2015–16 Florida Panthers season

The 2015–16 Florida Panthers season was the 22nd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 14, 1993.[1] The Panthers' regular season began on October 10, 2015, against the Philadelphia Flyers with a 7–1 home win.[2] 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.

2015–16 Florida Panthers
Atlantic Division champions
Division1st Atlantic
Conference3rd Eastern
2015–16 record47–26–9
Home record25–11–5
Road record22–15–4
Goals for239
Goals against203
Team information
General managerDale Tallon
CoachGerard Gallant
CaptainWillie Mitchell
Alternate captainsDave Bolland
Brian Campbell
Jussi Jokinen
Derek MacKenzie
ArenaBB&T Center
Minor league affiliate(s)Portland Pirates (AHL)
Team leaders
GoalsAleksander Barkov (28)
AssistsJussi Jokinen (42)
PointsJaromir Jagr (66)
Penalty minutesAlex Petrovic (90)
Plus/minusBrian Campbell (+31)
WinsRoberto Luongo (35)
Goals against averageAl Montoya (2.18)

Standings

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Atlantic Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 y – Florida Panthers 82 47 26 9 40 239 203 +36 103
2 x – Tampa Bay Lightning 82 46 31 5 43 227 201 +26 97
3 x – Detroit Red Wings 82 41 30 11 39 211 224 −13 93
4 Boston Bruins 82 42 31 9 38 240 230 +10 93
5 Ottawa Senators 82 38 35 9 32 236 247 −11 85
6 Montreal Canadiens 82 38 38 6 33 221 236 −15 82
7 Buffalo Sabres 82 35 36 11 33 201 222 −21 81
8 Toronto Maple Leafs 82 29 42 11 23 198 246 −48 69
Source: National Hockey League[3]
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Schedule and results

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Pre-season

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Regular season

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2015–16 Game Log[2]

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

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2016 Stanley Cup playoffs

Legend:   Win   Loss

Player stats

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Final stats

Skaters

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Goaltenders

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Regular Season[99]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Roberto Luongo 62 60 3602:51 35 19 6 141 2.35 1801 .922 4 0 2 4
Al Montoya 25 22 1351:15 12 7 3 49 2.18 608 .919 0 0 0 2
Playoffs
Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Roberto Luongo 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.

Awards and honours

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Awards

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Milestones

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Transactions

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The Panthers were involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season:

Trades

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Date Details Ref
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27) To New York Islanders
MTL's 5th-round pick in 2015
To Florida Panthers
5th-round pick in 2016
[103]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) To Boston Bruins
Jimmy Hayes (rights)
To Florida Panthers
Reilly Smith
Marc Savard
[104]
February 27, 2016 (2016-02-27) To Calgary Flames
2nd-round pick in 2016
4th-round pick in 2018
To Florida Panthers
Jiri Hudler
[105]
February 27, 2016 (2016-02-27) To Edmonton Oilers
conditional 3rd-round pick in 2016
To Florida Panthers
Teddy Purcell
[105]
February 27, 2016 (2016-02-27) To Detroit Red Wings
6th-round pick in 2017
To Florida Panthers
Jakub KindlNote 1
[106]
February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29) To Anaheim Ducks
Brandon Pirri
To Florida Panthers
6th-round pick in 2016
[107]
May 25, 2016 (2016-05-25) To Vancouver Canucks
Erik Gudbranson
NYI's 5th-round pick in 2016
To Florida Panthers
Jared McCann
2nd-round pick in 2016
4th-round pick in 2016
[108]
June 10, 2016 (2016-06-10) To New Jersey Devils
Marc Savard
2nd-round pick in 2018
To Florida Panthers
Paul Thompson
Graham Black
[109]
June 20, 2016 (2016-06-20) To New York Rangers
6th-round pick in 2016
Conditional 4th-round pick in 2017Note 2
To Florida Panthers
Keith Yandle (negotiating rights)
[110]
June 23, 2016 (2016-06-23) To Colorado Avalanche
Rocco Grimaldi
To Florida Panthers
Reto Berra
[111]
Notes
  • Note 1 Detroit to retain 15% ($720,000) of salary as part of trade.
  • Note 2 Conditional on Yandle signing with Panthers.

Draft picks

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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   Canada Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
3 77[a] Sam montembeault G   Canada Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (QMJHL)
3 88[b] Thomas Schemitsch D   Canada Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
4 102 Denis Malgin C    Switzerland ZSC Lions (NLA)
5 132 Karch Bachman LW   United States Culver Academy (HS-Indiana)
6 162 Christopher Wilkie RW   United States Tri-City Storm (USHL)
7 192 Patrick Shea C   United States Kimball Union Academy Wildcats (HS-New Hampshire)
7 206[c] Ryan Bednard G   United States Johnstown Tomahawks (NAHL)
Draft notes[135]
  • 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.[136]
    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.[136]
    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.[137]
  • 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.[138]
    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.[139]
  • a 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.[140]
  • b 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.[141]
  • c 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.[142]
    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.[143]

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