2013–14 Florida Panthers season

The 2013–14 Florida Panthers season was the 20th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 14, 1993.

2013–14 Florida Panthers
Division	7th Atlantic
Conference	15th Eastern
2013–14 record	29–45–8
Home record	16–20–5
Road record	13–25–3
Goals for	196
Goals against	268
Team information
General manager	Dale Tallon
Coach	Kevin Dineen (Oct.–Nov.) Peter Horachek (Nov.–Apr.)
Captain	Ed Jovanovski
Alternate captains	Brian Campbell Marcel Goc (Oct.–Mar.) Scottie Upshall (Mar.–Apr.)
Arena	BB&T Center
Average attendance	14,177 (83.2%) (41 games)
Minor league affiliate(s)	San Antonio Rampage (AHL) Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Brad Boyes (21)
Assists	Brian Campbell (30)
Points	Nick Bjugstad (38)
Penalty minutes	Erik Gudbranson (114)
Plus/minus	Alex Petrovic (3)
Wins	Tim Thomas (16)
Goals against average	Roberto Luongo (2.46)

Pre-season

The Panthers were sold on September 27, 2013, to the chairman and CEO of Virtu Financial, Vincent Viola.

Standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Boston Bruins	82	54	19	9	51	261	177	+84	117
2	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	46	27	9	38	240	215	+25	101
3	x – Montreal Canadiens	82	46	28	8	40	215	204	+11	100
4	x – Detroit Red Wings	82	39	28	15	34	222	230	−8	93
5	Ottawa Senators	82	37	31	14	30	236	265	−29	88
6	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	38	36	8	29	231	256	−25	84
7	Florida Panthers	82	29	45	8	21	196	268	−72	66
8	Buffalo Sabres	82	21	51	10	14	157	248	−91	52

Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	43	32	7	38	231	216	+15	93
2	AT	x – Detroit Red Wings	82	39	28	15	34	222	230	−8	93
3	ME	Washington Capitals	82	38	30	14	28	235	240	−5	90
4	ME	New Jersey Devils	82	35	29	18	35	197	208	−11	88
5	AT	Ottawa Senators	82	37	31	14	30	236	265	−29	88
6	AT	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	38	36	8	29	231	256	−25	84
7	ME	Carolina Hurricanes	82	36	35	11	34	207	230	−23	83
8	ME	New York Islanders	82	34	37	11	25	225	267	−42	79
9	AT	Florida Panthers	82	29	45	8	21	196	268	−72	66
10	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	21	51	10	14	157	248	−91	52

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–1–3 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 0–0–3)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 16	Nashville	3–6	Florida		Madore	0	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 16	Nashville	2–3	Florida	OT	Houser	6,541	2–0–0	Recap
3	September 18	Florida	2–3	Dallas	SO	Markstrom	6,532	2–0–1	Recap
4[a]	September 20	Dallas	4–1	Florida		Houser		2–1–1	Recap
5	September 21	Florida	4–5	Tampa Bay	SO	Markstrom	13,135	2–1–2	Recap
6[b]	September 26	Florida	2–3	Tampa Bay	OT	Markstrom	3,451	2–1–3	Recap
7	September 28	Tampa Bay	3–5	Florida		Thomas	12,547	3–1–3	Recap
Notes: a Game was played at AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. b Game was played at Germain Arena in Estero, Florida.

Regular season

2013–14 Game Log
October: 3–7–2 (Home: 2–3–2 ; Road: 1–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 3 Florida 4–2 Dallas Thomas 16,100 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 5 Florida 0–7 St. Louis Thomas 16,264 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 October 8 Florida 1–2 Philadelphia Thomas 19,589 1–2–0 2 Recap 4 October 10 Florida 2–7 Tampa Bay Markstrom 19,204 1–3–0 2 Recap 5 October 11 Pittsburgh 3–6 Florida Markstrom 18,584 2–3–0 4 Recap 6 October 13 Los Angeles 3–0 Florida Markstrom 12,810 2–4–0 4 Recap 7 October 15 Florida 3–4 Nashville Markstrom 15,935 2–5–0 4 Recap 8 October 17 Boston 3–2 Florida Thomas 14,440 2–6–0 4 Recap 9 October 19 Minnesota 1–2 Florida OT Thomas 13,081 3–6–0 6 Recap 10 October 22 Chicago 3–2 Florida OT Markstrom 15,779 3–6–1 7 Recap 11 October 25 Buffalo 3–1 Florida Markstrom 12,984 3–7–1 7 Recap 12 October 27 Tampa Bay 4–3 Florida OT Markstrom 12,336 3–7–2 8 Recap
November: 4–8–3 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 2–5–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 1 St. Louis 4–0 Florida Markstrom 12,922 3–8–2 8 Recap 14 November 2 Florida 2–3 Washington SO Clemmensen 18,506 3–8–3 9 Recap 15 November 5 Edmonton 4–3 Florida OT Markstrom 12,035 3–8–4 10 Recap 16 November 7 Florida 1–4 Boston Clemmensen 17,565 3–9–4 10 Recap 17 November 9 Florida 2–3 Ottawa Thomas 16,244 3–10–4 10 Recap 18 November 10 Florida 3–4 NY Rangers Thomas 18,006 3–11–4 10 Recap 19 November 12 Anaheim 2–3 Florida Thomas 13,354 4–11–4 12 Recap 20 November 15 Florida 2–3 Minnesota Thomas 18,102 4–12–4 12 Recap 21 November 16 Florida 4–1 Colorado Thomas 17,321 5–12–4 14 Recap 22 November 19 Florida 3–2 Vancouver SO Thomas 18,910 6–12–4 16 Recap 23 November 21 Florida 1–4 Edmonton Thomas 16,839 6–13–4 16 Recap 24 November 22 Florida 3–4 Calgary SO Thomas 19,289 6–13–5 17 Recap 25 November 25 Philadelphia 1–3 Florida Thomas 14,299 7–13–5 19 Recap 26 November 27 NY Rangers 5–2 Florida Thomas 17,268 7–14–5 19 Recap 27 November 30 Pittsburgh 5–1 Florida Thomas 17,583 7–15–5 19 Recap
December: 8–5–1 (Home: 4–3–1 ; Road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 28 December 3 Ottawa 4–2 Florida Thomas 10,074 7–16–5 19 Recap 29 December 5 Winnipeg 2–5 Florida Thomas 10,966 8–16–5 21 Recap 30 December 7 Florida 2–1 Detroit Thomas 20,066 9–16–5 23 Recap 31 December 8 Florida 2–6 Chicago Clemmensen 21,119 9–17–5 23 Recap 32 December 10 Detroit 2–3 Florida SO Thomas 13,358 10–17–5 25 Recap 33 December 13 Washington 2–3 Florida SO Clemmensen 15,097 11–17–5 27 Recap 34 December 15 Florida 2–1 Montreal Clemmensen 21,273 12–17–5 29 Recap 35 December 17 Florida 3–1 Toronto Clemmensen 19,076 13–17–5 31 Recap 36 December 19 Florida 4–2 Ottawa Clemmensen 15,927 14–17–5 33 Recap 37 December 20 Florida 2–5 Winnipeg Markstrom 15,004 14–18–5 33 Recap 38 December 23 Tampa Bay 6–1 Florida Clemmensen 15,942 14–19–5 33 Recap 39 December 28 Detroit 3–2 Florida Clemmensen 18,932 14–20–5 33 Recap 40 December 29 Montreal 1–4 Florida Clemmensen 19,891 15–20–5 35 Recap 41 December 31 NY Rangers 2–1 Florida SO Thomas 16,083 15–20–6 36 Recap
January: 6–6–1 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 4–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 42 January 4 Nashville 4–5 Florida SO Thomas 15,796 16–20–6 38 Recap 43 January 6 Florida 1–2 Montreal Thomas 21,273 16–21–6 38 Recap 44 January 9 Florida 2–1 Buffalo SO Thomas 17,872 17–21–6 40 Recap 45 January 11 Florida 1–2 New Jersey OT Thomas 16,592 17–21–7 41 Recap 46 January 14 NY Islanders 2–4 Florida Thomas 13,730 18–21–7 43 Recap 47 January 16 San Jose 3–0 Florida Thomas 13,149 18–22–7 43 Recap 48 January 18 Florida 2–3 Carolina Thomas 15,476 18–23–7 43 Recap 49 January 20 Florida 5–1 Pittsburgh Clemmensen 18,660 19–23–7 45 Recap 50 January 21 Florida 4–3 Buffalo Thomas 17,583 20–23–7 47 Recap 51 January 24 Colorado 3–2 Florida Thomas 17,274 20–24–7 47 Recap 52 January 26 Florida 5–4 Detroit SO Thomas 20,066 21–24–7 49 Recap 53 January 28 Florida 2–6 Boston Thomas 17,565 21–25–7 49 Recap 54 January 30 Florida 3–6 Toronto Clemmensen 19,448 21–26–7 49 Recap
February: 1–4–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 0–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 55 February 1 Florida 1–4 Columbus Thomas 16,762 21–27–7 49 Recap 56 February 4 Toronto 1–4 Florida Thomas 15,583 22–27–7 51 Recap 57 February 6 Detroit 3–1 Florida Thomas 15,623 22–28–7 51 Recap 58 February 7 Florida 1–5 Carolina Thomas 16,132 22–29–7 51 Recap 59 February 27 Washington 5–4 Florida Thomas 14,180 22–30–7 51 Recap
March: 5–11–1 (Home: 3–4–1 ; Road: 2–7–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 60 March 1 Florida 3–6 Columbus Clemmensen 15,441 22–31–7 51 Recap 61 March 2 Florida 5–3 NY Islanders Thomas 13,008 23–31–7 53 Recap 62 March 4 Florida 1–4 Boston Thomas 17,565 23–32–7 53 Recap 63 March 7 Buffalo 0–2 Florida Luongo 14,402 24–32–7 55 Recap 64 March 9 Boston 5–2 Florida Luongo 18,858 24–33–7 55 Recap 65 March 11 Phoenix 3–1 Florida Luongo 12,211 24–34–7 55 Recap 66 March 13 Florida 4–5 Tampa Bay Ellis 18,324 24–35–7 55 Recap 67 March 14 New Jersey 3–5 Florida Luongo 14,496 25–35–7 57 Recap 68 March 16 Vancouver 4–3 Florida SO Luongo 14,215 25–35–8 58 Recap 69 March 18 Florida 3–2 San Jose Luongo 17,562 26–35–8 60 Recap 70 March 20 Florida 1–2 Phoenix Luongo 14,442 26–36–8 60 Recap 71 March 22 Florida 0–4 Los Angeles Luongo 18,118 26–37–8 60 Recap 72 March 23 Florida 2–6 Anaheim Ellis 17,281 26–38–8 60 Recap 73 March 25 Ottawa 2–3 Florida Luongo 13,435 27–38–8 62 Recap 74 March 27 Carolina 3–0 Florida Luongo 12,379 27–39–8 62 Recap 75 March 29 Montreal 4–1 Florida Ellis 17,119 27–40–8 62 Recap 76 March 31 Florida 3–6 New Jersey Ellis 15,209 27–41–8 62 Recap
April: 2–4–0 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 0–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 77 April 1 Florida 2–4 NY Islanders Clemmensen 11,812 27–42–8 62 Recap 78 April 4 Calgary 2–1 Florida Luongo 12,055 27–43–8 62 Recap 79 April 6 Dallas 2–3 Florida Luongo 13,366 28–43–8 64 Recap 80 April 8 Philadelphia 5–2 Florida Ellis 12,487 28–44–8 64 Recap 81 April 10 Toronto 2–4 Florida Luongo 13,110 29–44–8 66 Recap 82 April 12 Columbus 3–2 Florida Luongo 14,241 29–45–8 66 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

The Panthers missed the playoffs for the second consecutive year.

Player stats

Final stats

Skaters

Regular Season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Nick Bjugstad	76	16	22	38	−14	16
Scottie Upshall	76	15	22	37	1	73
Brian Campbell	82	7	30	37	−6	20
Brad Boyes	78	21	15	36	−6	28
Sean Bergenheim	62	16	13	29	−16	40
Jonathan Huberdeau	69	9	19	28	−5	37
Tomas Fleischmann	80	8	20	28	−18	22
Tom Gilbert	73	3	25	28	−5	18
Aleksander Barkov	54	8	16	24	−3	10
Marcel Goc‡	62	11	12	23	−7	31
Dmitri Kulikov	81	8	11	19	−26	66
Jimmy Hayes†	53	11	7	18	−6	18
Jesse Winchester	52	9	9	18	−2	38
Shawn Matthias‡	59	9	7	16	0	14
Brandon Pirri†	21	7	7	14	0	2
Tomas Kopecky	49	4	8	12	0	18
Dylan Olsen	44	3	9	12	−3	8
Scott Gomez	46	2	10	12	−11	24
Erik Gudbranson	65	3	6	9	−7	114
Vincent Trocheck	20	5	3	8	−11	6
Drew Shore	24	5	2	7	−1	8
Kris Versteeg‡	18	2	5	7	−9	9
Quinton Howden	16	4	2	6	0	10
Mike Weaver‡	55	0	6	6	−9	23
Ed Jovanovski	37	1	4	5	−6	39
Krys Barch	55	0	4	4	−10	99
Matt Gilroy	16	1	1	2	−2	6
Colby Robak	16	0	2	2	−4	6
Joey Crabb	9	0	1	1	−2	7
Bobby Butler	2	0	1	1	1	2
Alex Petrovic	7	0	1	1	3	8
Mike Mottau	8	0	0	0	−3	4
Ryan Whitney	7	0	0	0	−7	6
Garrett Wilson	3	0	0	0	−1	0
Jonathan Racine	1	0	0	0	−1	2

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Tim Thomas‡	40	40	2,298:50	16	20	3	110	2.87	1206	0.909	0	0	1	4
Scott Clemmensen	17	14	914:11	6	7	1	47	3.09	454	0.896	0	0	1	0
Roberto Luongo†	14	14	804:18	6	7	1	33	2.46	432	0.924	1	0	0	2
Dan Ellis†	6	5	337:16	0	5	0	27	4.81	165	0.836	0	0	0	0
Jacob Markstrom‡	12	9	613:47	1	6	3	36	3.52	285	0.874	0	0	0	0

^†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.

Transactions

The Panthers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2013–14 season.

Trades

Date	Details
June 30, 2013	To Montreal Canadiens 7th-round pick in 2014 – Hugo Fagerblom	To Florida Panthers 7th-round pick in 2013 – MacKenzie Weegar
July 5, 2013	To Montreal Canadiens George Parros	To Florida Panthers Philippe Lefebvre 7th-round pick in 2014 – Hugo Fagerblom
September 28, 2013	To New Jersey Devils Scott Timmins 6th-round pick in 2014 – Joey Dudek	To Florida Panthers Krys Barch 7th-round pick in 2015 – Ryan Bednard
November 14, 2013	To Chicago Blackhawks Kris Versteeg Philippe Lefebvre	To Florida Panthers Jimmy Hayes Dylan Olsen
January 17, 2014	To Edmonton Oilers Steve Pinizzotto Jack Combs	To Florida Panthers Ryan Martindale Derek Nesbitt
March 2, 2014	To St. Louis Blues Eric Selleck	To Florida Panthers Mark Mancari
March 2, 2014	To Chicago Blackhawks 3rd-round pick in 2014 – Justin Kirkland 5th-round pick in 2016 – Connor Bleackley	To Florida Panthers Brandon Pirri
March 4, 2014	To Montreal Canadiens Mike Weaver	To Florida Panthers 5th-round pick in 2015 – Ryan Pilon
March 4, 2014	To Vancouver Canucks Jacob Markstrom Shawn Matthias	To Florida Panthers Roberto Luongo Steven Anthony
March 5, 2014	To Pittsburgh Penguins Marcel Goc	To Florida Panthers 5th-round pick in 2014 – Miguel Fidler 3rd-round pick in 2015 – Sam Montembeault
March 5, 2014	To Dallas Stars Tim Thomas	To Florida Panthers Dan Ellis

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team	Contract terms
Joey Crabb	Washington Capitals	2 years, $1.2 million
Mike Mottau	Toronto Marlies	1 year, $700,000
Jesse Winchester	Jokerit	1 year, $600,000
Jon Matsumoto	Chicago Wolves	1 year, $700,000
Matt Gilroy	New York Rangers	1 year, $700,000
Scott Gomez	San Jose Sharks	1 year, $900,000
Steve Pinizzotto	Vancouver Canucks	1 year, $650,000
Tim Thomas	New York Islanders	1 year, $2.5 million
Brad Boyes	New York Islanders	1 year, $1 million
Tom Gilbert	Minnesota Wild	1 year, $900,000
Ryan Whitney	Edmonton Oilers	1 year, $900,000

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Contract terms
Stephen Weiss	Detroit Red Wings	5 years, $24.5 million
Jack Skille	Columbus Blue Jackets	1 year, $675,000
Tyson Strachan	Washington Capitals	1 year, $550,000
Nolan Yonkman	Anaheim Ducks	1 year, $600,000

Claimed via waivers

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers

Lost via retirement

Player

Player signings

Player	Date	Contract terms
Shawn Matthias	July 5, 2013	2 years, $3.5 million
Aleksander Barkov	July 15, 2013	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Jacob Markstrom	July 15, 2013	2 years, $2.4 million
Michael Caruso	July 16, 2013	1 year, $650,000
Greg Rallo	July 16, 2013	1 year, $600,000
Colby Robak	July 22, 2013	2 years, $1.35 million
Scott Timmins	July 24, 2013	1 year, $600,000
Brad Boyes	March 5, 2014	2 years, $5.25 million contract extension
Connor Brickley	April 21, 2014	2 years, $1.185 million entry-level contract
Rocco Grimaldi	May 7, 2014	3 years, $3.2 million entry-level contract
MacKenzie Weegar	May 29, 2014	3 years, $2.4 million entry-level contract
Steven Hodges	June 1, 2014	3 years, $2.55 million entry-level contract

Draft picks

See also: List of Florida Panthers draft picks

Florida Panthers' picks at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, which was held in Newark, New Jersey on June 30, 2013.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	2	Aleksander Barkov	Center	Finland	Tappara (SM-liiga)
2	31	Ian McCoshen	Defense	United States	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
4	92	Evan Cowley	Goaltender	United States	Wichita Falls Wildcats (NAHL)
4	97[a]	Michael Downing	Defense	United States	Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)
4	98[b]	Matt Buckles	Center	Canada	St. Michael's Buzzers (OJHL)
5	122	Christopher Clapperton	Left wing	Canada	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (QMJHL)
6	152	Josh Brown	Defense	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
7	206[c]	MacKenzie Weegar	Defense	Canada	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)

Draft notes

• The Florida Panthers' third-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a February 25, 2012, trade that sent Wojtek Wolski to the Panthers in exchange for Michael Vernace and this pick.
• ^a The Calgary Flames' fourth-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on June 18, 2013, that sent Corban Knight to Calgary in exchange for this pick.
• ^b The Edmonton Oilers' fourth-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as a result of an April 3, 2013, trade that sent Jerred Smithson to the Oilers in exchange for this pick.
• The Florida Panthers' seventh-round pick went to the Dallas Stars as the result of a June 23, 2012, trade that sent a 2012 seventh-round pick (#194–Jonatan Nielsen) to the Panthers in exchange for this pick.
• ^c The Montreal Canadiens' seventh-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as a result of a June 30, 2013, trade that sent a 2014 seventh-round pick to the Canadiens in exchange for this pick.