Carter Verhaeghe, Sam Bennett and Evan Rodrigues are among the Panthers players who are on a lengthy stretch without scoring a goal.

Once Tkachuk was finally free from the box with 13:03 left in regulation and the game tied against the Pittsburgh Penguins, he made his mark known. He scored on his first shift back, tipping in a Carter Verhaeghe shot on the power play to help Florida to a 3-2 shootout win on Friday at Amerant Bank Arena.

It’s not fantasy hockey, but the Florida Panthers will again have three of their top players on the same line tonight when they welcome in the Detroit Red Wings. On Tuesday night, coach Paul Maurice put Sasha Barkov with Matthew Tkachuk and Sam Reinhart.

Fresh off an emphatic 6-0 win against the Anaheim Ducks, the Philadelphia Flyers face a much steeper challenge as they welcome the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers to the Wells Fargo Center.

After falling on Monday night to the Philadelphia Flyers, Florida dug deep and earned a gutsy 2-1 shootout win over the Devils, thanks in large part to a great game between the pipes by Spencer Knight.

After holding an optional morning skate, The Hockey News asked Devils head coach Sheldon Keefe if his lineup would change. "We've got a game-time decision or two that might impact the group," he said. "We will have to see how that plays out tonight."

Ducks coach Greg Cronin liked how his team put 37 shots on goal and won 55.2 percent of the faceoffs. The Ducks also outhit Tampa Bay, 24-12, but were let down by their special teams as the Lightning scored the game's only two power-play goals.

Winning the Stanley Cup hasn’t been a burden to the Panthers. They’re sitting near the top of the Eastern Conference near the mid-season and having the regular season they wanted.

The Detroit Red Wings have more work to do, and that labor must -- from their perspective -- begin on Thursday night when they visit the reigning Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers in Sunrise, Fla. Detroit, despite a recent hot streak, is still not in playoff position.

The Panthers are a much better team than the Red Wings, and seeing them claw one out in New Jersey on Tuesday night was very encouraging. The Panthers have absolutely owned the Red Wings in recent series history, winning nine out of the last 10 meetings dating back to 2022.

Matthew Tkachuk had himself an excitable night with the Florida Panthers on Friday night. Tkachuk spent a good portion of Florida’s 3-2 shootout win against the Penguins off of the ice, officials slapping him with a 2-minute unsportsmanlike penalty as well as a 10-minute misconduct in the second period.

For Jason Carter, one simple sandwich evokes special Christmas memories of his late grandmother, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter. Instead of reflecting on her numerous social and political accomplishments, Jason chooses to remember Rosalynn as he saw her ...