The 2015–16

Florida Panthers The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team based in the Miami metropolitan area. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern ...

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was the 22nd season for the

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franchise that was established on June 14, 1993. The Panthers' regular season began on October 10, 2015, against the

Philadelphia Flyers The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia. The Flyers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games in Wells ...

with a 7–1 home win. 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 The New York Islanders (colloquially known as the Isles) are a professional ice hockey team based in Elmont, New York. The Islanders compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference ( ...

Standings

Schedule and results

Pre-season

Regular season

Playoffs

Player stats

Final stats

Skaters

Goaltenders

^†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

Awards

Milestones

Transactions

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

Trades

;Notes *Detroit to retain 15% ($720,000) of salary as part of trade. *Conditional on Yandle signing with Panthers.

Free agents acquired

Free agents lost

Claimed via waivers

Lost via waivers

Lost via retirement

Player signings

Draft picks

Below are the Florida Panthers' selections at the

2015 NHL Entry Draft The 2015 NHL Entry Draft was the 53rd NHL Entry Draft. The draft was held on June 26–27, 2015, at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida. The first three selections were Connor McDavid going to the Edmonton Oilers, Jack Eichel going to the Buffa ...

, held on June 26–27, 2015 at the

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. ;Draft notes * The

' second-round pick went to the

New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home ...

as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015, that sent

Carl Hagelin Carl Oliver Hagelin (born 23 August 1988) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Hagelin was drafted by the New York Rangers in the sixth round, 168th overall, of the 2007 NHL ...

and a second and sixth-round pick in 2015 (59th and 179th overall) to Anaheim in exchange for

Emerson Etem Emerson Albert Spratlen Etem (born June 16, 1992) is an American former professional ice hockey right winger and current co-owner of the Long Beach Shredders of the USPHL. He was originally selected in the first round, 29th overall, by the An ...

and this pick. *:Anaheim previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015, that sent

Kyle Palmieri Kyle Charles Palmieri (; born February 1, 1991) is an American professional ice hockey right winger for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the New Jersey Devils and Anaheim Ducks. Growing up ...

to New Jersey in exchange for a third-round pick in

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and this pick. *:New Jersey previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 26, 2015, that sent

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to Florida in exchange for a conditional third-round pick in

and this pick. * The

' third-round pick went to the

Tampa Bay Lightning The Tampa Bay Lightning (colloquially known as the Bolts) are a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. They play th ...

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. *:The Islanders previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 28, 2014, that sent a third-round pick in

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to Florida in exchange for this pick. * The

Pittsburgh Penguins The Pittsburgh Penguins (colloquially known as the Pens) are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference, and have playe ...

' third-round pick went to the

as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014, that sent

Marcel Goc Marcel Goc (; born 24 August 1983) is a German former professional ice hockey player. Goc's father Josef played hockey in his native Czechoslovakia, he has two brothers who also play professional hockey. His older brother Sascha has played for ...

to Pittsburgh in exchange for a fifth-round pick in 2014 and this pick. * The

Anaheim Ducks The Anaheim Ducks are a professional ice hockey team based in Anaheim, California. The Ducks compete in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division, and play their home games at Honda Center. ...

' third-round pick went to the

as the result of a trade on February 28, 2015, that sent Tomas Fleischmann to Anaheim in exchange for

Dany Heatley Daniel "Dany" James Heatley (born January 21, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger. Originally drafted by the Atlanta Thrashers second overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, he won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the National ...

and this pick. * The

St. Louis Blues The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis. The Blues compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference. The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the s ...

' seventh-round pick went to the

as the result of a trade on September 28, 2013, that sent

Scott Timmins Scott Timmins (born September 11, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for Fehérvár AV19 of the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL). He was selected by the Florida Panthers in the 6th round (165th overall) of ...

and a sixth-round pick in 2014 to New Jersey in exchange for

Krys Barch Krystofer Barch (born March 26, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. He is currently serving as a development coach within the Buffalo Sabres organization. Playing career Barch was drafted 106th overall in the 1998 NHL E ...

and this pick. *: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 Matthew Vincent D'Agostini (born October 23, 1986) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who is currently playing for HC Ambrì-Piotta of the National League (NL). He was drafted in the sixth round, 190th overall, by the Montreal Cana ...

and this pick.

References

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