Florida Panthers Depth Chart 2026-27

Position Players

POS	Starter	Second	Third+
Center	S. Bennett Panthers' Sam Bennett: Makes franchise history with hat trick Sam Bennett Panthers' Sam Bennett: Makes franchise history with hat trick	A. LundellAnton Lundell	S. Reinhart Panthers' Sam Reinhart: Four-game, eight-point scoring streak Sam Reinhart Panthers' Sam Reinhart: Four-game, eight-point scoring streak S. LaffertySam Lafferty A. Barkov Lower Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 27 Aleksander Barkov Lower Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 27
Left Wing	B. Tkachuk Panthers' Brady Tkachuk: Becomes part of NHL history Brady Tkachuk Panthers' Brady Tkachuk: Becomes part of NHL history	E. LuostarinenEetu Luostarinen	C. Verhaeghe Panthers' Carter Verhaeghe: Makes NHL history Carter Verhaeghe Panthers' Carter Verhaeghe: Makes NHL history B. ImamaBokondji Imama C. Reinhardt Panthers' Cole Reinhardt: Summoned from AHL Cole Reinhardt Panthers' Cole Reinhardt: Summoned from AHL J. Gadjovich Upper Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 28 Jonah Gadjovich Upper Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 28
Right Wing	M. Tkachuk Panthers' Matthew Tkachuk: Eight-game, 14-point scoring streak Matthew Tkachuk Panthers' Matthew Tkachuk: Eight-game, 14-point scoring streak	S. VilmanisSandis Vilmanis	L. EllerLars Eller G. HathawayGarnet Hathaway B. Marchand Leg: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 21 Brad Marchand Leg: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 21
Left Defenseman	G. ForslingGustav Forsling	N. Mikkola Panthers' Niko Mikkola: Rare offensive outburst Niko Mikkola Panthers' Niko Mikkola: Rare offensive outburst	U. BalinskisUvis Balinskis
Right Defenseman	A. EkbladAaron Ekblad	S. Jones Panthers' Seth Jones: Two helpers in OT win Seth Jones Panthers' Seth Jones: Two helpers in OT win	D. KulikovDmitry Kulikov R. Gudas Undisclosed: Day-to-Day Radko Gudas Undisclosed: Day-to-Day
Goalie	J. Markstrom Panthers' Jacob Markstrom: Returns to action and gets win Jacob Markstrom Panthers' Jacob Markstrom: Returns to action and gets win	A. SchmidAkira Schmid	—