Florida Panthers 5–3 Chicago Blackhawks
- Season
- NHL
- 2026
NHL: Florida Panthers beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–3.
Game leaders
4Sandis VilmanisPoints
2Ethan Del Mastro
6Sam ReinhartShots on goal
4Connor Bedard
17Jacob MarkstromSaves
25Spencer Knight
Three stars
- ★ First starSandis VilmanisFlorida Panthers · 2 G · 2 A · 2 SOG
- ★ Second starSam ReinhartFlorida Panthers · 1 G · 2 A · 6 SOG
★ Third starCarter VerhaegheFlorida Panthers · 1 G · 1 A · 4 SOG
Picked by formula, not by vote. Skaters: 3 a goal, 2 an assist, 0.25 a shot on goal, 0.5 a plus-minus point, 0.1 a hit, block or takeaway, less 0.1 a giveaway. Goaltenders: 0.15 a save, less 1 a goal against, plus 1 for the win.
Scoring
Goals and assists from the box score. PPG is a power-play goal.
Florida Panthers
- Sandis Vilmanis●●2 G · 2 A
- Sam Reinhart●1 G · 2 A
- Carter Verhaeghe●1 G · 1 A · 1 PPG
- Seth Jones●1 G
Assists: Matthew Tkachuk 1, Brady Tkachuk 1
Chicago Blackhawks
- Frank Nazar●●2 G
- Roman Kantserov●1 G
Assists: Ethan Del Mastro 2, Connor Bedard 2, Cole Smith 1, Sam Rinzel 1
In goal
Saves and shots faced, at even strength, against the power play and short-handed.
- Even strength14/16
- Against the power play3/3
- Short-handed0/1
- Even strength16/19
- Against the power play9/10
Key stats
- 30Shots on goal20
- 16.7Shooting %15
- 1Power-play goals0
Facts
From each side's recent results and their meetings, before this game.
Florida Panthers: 3 won, 2 lost in their last 5 games.
Chicago Blackhawks: 1 won, 4 lost in their last 5 games.
- Last 2 meetings: Florida Panthers won 2, Chicago Blackhawks won 0.
- Florida Panthers lead this season's series 1–0.
Recent form
Standings
| POS | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | |
| 10 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | |
| 11 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | |
| 12 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 20 | |
| 13 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 20 | |
| 29 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | |
| 30 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | |
| 31 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 8 | |
| 32 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 6 |
- Florida Panthers
- Chicago Blackhawks
Shooting
- 30Shots on goal20
- 16.7Shooting %15
- 1Power-play goals0
Physical play
- 28Hits12
- 15Blocked shots14
Puck control
- 64.3Faceoffs won %44.4
- 6Takeaways3
- 18Giveaways16
Goaltending
- 17Saves25
- 85Save %86.2
Discipline
- 6Penalty minutes6
Shots and finishing
Florida Panthers took 60% of the shots on goal.
- Florida Panthers
- Chicago Blackhawks
3020
- Shooting %
- 16.7%15.0%
- Save %
- 85.0%86.2%
- Shooting + save %
- 101.7101.2
Shooting % plus save % is hockey's PDO: 100 is par, and a side far above it was finishing and saving better than usual.
Ice time
Minutes on the ice for each skater, the most used first. Who a coach trusted tells you as much as who scored.
Florida Panthers
- Gustav Forsling23:20
- Aaron Ekblad23:10
- Seth Jones21:36
- Lars Eller18:24
- Sam Reinhart18:04
- Uvis Balinskis18:01
- Carter Verhaeghe17:16
- Dmitry Kulikov17:02
- Brady Tkachuk16:57
- Anton Lundell16:54
Chicago Blackhawks
- Wyatt Kaiser22:55
- Connor Bedard22:25
- Roman Kantserov21:44
- Alex Vlasic21:09
- Artyom Levshunov21:06
- Anton Frondell19:23
- Tyler Bertuzzi18:55
- Sam Rinzel18:33
- Frank Nazar17:03
- Ian Cole16:46
Skaters
| 23Carter VerhaegheC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 17:16 |
| 79Cole SchwindtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 08:54 |
| 7Dmitry KulikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 17:02 |
| 89Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 18:24 |
| 5Aaron EkbladD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 23:10 |
| 9Sam BennettC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 47% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 13:49 |
| 19Matthew TkachukLW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 15:12 |
| 15Anton LundellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 41% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 16:54 |
| 77Niko MikkolaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 14:02 |
| 26Uvis BalinskisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 18:01 |
| 3Seth JonesD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 21:36 |
| 42Gustav ForslingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 23:20 |
| 13Sam ReinhartC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 18:04 |
| 27Eetu LuostarinenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0% | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 16:10 |
| 21Garnet HathawayRW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 11:57 |
| Sandis VilmanisLW | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 13:32 |
| Bokondji ImamaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 09:40 |
| 8Brady TkachukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 16:57 |
Goaltenders
| 25Jacob MarkstromG | 20 | 17 | 3 | 85.0% | 14/16 | 3/3 | 0/1 | 60:00 |
| 40Akira SchmidG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | – | – | – | 00:00 |
| POS | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 26 | |
| 2 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 24 | |
| 3 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 24 | |
| 4 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 22 | |
| 5 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 20 | |
| 6 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 20 | |
| 7 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 22 | |
| 8 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 22 | |
| 9 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | |
| 10 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | |
| 11 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | |
| 12 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 20 | |
| 13 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 20 | |
| 14 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 16 | |
| 15 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 14 | |
| 16 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 18 | |
| 17 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | |
| 18 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 18 | |
| 19 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 18 | |
| 20 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 14 | |
| 21 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 16 | |
| 22 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | |
| 23 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | |
| 24 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 14 | |
| 25 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 14 | |
| 26 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | |
| 27 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 10 | |
| 28 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 14 | |
| 29 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | |
| 30 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | |
| 31 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 8 | |
| 32 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 6 |