Florida Panthers Depth Chart 2026-27

POS	Starter	Second	Third+
Center	A. Barkov Panthers' Aleksander Barkov: No rust in preseason opener Aleksander Barkov Panthers' Aleksander Barkov: No rust in preseason opener	S. BennettSam Bennett	A. LundellAnton Lundell L. EllerLars Eller
Left Wing	B. Tkachuk Panthers' Brady Tkachuk: Set for opener Brady Tkachuk Panthers' Brady Tkachuk: Set for opener	C. VerhaegheCarter Verhaeghe	E. LuostarinenEetu Luostarinen B. ImamaBokondji Imama J. Gadjovich Upper Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 17 Jonah Gadjovich Upper Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 17
Right Wing	S. ReinhartSam Reinhart	M. TkachukMatthew Tkachuk	G. HathawayGarnet Hathaway B. Marchand Lower Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 2 Brad Marchand Lower Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 2
Left Defenseman	G. ForslingGustav Forsling	N. MikkolaNiko Mikkola	D. KulikovDmitry Kulikov U. BalinskisUvis Balinskis
Right Defenseman	A. EkbladAaron Ekblad	S. JonesSeth Jones	R. GudasRadko Gudas
Goalie	J. Markstrom Panthers' Jacob Markstrom: Starting again Tuesday Jacob Markstrom Panthers' Jacob Markstrom: Starting again Tuesday	A. Schmid Panthers' Akira Schmid: Falls in shootout in preseason finale Akira Schmid Panthers' Akira Schmid: Falls in shootout in preseason finale	—