Aaron Ekblad’s 20-game suspension for a failed drug test two games into Jones’ Panthers tenure rose Jones into a top-pairing role and onto the top power play. Dmitry Kulikov’s upper-body injury sustained five games after that has magnified his value even more.

Matthew Tkachuk has taken the next step to his return from injury.

The Florida Panthers have earned their reputation as one of the NHL’s best teams, getting to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs in each of the past three seasons, making it to the Cup final in each of the past two seasons,

A female Florida panther's haunting and rarely heard call in search of a mate was captured on video by a hunter in Collier County recently.

Any performance Utah had against Florida was bound to be better, considering it had just suffered its worst loss in franchise history the night before—a brutal 8-0 defeat against Tampa.

Utah Hockey Club lost more than the game Friday night at Amerant Bank Arena. In addition to falling 2-1 to the Florida Panthers in overtime, the team went down to five defensemen after Olli Määttä left the matchup with a lower-body injury in the second period and did not return for the rest of the evening.

Florida Panthers coach Paul Maurice was very happy with the way his team played in the third period Tuesday night in Montreal. Was he thrilled with the end result? Of course not. But aside from a last-second shot getting through to the net — where Nick Suzuki was camped out on the right post — Montreal did not get a lot going against the Panthers in that third period.

It's not often a captain is traded at the deadline in the NHL. It's not often that captain is a Hall of Fame talent that spent his whole career on one team.

Brad Marchand is ready for his Florida debut. The Panthers said Marchand — who, because of an upper-body injury, hasn't appeared in a game with Florida since being acquired in a trade with Boston three weeks ago — will be in the lineup Friday night when the team plays host to the Utah Hockey Club.