2009–10 Florida Panthers season

National Hockey League team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 2009–10 2009 Florida Panthers Eastern 14th Southeast 5th 32–37–13 16–16–9 16–21–4 208 244 Randy Sexton Peter DeBoer Bryan McCabe Cory StillmanStephen Weiss BankAtlantic Center 14,896 (77.4%)(after 20 games) Stephen Weiss (28) Nathan Horton (37) Stephen Weiss (60) Jason Garrison (+5) Bryan Allen (99) Tomas Vokoun (23) Tomas Vokoun (2.55) The 2009–10 Florida Panthers season was the 16th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL). After earning 77 points in the season, the Panthers did not qualify for the playoffs for the ninth year in a row for the first time in franchise history. 2 Off-season The Panthers moved their training facilities and administrative center to the 'Incredible Ice' complex in Coral Springs, Florida. A new $10 million, 50000 ft2 m2 expansion was built to accommodate the Panthers.South Florida Business Journal http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2009/06/29/focus2.html Zbar, Jeff IncredibleICE rink is hot for cool business June 26, 2009 2009-10-19 October 2010 H3llBot On June 1, 2009, General Manager Jacques Martin resigned his position to become the head coach of the Montreal Canadiens.Search For GM Begins, Martin to Montreal https://web.archive.org/web/20090703232222/http://panthers.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=424546&page=NewsPage&service=page July 3, 2009 Assistant General Manager Randy Sexton assumed the duties of general manager on an interim basis, and was named general manager just prior to the start of the season. This is Sexton's second time as an NHL general manager. He was the Ottawa Senators general manager in the early 1990s. After the season, the Panthers replaced Sexton with new general manager, Dale Tallon.Dale Tallon Named Florida Panthers General Manager Pre-season 2009 Pre-season Game Log: 5–3–1 (Home: 2–0–0; Road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record 1 September 15 (in Halifax, NS) Ottawa Senators 1 - 3 Florida Panthers Clemmensen 6,178 1–0–0 2 September 16 Florida Panthers 2 - 1 Ottawa Senators Vokoun 15,205 2–0–0 3 September 17 Florida Panthers 2 - 3 Montreal Canadiens Clemmensen 21,273 2–1–0 4 September 18 Florida Panthers 0 - 4 Edmonton Oilers Vokoun 16,601 2–2–0 5 September 20 Florida Panthers 2 - 5 Calgary Flames Vokoun 19,289 2–3–0 6 September 22 Florida Panthers 3 - 1 Dallas Stars Clemmensen 14,815 3–3–0 7 September 23 Dallas Stars 1 - 4 Florida Panthers Vokoun 8,923 4–3–0 8 September 28 (in Tampere, Finland) Florida Panthers 2 - 3 Tappara (Finland) OT Clemmensen - 4–3–1 9 September 30 (in Helsinki, Finland) Florida Panthers 4 - 2 Jokerit (Finland) Vokoun - 5–3–1 Regular season The Panthers failed to make the playoffs for the ninth consecutive season. They have not qualified for the playoffs since the 1999–2000 season. Divisional standings FLA Conference standings FLA Game log 2009–10 Game Log October: 4–7–1 (Home: 1–4–0; Road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 October 2(in Helsinki, FI) Florida Panthers 4 - 3 Chicago Blackhawks SO Vokoun 12,056 1-0-0 2 2 October 3(in Helsinki, FI) Chicago Blackhawks 4 - 0 Florida Panthers Vokoun 11,526 1-1-0 2 3 October 9 Florida Panthers 2 - 7 Carolina Hurricanes Vokoun 13,597 1-2-0 2 4 October 10 New Jersey Devils 3 - 2 Florida Panthers Vokoun 18,802 1-3-0 2 5 October 12 Florida Panthers 2 - 3 Tampa Bay Lightning Vokoun 14,126 1-4-0 2 6 October 16 Philadelphia Flyers 2 - 4 Florida Panthers Clemmensen 15,557 2-4-0 4 7 October 21 Buffalo Sabres 5 - 2 Florida Panthers Clemmensen 12,607 2-5-0 4 8 October 23 Florida Panthers 2 - 3 Pittsburgh Penguins SO Vokoun 16,971 2-5-1 5 9 October 24 Florida Panthers 1 - 5 Philadelphia Flyers Vokoun 19,007 2-6-1 5 10 October 28 Ottawa Senators 4 - 3 Florida Panthers Vokoun 12,596 2-7-1 5 11 October 30 Florida Panthers 6 - 5 Dallas Stars SO Clemmensen 16,824 3-7-1 7 12 October 31 Florida Panthers 4 - 0 St. Louis Blues Vokoun 17,943 4-7-1 9 November: 6–5–3 (Home: 2–2–3; Road: 4–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 13 November 4 Carolina Hurricanes 0 - 3 Florida Panthers Vokoun 12,424 5-7-1 11 14 November 6 Washington Capitals 1 - 4 Florida Panthers Vokoun 15,877 5-8-1 11 15 November 7 Florida Panthers 4 - 7 Washington Capitals Clemmensen 18,277 5-9-1 11 16 November 12 Florida Panthers 1 - 0 Boston Bruins SO Vokoun 17,074 6-9-1 13 17 November 14 New York Islanders 4 - 5 Florida Panthers SO Vokoun 15,921 7-9-1 15 18 November 16 Los Angeles Kings 4 - 3 Florida Panthers SO Vokoun 12,502 7-9-2 16 19 November 18 Florida Panthers 6 - 2 Buffalo Sabres Vokoun 18,546 8-9-2 18 20 November 20 Florida Panthers 2 - 1 Detroit Red Wings OT Vokoun 16,424 9-9-2 20 21 November 21 Florida Panthers 3 - 2 New York Rangers Vokoun 18,200 10-9-2 22 22 November 23 Pittsburgh Penguins 3 - 2 Florida Panthers OT Vokoun 17,024 10-9-3 23 23 November 25 New York Rangers 2 - 1 Florida Panthers SO Vokoun 16,281 10-9-4 24 24 November 27 Toronto Maple Leafs 6 - 4 Florida Panthers Vokoun 16,101 10-10-4 24 25 November 28 Florida Panthers 1 - 4 Nashville Predators Clemmensen 14,120 10-11-4 24 26 November 30 Florida Panthers 3 - 4 Atlanta Thrashers Clemmensen 10,310 10-12-4 24 December: 6–6–3 (Home: 3–2–2; Road: 3–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 27 December 2 Colorado Avalanche 5 - 6 Florida Panthers SO Clemmensen 12,403 11-12-4 26 28 December 3 Florida Panthers 2 - 6 Washington Capitals Salak 18,277 11-13-4 26 29 December 5 Atlanta Thrashers 2 - 1 Florida Panthers SO Vokoun 13,291 11-13-5 27 30 December 7 Edmonton Oilers 3 - 2 Florida Panthers SO Vokoun 11,469 11-13-6 28 31 December 9 Florida Panthers 0 - 3 Columbus Blue Jackets Vokoun 12,800 11-14-6 28 32 December 11 Florida Panthers 4 - 2 New Jersey Devils Clemmensen 14,132 12-14-6 30 33 December 12 Florida Panthers 2 - 3 Pittsburgh Penguins OT Vokoun 16,977 12-14-7 31 34 December 14 Florida Panthers 7 - 1 New York Islanders Vokoun 10,489 13-14-7 33 35 December 16 Atlanta Thrashers 4 - 3 Florida Panthers Vokoun 11,672 14-14-7 35 36 December 18 Carolina Hurricanes 6 - 3 Florida Panthers Vokoun 15,107 15-14-7 37 37 December 19 Florida Panthers 2 - 3 Carolina Hurricanes Clemmensen 12,758 15-15-7 37 38 December 21 Florida Panthers 4 - 1 Philadelphia Flyers Vokoun 19,323 16-15-7 39 39 December 23 Florida Panthers 1 - 4 New York Rangers Vokoun 18,200 16-16-7 39 40 December 27 Boston Bruins 1 - 2 Florida Panthers Clemmensen 18,799 16-17-7 39 41 December 31 Montreal Canadiens 4 - 5 Florida Panthers Vokoun 19,851 16-18-7 39 January: 8–4–2 (Home: 6–0–1; Road: 2–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 42 January 3 Pittsburgh Penguins 2 - 6 Florida Panthers Vokoun 18,110 17-18-7 41 43 January 5 Florida Panthers 2 - 3 Toronto Maple Leafs Vokoun 18,984 17-19-7 41 44 January 7 Florida Panthers 0 - 2 Montreal Canadiens Vokoun 21,273 17-20-7 41 45 January 9 Florida Panthers 3 - 0 Ottawa Senators Vokoun 16,506 18-20-7 43 46 January 13 Washington Capitals 5 - 4 Florida Panthers SO Vokoun 14,776 18-20-8 44 47 January 14 Florida Panthers 3 - 2 Tampa Bay Lightning Vokoun 13,516 19-20-8 46 48 January 16 Tampa Bay Lightning 2 - 5 Florida Panthers Vokoun 15,971 20-20-8 48 49 January 18 Atlanta Thrashers 0 - 1 Florida Panthers Vokoun 11,818 21-20-8 50 50 January 20 Florida Panthers 0 - 2 New Jersey Devils Vokoun 13,931 21-21-8 50 51 January 21 Florida Panthers 1 - 2 New York Islanders SO Vokoun 12,138 21-21-9 51 52 January 23 Toronto Maple Leafs 0 - 2 Florida Panthers Vokoun 18,087 22-21-9 53 53 January 26 Montreal Canadiens 1 - 2 Florida Panthers Vokoun 17,104 23-21-9 55 54 January 29 Florida Panthers 1 - 4 Washington Capitals Vokoun 18,277 23-22-9 55 55 January 31 New York Islanders 0 - 2 Florida Panthers Vokoun 16,023 24-22-9 57 February: 0–5–1 (Home: 0–3–1; Road: 0–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 56 February 1 Anaheim Ducks 3 - 0 Florida Panthers Vokoun 10,843 24-23-9 57 57 February 5 Calgary Flames 2 - 1 Florida Panthers Vokoun 16,781 24-24-9 57 58 February 6 Florida Panthers 2 - 4 Atlanta Thrashers Vokoun 16,743 24-25-9 57 59 February 9 Florida Panthers 1 - 4 Carolina Hurricanes Vokoun 18,393 24-26-9 57 60 February 11 Vancouver Canucks 3 - 0 Florida Panthers Vokoun 13,787 24-27-9 57 61 February 13 Boston Bruins 2 - 3 Florida Panthers SO Vokoun 17,109 24-27-10 58 March: 6–7–2 (Home: 3–2–2; Road: 3–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 62 March 2 Florida Panthers 2 - 4 Atlanta Thrashers Clemmensen 13,818 24-28-10 58 63 March 3 Philadelphia Flyers 4 - 7 Florida Panthers Vokoun 15,878 25-28-10 60 64 March 6 Carolina Hurricanes 1 - 4 Florida Panthers Vokoun 16,202 26-28-10 62 65 March 9 Florida Panthers 3 - 2 Minnesota Wild SO Vokoun 18,191 27-28-10 64 66 March 11 Florida Panthers 0 - 3 Colorado Avalanche Vokoun 11,458 27-29-10 64 67 March 13 Florida Panthers 3 - 2 San Jose Sharks OT Vokoun 17,562 28-29-10 66 68 March 16 Washington Capitals 7 - 3 Florida Panthers Vokoun 15,123 28-30-10 66 69 March 18 Phoenix Coyotes 4 - 3 Florida Panthers SO Vokoun 12,282 28-30-11 67 70 March 20 Buffalo Sabres 3 - 1 Florida Panthers Vokoun 18,217 28-31-11 67 71 March 21 Tampa Bay Lightning 2 - 5 Florida Panthers Clemmensen 14,831 29-31-11 69 72 March 23 Florida Panthers 4 - 1 Toronto Maple Leafs Clemmensen 19,158 30-31-11 71 73 March 25 Florida Panthers 1 - 4 Montreal Canadiens Vokoun 21,273 30-32-11 71 74 March 27 Florida Panthers 2 - 3 Ottawa Senators Vokoun 18,689 30-33-11 71 75 March 29 Nashville Predators 3 - 2 Florida Panthers OT Clemmensen 13,679 30-33-12 72 76 March 31 Florida Panthers 6 - 2 Buffalo Sabres Vokoun 18,690 30-34-12 72 April: 2–3–1 (Home: 1–3–0; Road: 1–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 77 April 1 Florida Panthers 1 - 0 Boston Bruins Clemmensen 17,565 31-34-12 74 78 April 3 New York Rangers 4 - 1 Florida Panthers Clemmensen 18,011 31-35-12 74 79 April 6 Ottawa Senators 5 - 2 Florida Panthers Vokoun 11,790 31-36-12 74 80 April 8 New Jersey Devils 2 - 3 Florida Panthers Clemmensen 15,273 32-36-12 76 81 April 10 Florida Panthers 3 - 4 Tampa Bay Lightning SO Clemmensen 17,050 32-36-13 77 82 April 11 Tampa Bay Lightning 3 - 1 Florida Panthers Clemmensen 15,884 32-37-13 77 Legend: #CCFFCC Win (2 points) 1px solid #CCFFCC #FFBBBB Loss (0 points) 1px solid #FFBBBB white Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) 1px solid #AAAAAA Player statistics Skaters Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Stephen Weiss 80 28 32 60 -7 40 Nathan Horton 65 20 37 57 -1 42 Bryan McCabe 82 8 35 43 -4 83 Michael Frolik Michael Frolík 82 21 22 43 -4 43 Steven Reinprecht 82 16 22 38 -1 18 Cory Stillman 58 15 22 37 -3 22 Radek Dvorak Radek Dvořák 76 14 18 32 -7 20 Rostislav Olesz 78 14 15 29 -4 28 Keith Ballard 82 8 20 28 -7 88 Dennis Seidenberg‡ 62 2 21 23 -3 33 Jordan Leopold‡ 61 7 11 18 -7 22 Gregory Campbell Gregory Campbell (ice hockey) 60 2 15 17 -5 53 Dominic Moore‡ 48 8 9 17 -7 35 Shawn Matthias 55 7 9 16 -3 10 David Booth David Booth (ice hockey) 28 8 8 16 -3 23 Dmitri Kulikov Dmitri Kulikov (ice hockey) 68 3 13 16 -5 32 Kamil Kreps 76 5 9 14 -7 18 Bryan Allen Bryan Allen (ice hockey) 74 4 9 13 -8 99 Jason Garrison 39 2 6 8 5 23 Victor Oreskovich 50 2 4 6 -8 26 Michal Repik Michal Řepík 19 3 2 5 1 6 Ville Koistinen 17 1 3 4 1 8 Kenndal McArdle 19 1 2 3 -4 29 Nick Tarnasky 31 1 2 3 -5 85 Jeff Taffe 21 1 1 2 -1 4 Byron Bitz† 7 1 1 2 1 2 Steve MacIntyre† 22 0 1 1 -3 24 Mike Duco 10 0 0 0 -3 50 Clay Wilson 2 0 0 0 -5 0 Evgeny Dadonov 4 0 0 0 -1 0 Keaton Ellerby 22 0 0 0 -1 2 Goaltenders Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; GAA= Goals against average; SA= Shots against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save percentage; SO= Shutouts Regular season Player GP TOI W L OT GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM Tomas Vokoun Tomáš Vokoun 63 3695 23 28 11 157 2.55 2081 .925 7 0 2 0 Scott Clemmensen 23 1215 9 8 2 59 2.91 668 .912 1 0 0 0 Alexander Salak Alexander Salák 2 67 0 1 0 6 5.37 40 .850 0 0 0 0 †Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Panthers. Stats reflect time with Panthers only. ‡Traded mid-season Bold/italics denotes franchise record Awards and records Awards Regular Season Player Award Awarded Stephen WeissBackstrom, Weiss, Duchene named '3 Stars of Week' NHL Second Star of the Week December 7, 2009 Tomas VokounOvi, Henrik Sedin, Vokoun named January's best NHL Third Star of the Month January 2010 Bryan McCabeStewart, Stamkos, McCabe named Stars of the Week NHL Third Star of the Week March 8, 2010 Milestones Regular Season Player Milestone Reached Dmitri Kulikov 1st Career NHL Game October 2, 2009 Dmitri Kulikov 1st Career NHL Assist1st Career NHL Point October 10, 2009 Transactions The Panthers were involved in the following transactions during the 2009–10 season. Trades DateDetails June 19, 2009Cats Sign Reinprecht To Three-Year Deal To Phoenix Coyotes Stefan Meyer To Florida Panthers Steve Reinprecht June 27, 2009Cats Acquire Leopold, Pick For Bouwmeester To Calgary Flames Jay Bouwmeester To Florida Panthers Jordan Leopold3rd-round pick (67th overall) in 2009 February 11, 2010Panthers Acquire Second Round Pick From Montreal For Dominic Moore To Montreal Canadiens Dominic Moore To Florida Panthers 2nd-round pick in 2011 March 1, 2010Florida Panthers Acquire Pittsburgh Penguins 2010 Second Round Draft Pick in Exchange for D Jordan Leopold To Pittsburgh Penguins Jordan Leopold To Florida Panthers 2nd-round pick in 2010 March 3, 2010Panthers Acquire Bitz, Weller and Second Round Pick From Boston For Dennis Seidenberg To Boston Bruins Dennis SeidenbergMatt Bartkowski To Florida Panthers Byron BitzCraig Weller2nd-round pick in 2010 March 3, 2010Florida Panthers Acquire D Mathieu Roy To Columbus Blue Jackets Matt Rust To Florida Panthers Mathieu Roy Free agents acquired Player Former team Contract terms Alexander SalakPanthers Sign Goalie Alexander Salak TPS undisclosed Scott ClemmensenPanthers Ink Clemmensen To 3-Year Deal New Jersey Devils 3 years, $3.6 million Ville KoistinenKoistinen Inks Two-Year Deal With Cats Nashville Predators 2 years, $2.4 million Clay WilsonFlorida Panthers Sign Clay Wilson Atlanta Thrashers 2 years Jeff TaffeFlorida Panthers Sign C Jeff Taffe Pittsburgh Penguins 2 years Graham MinkFlorida Panthers Sign RW Graham Mink Washington Capitals 2 years Jamie JohnsonFlorida Panthers Sign Jamie Johnson TPS 1 year Dennis SeidenbergSeidenberg Added To Cats Blueline Carolina Hurricanes 1 year, $2.25 million Dominic MoorePanthers Ink Dominic Moore Buffalo Sabres 1 year Free agents lost Player New team Contract terms Craig AndersonAvalanche Signs Craig Anderson Colorado Avalanche 2 years, $3.6 million Karlis SkrastinsStars Sign Karlis Skrastins To Two-Year Deal https://web.archive.org/web/20090704190535/http://stars.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=433288 July 4, 2009 Dallas Stars 2 years, $2.75 million Nick BoyntonDucks Sign Defenseman Boynton https://web.archive.org/web/20090713024047/http://ducks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=436627 July 13, 2009 Anaheim Ducks 1 year, $1.5 million Anthony StewartThrashers Sign Unrestricted Free Agents Anthony Stewart and Noah Welch Atlanta Thrashers undisclosed Tanner GlassCanucks sign threeJuly 2026 medicmedic Vancouver Canucks 1 year, $500,000 Steve EmingerDucks Sign Eminger to Two-Year Deal Anaheim Ducks 2 years Jassen CullimoreBlackhawks Sign Cullimore, Assign Him To Rockford Chicago Blackhawks undisclosed Claimed via waivers Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Steve MacIntyrePanthers Claim LW Steve MacIntyre From Edmonton Edmonton Oilers November 10, 2009 Lost via waivers Player New team Date claimed off waivers Player signings Player Contract terms Steve ReinprechtCats Sign Reinprecht To Three-Year Deal 3 years, $6.15 million Radek DvorakCats Resign Dvorak 2 years, $3.4 million David BoothPanthers Sign Booth To Six-Year Deal 6 years, $25.5 million Jordan LeopoldFlorida Panthers Ink D Jordan Leopold 1 year, $1.75 million Evgeny DadonovPanthers Sign Evgeny Dadonov entry-level contract Dmitri Kulikov|FLA|home Cats Sign Kulikov entry-level contract Marc CheveriePanthers Agree To Entry Level Contract With Marc Cheverie entry-level contract Draft picks Florida's picks at the 2009 NHL entry draft in Montreal, Quebec. Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League) 1 14 Dmitri Kulikov (D) Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL) 2 44 Drew Shore (C) U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL) 3 67 (from Phoenix via Calgary) Josh Birkholz (RW) Fargo Force (USHL) 4 107 (from Columbus via Calgary and Los Angeles) Garrett Wilson (F) Owen Sound Attack (OHL) 5 135 Corban Knight (C) Okotoks Oilers (AJHL) 5 138 (from St. Louis via Los Angeles) Wade Megan (C) South Kent School (USHS-CT) 6 165 Scott Timmins (C) Windsor Spitfires (OHL) See also 2009–10 NHL season Farm teams The Florida Panthers maintain affiliations with two minor league teams, the Rochester Americans and the Florida Everblades. References Category:Florida Panthers seasons F Category:2009 in sports in Florida Category:2010 in sports in Florida