2009–10 Florida Panthers season

2009–10 Florida Panthers
Division	4th Southeast
Conference	13th Eastern
2009–10 record	17–20–7
Home record	7–8–5
Road record	10–12–2
Goals for	125
Goals against	140
Team information
General manager	Randy Sexton
Coach	Peter DeBoer
Captain	Bryan McCabe
Alternate captains	Cory Stillman Stephen Weiss
Arena	BankAtlantic Center
Average attendance	14,896 (77.4%) (after 20 games)
Team leaders
Goals	Stephen Weiss (18)
Assists	Nathan Horton (28)
Points	Nathan Horton (42)
Penalty minutes	Bryan Allen (53)
Plus/minus	Steven Reinprecht (+9)
Wins	Tomas Vokoun (12)
Goals against average	Tomas Vokoun (2.64)

The 2009–10 Florida Panthers season is the 16th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League.

Off-season

The Panthers moved their training facilities and administrative center to the 'Incredible Ice' complex in Coral Springs, Florida. A new $10 million, 50,000 sq. ft. expansion was built to accommodate the Panthers.

On June 1, 2009, general manager Jacques Martin resigned his position to become the head coach of the Montreal Canadiens. 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.

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	Tampere Tappara (Finland)	OT			4–3–1
9	September 30 (in Helsinki, Finland)	Florida Panthers	4 - 2	Helsinki Jokerit (Finland)				5–3–1

Regular season

Divisional standings

	Southeast Division	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
1	p–Washington Capitals	82	54	15	13	318	233	121
2	Atlanta Thrashers	82	35	34	13	234	256	83
3	Carolina Hurricanes	82	35	37	10	230	256	80
4	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	34	36	12	217	260	80
5	Florida Panthers	82	32	37	13	208	244	77

Conference standings

Eastern Conference	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
p–Washington Capitals	82	54	15	13	318	233	121
y–New Jersey Devils	82	48	27	7	222	191	103
y–Buffalo Sabres	82	45	27	10	235	207	100
Pittsburgh Penguins	82	47	28	7	257	237	101
Ottawa Senators	82	44	32	6	225	238	94
Boston Bruins	82	39	30	13	206	200	91
Philadelphia Flyers	82	41	35	6	236	225	88
Montreal Canadiens	82	39	33	10	217	223	88
New York Rangers	82	38	33	11	222	218	87
Atlanta Thrashers	82	35	34	13	234	256	83
Carolina Hurricanes	82	35	37	10	230	256	80
Tampa Bay Lightning	82	34	36	12	217	260	80
New York Islanders	82	34	37	11	222	264	79
Florida Panthers	82	32	37	13	208	244	77
Toronto Maple Leafs	82	30	38	14	214	267	74

bold – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and division)

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: 3–2–1 (Home: 1–0–1 ; Road: 2–2–0) # 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 Florida Panthers 49 January 18 Atlanta Thrashers Florida Panthers 50 January 20 Florida Panthers New Jersey Devils 51 January 21 Florida Panthers New York Islanders 52 January 23 Toronto Maple Leafs Florida Panthers 53 January 26 Montreal Canadiens Florida Panthers 54 January 29 Florida Panthers Washington Capitals 55 January 31 New York Islanders Florida Panthers
February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 56 February 1 Anaheim Ducks Florida Panthers 57 February 5 Calgary Flames Florida Panthers 58 February 6 Florida Panthers Atlanta Thrashers 59 February 9 Florida Panthers Carolina Hurricanes 60 February 11 Vancouver Canucks Florida Panthers 61 February 13 Boston Bruins Florida Panthers
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 62 March 2 Florida Panthers Atlanta Thrashers 63 March 3 Philadelphia Flyers Florida Panthers 64 March 6 Carolina Hurricanes Florida Panthers 65 March 9 Florida Panthers Minnesota Wild 66 March 11 Florida Panthers Colorado Avalanche 67 March 13 Florida Panthers San Jose Sharks 68 March 16 Washington Capitals Florida Panthers 69 March 18 Phoenix Coyotes Florida Panthers 70 March 20 Buffalo Sabres Florida Panthers 71 March 21 Tampa Bay Lightning Florida Panthers 72 March 23 Florida Panthers Toronto Maple Leafs 73 March 25 Florida Panthers Montreal Canadiens 74 March 27 Florida Panthers Ottawa Senators 75 March 29 Nashville Predators Florida Panthers 76 March 31 Florida Panthers Buffalo Sabres
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 77 April 1 Florida Panthers Boston Bruins 78 April 3 New York Rangers Florida Panthers 79 April 6 Ottawa Senators Florida Panthers 80 April 8 New Jersey Devils Florida Panthers 81 April 10 Florida Panthers Tampa Bay Lightning 82 April 11 Tampa Bay Lightning Florida Panthers Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Weiss, StephenStephen Weiss 80 28 32 60 -7 40 Horton, NathanNathan Horton 65 20 37 57 -1 42 McCabe, BryanBryan McCabe 82 8 35 43 -4 83 Frolik, MichaelMichael Frolik 82 21 22 43 -4 43 Reinprecht, StevenSteven Reinprecht 82 16 22 38 -1 18 Stillman, CoryCory Stillman 58 15 22 37 -3 22 Dvorak, RadekRadek Dvorak 76 14 18 32 -7 20 Olesz, RostislavRostislav Olesz 78 14 15 29 -4 28 Ballard, KeithKeith Ballard 82 8 20 28 -7 88 Seidenberg, DennisDennis Seidenberg 62 2 21 23 -3 33 Leopold, JordanJordan Leopold 61 7 11 18 -7 22 Campbell, GregoryGregory Campbell 60 2 15 17 -5 53 Moore, DominicDominic Moore 48 8 9 17 -7 35 Matthias, ShawnShawn Matthias 55 7 9 16 -3 10 Booth, DavidDavid Booth 28 8 8 16 -3 23 Kulikov, DmitryDmitry Kulikov 68 3 13 16 -5 32 Kreps, KamilKamil Kreps 76 5 9 14 -7 18 Allen, BryanBryan Allen 74 4 9 13 -8 99 Garrison, JasonJason Garrison 39 2 6 8 5 23 Oreskovich, VictorVictor Oreskovich 50 2 4 6 -8 26 Repik, MichalMichal Repik 19 3 2 5 1 6 Koistinen, VilleVille Koistinen 17 1 3 4 1 8 McArdle, KenndalKenndal McArdle 19 1 2 3 -4 29 Tarnasky, NickNick Tarnasky 31 1 2 3 -5 85 Taffe, JeffJeff Taffe 21 1 1 2 -1 4 Bitz, ByronByron Bitz 7 1 1 2 1 2 MacIntyre, SteveSteve MacIntyre 22 0 1 1 -3 24 Duco, MikeMike Duco 10 0 0 0 -3 50 Wilson, ClayClay Wilson 2 0 0 0 -5 0 Dadonov, EvgenyEvgeny Dadonov 4 0 0 0 -1 0 Ellerby, KeatonKeaton 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 Vokoun, TomasTomas Vokoun 63 3695 23 28 11 157 2.55 2081 .925 7 0 2 0 Clemmensen, ScottScott Clemmensen 23 1215 9 8 2 59 2.91 668 .912 1 0 0 0 Salak, AlexanderAlexander Salak 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 Weiss	NHL Second Star of the Week	December 7, 2009
Tomas Vokoun	NHL Third Star of the Month	January 2010
Bryan McCabe	NHL Third Star of the Week	March 8, 2010

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Dmitry Kulikov	1st Career NHL Game	October 2, 2009
Dmitry Kulikov	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	October 10, 2009

Transactions

The Panthers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2009–10 season.

Trades Date Details June 19, 2009 To Phoenix Coyotes Stefan Meyer To Florida Panthers Exclusive negotiating rights to Steve Reinprecht June 27, 2009 To Calgary Flames Jay Bouwmeester To Florida Panthers Jordan Leopold 3rd-round draft pick (#67 overall) in 2009 February 11, 2010 To Montreal Canadiens Dominic Moore To Florida Panthers 2nd-round draft pick in 2011 March 1, 2010 To Pittsburgh Penguins Jordan Leopold To Florida Panthers 2nd-round draft pick in 2010 March 3, 2010 To Boston Bruins Dennis Seidenberg Matt Bartkowski To Florida Panthers Byron Bitz Craig Weller 2nd-round draft pick in 2010 March 3, 2010 To Columbus Blue Jackets Matt Rust To Florida Panthers Mathieu Roy

Free agents acquired Player Former team Contract terms Alexander Salak TPS Turku undisclosed Scott Clemmensen New Jersey Devils 3 years, $3.6 million Ville Koistinen Nashville Predators 2 years, $2.4 million Clay Wilson Atlanta Thrashers 2 years Jeff Taffe Pittsburgh Penguins 2 years Graham Mink Washington Capitals 2 years Jamie Johnson TPS Turku 1 year Dennis Seidenberg Carolina Hurricanes 1 year, $2.25 million Dominic Moore Buffalo Sabres 1 year

Free agents lost Player New team Contract terms Craig Anderson Colorado Avalanche 2 years, $3.6 million Karlis Skrastins Dallas Stars 2 years, $2.75 million Nick Boynton Anaheim Ducks 1 year, $1.5 million Anthony Stewart Atlanta Thrashers undisclosed Tanner Glass Vancouver Canucks 1 year, $500,000 Steve Eminger Anaheim Ducks 2 years Jassen Cullimore Chicago Blackhawks undisclosed

Claimed via Waivers Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Steve MacIntyre Edmonton Oilers November 10, 2009

Lost via Waivers Player New team Date claimed off waivers

Player Signings Player Contract terms Steve Reinprecht 3 years, $6.15 million Radek Dvorak 2 years, $3.4 million David Booth 6 years, $25.5 million Jordan Leopold 1 year, $1.75 million Evgeny Dadonov entry-level contract Dmitry Kulikov entry-level contract Marc Cheverie entry-level contract Adam Comrie 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)	Russia	Drummondville Voltigeurs (Quebec Major Junior Hockey League)
2	44	Drew Shore	(C)	United States	U.S. National U18 Team (National Team Development Program)
3	67 (from Phoenix via Calgary)	Josh Birkholz	(RW)	United States	Fargo (United States Hockey League)
4	107 (from Columbus via Calgary and Los Angeles)	Garrett Wilson	(F)	Canada	Owen Sound Attack (WHL)
5	135	Corban Knight	(C)	Canada	Okotoks Oilers (Alberta Junior Hockey League)
5	138 (from St. Louis via Los Angeles)	Wade Megan	(C)	United States	South Kent School (United States High School)
6	165	Scott Timmins	(C)	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)

Roster

Updated October 7, 2010.

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
5	Canada	Allen, BryanBryan Allen	2.0 D	L	43	2006	Kingston, Ontario
26	Canada	Bernier, SteveSteve Bernier	7.0 RW	R		2010	Quebec City, Quebec
12	Canada	Bitz, ByronByron Bitz	7.0 RW	R	39	2010	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
10	United States	Booth, DavidDavid Booth	6.0 LW	L	39	2004	Detroit, Michigan
30	United States	Clemmensen, ScottScott Clemmensen	1.0 G	L	46	2009	Des Moines, Iowa
14	Czech Republic	Dvorak, RadekRadek Dvorak	7.0 RW	R	47	2007	Tábor, Czechoslovakia
67	Czech Republic	Frolik, MichaelMichael Frolik	4.0 C	L	36	2006	Kladno, Czechoslovakia
52	Canada	Garrison, JasonJason Garrison	2.0 D	L	39	2008	White Rock, British Columbia
21	United States	Higgins, ChristopherChristopher Higgins	6.0 LW	L	40	2010	Smithtown, New York
16	Canada	Hordichuk, DarcyDarcy Hordichuk	6.0 LW	L	43	2010	Kamsack, Saskatchewan
7	Russia	Kulikov, DmitryDmitry Kulikov	2.0 D	L	33	2009	Lipetsk, Soviet Union
18	Canada	Matthias, ShawnShawn Matthias	4.0 C	L	36	2007	Mississauga, Ontario
15	Canada	McArdle, KenndalKenndal McArdle	6.0 LW	L	37	2005	Toronto, Ontario
24	Canada	McCabe, BryanBryan McCabe  (C)	2.0 D	L	48	2008	St. Catharines, Ontario
85	Czech Republic	Olesz, RostislavRostislav Olesz	6.0 LW	L	38	2004	Bílovec, Czechoslovakia
19	United States	Reasoner, MartyMarty Reasoner	4.0 C	L	47	2010	Honeoye Falls, New York
27	Canada	Reinprecht, StevenSteven Reinprecht	4.0 C	L	47	2009	Edmonton, Alberta
13	Canada	Santorelli, MikeMike Santorelli	4.0 C	R	38	2010	Vancouver, British Columbia
61	Canada	Stillman, CoryCory Stillman  (A)	6.0 LW	L	50	2008	Peterborough, Ontario
29	Czech Republic	Vokoun, TomasTomas Vokoun	1.0 G	R	47	2007	Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia
43	Canada	Weaver, MikeMike Weaver	2.0 D	R	45	2010	Bramalea, Ontario
9	Canada	Weiss, StephenStephen Weiss  (A)	4.0 C	L	41	2001	Toronto, Ontario
6	Canada	Wideman, DennisDennis Wideman	2.0 D	R	41	2010	Kitchener, Ontario

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.