	Washington 	1–5 	Florida 	 	Bobrovsky 	19,636 	1–1 	
3 	May 7 	Florida 	1–6 	Washington 	 	Bobrovsky 	18,573 	1–2 	
4 	May 9 	Florida 	3–2 	Washington 	OT 	Bobrovsky 	18,573 	2–2 	
5 	May 11 	Washington 	3–5 	Florida 	 	Bobrovsky 	20,023 	3–2 	
6 	May 13 	Florida 	4–3 	Washington 	OT 	Bobrovsky 	18,573 	4–2 	
==Player statistics==
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	80	30	85	115	+35	54
 	67	39	49	88 	+36	18
 	78	33	49	82 	+25	13
 	74	31	27	58 	+19	30
 	61	15	42	57 	+38	26
 	78	24	31	55 	+24	48
 	71	28	21	49 	+27	74
 	54	18	29	47 	+29	53
 	65	18	26	44 	+33	18
 	80	8 	36	44 	+40	81
 	81	11	26	37 	+15	48
 	71	10	27	37 	+41	18
 	65	11	17	28 	−5 	19
 	78	9 	17	26 	+1 	12
† 	18	3 	20	23 	+7 	6
‡ 	49	10	9 	19 	−2 	16
 	55	9 	9 	18 	+4 	92
 	77	3 	13	16 	+27	105
 	40	7 	7 	14 	+8 	13
‡ 	42	6 	8 	14 	+2 	10
 	34	5 	5 	10 	−10	10
 	40	3 	6 	9 	+3 	10
 	20	3 	5 	8 	+2 	11
† 	20	2 	6 	8 	+4 	6
 	10	1 	1 	2 	−8 	2
 	9 	0 	1 	1 	0 	5
† 	16	0 	1 	1 	0 	10
 	1 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	6 	0 	1 	1 	−6 	2
‡ 	13	0 	0 	0 	+4 	2
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2
‡ 	10	0 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	+2 	2
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	−4 	0
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	10	6	6	12	+7	4
 	10	3	5	8 	+2	0
 	10	2	5	7 	+3	4
 	10	1	4	5 	−2	11
 	10	1	4	5 	+1	4
 	10	3	1	4 	−4	2
 	10	1	2	3 	+1	12
 	8 	1	2	3 	+4	4
 	10	0	3	3 	+7	4
 	10	0	3	3 	0 	6
 	10	1	1	2 	−3	2
 	10	1	1	2 	−3	4
 	10	0	2	2 	+1	6
 	9 	1	0	1 	−1	2
 	5 	1	0	1 	−1	2
 	4 	1	0	1 	−3	6
 	10	0	1	1 	+1	10
 	10	0	1	1 	−1	8
 	4 	0	0	0 	−3	0
 	9 	0	0	0 	−5	0
 	1 	0	0	0 	−1	0
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	54	53	3,082:10	39	7	3	137	2.67	1,566	.913	3	0	0	4
 	32	27	1,740:14	19	9	3	81 	2.79	876 	.908	2	0	0	0
 	2 	2 	116:13 	0 	2	0	15 	7.74	64 	.766	0	0	0	0
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	10	10	600:18	4	6	27	2.70	303	.911	0	0	0	2
†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 2021–22 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Buffalo SabresDevon LeviConditional1 1st-round pick in 2022 or 2023 	To Florida PanthersSam Reinhart 	
 	To Arizona CoyotesAnton StralmanVladislav Kolyachonok2nd-round pick in 2024 	To Florida Panthers7th-round pick in 2023 	
 	To Vancouver CanucksNoah JuulsenJuho Lammikko 	To Florida PanthersOlli Juolevi 	
 	To New York RangersFrank Vatrano 	To Florida PanthersConditional2 NYR or WPG 4th-round pick in 2022 	
 	To Montreal CanadiensTy SmilanicConditional3 1st-round pick in 2023Conditional2 NYR or WPG 4th-round pick in 2022	To Florida PanthersBen Chiarot 	
 	To Philadelphia FlyersOwen TippettConditional4 1st-round pick in 20243rd-round pick in 2023 	To Florida PanthersClaude GirouxConnor BunnamanGerman Rubtsov5th-round pick in 2024	
 	To Buffalo SabresCGY 6th-round pick in 2022 	To Florida PanthersRobert Hagg 	
 	To Carolina HurricanesMax DomiTyler Inamoto 	To Florida PanthersYegor KorshkovCBJ 6th-round pick in 2022 	
 	To Columbus Blue JacketsAidan Hreschuk 	To Florida PanthersYegor KorshkovCBJ 6th-round pick in 2022 	
Notes:
# Buffalo will receive a first-round pick in 2022 if the selection is outside of the top 10; otherwise Buffalo will receive a first-round pick in 2023.
# Florida will receive the later of either New York's or Winnipeg's 4th-round pick.
# Montreal will receive Florida's 1st-round pick in 2024 if Florida retains their 2022 1st-round pick.
# Philadelphia will receive Florida's 1st-round pick in 2024 if it falls outside the top 10 selections, otherwise Philadelphia will receive Florida's 1st-round pick in 2025.
===Players acquired===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Term 	Via 	Ref
 	Christopher Gibson	Tampa Bay Lightning 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Zac Dalpe 	Columbus Blue Jackets 	2-year	Free agency	
 	Joe Thornton 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Jonas Johansson 	Colorado Avalanche 	 	Waivers 	
 	Evan Fitzpatrick 	Charlotte Checkers (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	
 	Mack Guzda 	Barrie Colts (OHL) 	3-year	Free agency	
 	Petteri Lindbohm 	Jokerit (KHL) 	1-year	Free agency	
===Players lost===
Date	Player 	New team 	Term 	Via 	Ref
 	Keith Yandle 	 	 	Buy-out 	
 	Chris Driedger 	Seattle Kraken 	 	Expansion draft	
 	Brady Keeper 	Vancouver Canucks 	2-year	Free agency 	
 	Ethan Prow 	Buffalo Sabres 	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Alexander Wennberg 	Seattle Kraken 	3-year	Free agency 	
 	Tommy Cross 	St. Louis Blues 	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Ryan Bednard 	Hershey Bears (AHL) 	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Philippe Desrosiers	Manitoba Moose (AHL) 	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Jake Massie 	South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL)	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Alec Rauhauser 	Greenville Swamp Rabbits (ECHL)	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Patrick Bajkov 	Reading Royals (ECHL) 	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Brad Morrison 	HC Pustertal Wolfe (ICEHL) 	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Samuel Montembeault	Montreal Canadiens 	 	Waivers 	
 	Scott Wilson 	Charlotte Checkers (AHL) 	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Nikita Gusev 	SKA St. Petersburg (KHL) 	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Kevin Connauton 	Philadelphia Flyers 	 	Waivers 	
 	Olli Juolevi 	Detroit Red Wings 	 	Waivers 	
===Signings===
Date	Player 	Term 	Contract type	Ref
 	Anthony Duclair 	3-year	Re-signing 	
 	Gustav Forsling 	3-year	Re-signing 	
 	Sam Bennett 	4-year	Re-signing 	
 	Lucas Carlsson 	1-year	Re-signing 	
 	Noah Juulsen 	1-year	Re-signing 	
 	Juho Lammikko 	1-year	Re-signing 	
 	Carter Verhaeghe 	3-year	Extension 	
 	Maxim Mamin 	1-year	Re-signing 	
 	Brandon Montour 	3-year	Re-signing 	
 	Sam Montembeault 	1-year	Re-signing 	
 	Chase Priskie 	1-year	Re-signing 	
 	Sam Reinhart 	3-year	Re-signing 	
 	Justin Sourdif 	3-year	Entry-level 	
 	Aleksander Barkov	8-year	Extension 	
 	Ryan Lomberg 	2-year	Extension 	
 	Zach Uens 	3-year	Entry-level 	
 	Santtu Kinnunen 	2-year	Entry-level 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Florida Panthers' selections at the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, which were held on July 23 to 24, 2021. It was held virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	24 	Mackie Samoskevich 	RW 	 	Chicago Steel (USHL)
2 	56 	Evan Nause 	D 	 	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
4 	120	Vladislav Lukashevich	D 	 	Loko Yaroslavl (MHL)
5 	152	Kirill Gerasimyuk 	G 	 	SKA Varyagi (MHL)
6 	184	Jakub Kos 	LW 	 	Ilves U20 (U20 SM-sarja)
7 	210	Braden Hache 	D 	 	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
==References==
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