2012–13 Florida Panthers season

2012–13 Florida Panthers
Division	5th Southeast
Conference	15th Eastern
2012–13 record	15–27–6
Home record	8–11–5
Road record	7–16–1
Goals for	112
Goals against	171
Team information
General manager	Dale Tallon
Coach	Kevin Dineen
Captain	Ed Jovanovski
Alternate captains	Brian Campbell Stephen Weiss
Arena	BB&T Center
Average attendance	16,991 (99.7%) (23 games)
Team leaders
Goals	Tomas Kopecky (15)
Assists	Tomas Fleischmann (23)
Points	Tomas Fleischmann (35)
Penalty minutes	George Parros (57)
Plus/minus	Jonathan Rheault Eric Selleck (0)
Wins	Jacob Markstrom (8)
Goals against average	Jacob Markstrom (3.23)

The 2012–13 Florida Panthers season was the 20th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 14, 1993. The season was partially cancelled due to a lockout, which ended on January 6, 2013. The campaign for the Panthers then commenced as a shortened, 48-game season beginning on January 19. The shortened season would feature only intra-conference games.

The Panthers were eliminated from Stanley Cup playoff contention, failing to make the playoffs for the 11th time in their past 12 seasons. Florida earned the fewest points of any NHL team in 2012–13, finishing with a 15–27–6 record for last in both the Eastern Conference and 30-team NHL.

Pre-season

A pre-season schedule was planned for late September and early October, but the lockout forced its cancellation. No pre-season will be held for the truncated, 48-game campaign beginning January 19.

Regular season

As of Thursday, October 4, the NHL has cancelled all games scheduled through Wednesday, October 24, causing the Panthers to lose their first five games of the season, with more cancelled games possible without a resolution to the dispute soon. As of Friday, October 19, the Panthers have lost three additional games through November 1 due to the lockout. All November games were lost one week later on Friday, October 26, eliminating any possibility of a rearranged 82-game season and assuring that any season that does take place will be shortened. On November 23, two more weeks of hockey and six additional Panthers games were put on the chopping block, with all matchups through December 14 being cancelled. On December 11, after a week of negotiations broke off, all games through December 30 were axed. On December 20, 2012, following a further lack of negotiations during the lockout, all games through January 14 were cancelled.

On January 6, 2013, the lockout ended after a 16-hour negotiation session in an effort to salvage the season. A condensed season, of a length of 48 intra-conference games, will now be played.

The Panthers scored 109 goals (excluding three shootout-winning goals) over the lockout-shortened season of 48 games, tied for 29th overall with the Nashville Predators. They also allowed 170 goals (excluding one shootout goal), the most in the League, allowed the most power-play goals, with 39, and had the lowest penalty-kill percentage, at 74.17%.

Standings

Southeast Division

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	y – Washington Capitals	SE	48	27	18	3	24	149	130	57
2	Winnipeg Jets	SE	48	24	21	3	22	128	144	51
3	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	48	19	25	4	18	128	160	42
4	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	48	18	26	4	17	148	150	40
5	Florida Panthers	SE	48	15	27	6	12	112	171	36

Eastern Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	z – Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	48	36	12	0	33	165	119	72
2	y – Montreal Canadiens	NE	48	29	14	5	26	149	126	63
3	y – Washington Capitals	SE	48	27	18	3	24	149	130	57
4	Boston Bruins	NE	48	28	14	6	24	131	109	62
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	48	26	17	5	26	145	133	57
6	New York Rangers	AT	48	26	18	4	22	130	112	56
7	Ottawa Senators	NE	48	25	17	6	21	116	104	56
8	New York Islanders	AT	48	24	17	7	20	139	139	55
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9	Winnipeg Jets	SE	48	24	21	3	22	128	144	51
10	Philadelphia Flyers	AT	48	23	22	3	22	133	141	49
11	New Jersey Devils	AT	48	19	19	10	17	112	129	48
12	Buffalo Sabres	NE	48	21	21	6	14	125	143	48
13	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	48	19	25	4	18	128	160	42
14	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	48	18	26	4	17	148	150	40
15	Florida Panthers	SE	48	15	27	6	12	112	171	36

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs, y – Won division, z – Won best record in conference

Schedule and results

Below is the new, truncated 2012–13 schedule for the Panthers, who will open the season on Saturday, January 19 against the Hurricanes, closing on Saturday, April 27 against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

2012–13 Game Log
January: 2–5–0 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 0–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Win Loss Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 January 19 Carolina 1–5 Florida Theodore (1–0–0) Ward (0–1–0) 19,688 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 January 21 Florida 0–4 Ottawa Anderson (2–0–0) Theodore (1–1–0) 19,952 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 January 22 Florida 1–4 Montreal Price (1–1–0) Clemmensen (0–1–0) 21,273 1–2–0 2 Recap 4 January 24 Ottawa 3–1 Florida Anderson (3–0–0) Theodore (1–2–0) 15,634 1–3–0 2 Recap 5 January 26 Philadelphia 7–1 Florida Bryzgalov (2–3–0) Theodore (1–3–0) 19,311 1–4–0 2 Recap 6 January 29 Florida 2–5 Tampa Bay Lindback (4–1–0) Theodore (1–4–0) 19,204 1–5–0 2 Recap 7 January 31 Winnipeg 3–6 Florida Theodore (2–4–0) Pavelec (2–3–1) 15,731 2–5–0 4 Recap
February: 4–4–5 (Home: 1–2–4 ; Road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Win Loss Attendance Record Pts Recap 8 February 3 Florida 4–3 Buffalo Theodore (3–4–0) Miller (3–4–1) 18,831 3–5–0 6 Recap 9 February 5 Florida 2–3 Winnipeg OT Pavelec (3–4–1) Clemmensen (0–1–1) 15,004 3–5–1 7 Recap 10 February 7 Florida 3–2 Philadelphia OT Theodore (4–4–0) Bryzgalov (4–5–1) 19,616 4–5–1 9 Recap 11 February 9 Florida 0–5 Washington Holtby (2–4–0) Theodore (4–5–0) 18,506 4–6–1 9 Recap 12 February 12 Washington 6–5 Florida OT Holtby (3–4–0) Clemmensen (0–1–2) 15,340 4–6–2 10 Recap 13 February 14 Montreal 1–0 Florida OT Price (8–3–0) Theodore (4–5–1) 17,021 4–6–3 11 Recap 14 February 16 Tampa Bay 6–5 Florida OT Lindback (6–3–1) Theodore (4–5–2) 17,009 4–6–4 12 Recap 15 February 18 Toronto 3–0 Florida Scrivens (4–3–0) Theodore (4–6–2) 17,177 4–7–4 12 Recap 16 February 21 Florida 5–2 Philadelphia Clemmensen (1–1–2) Bryzgalov (8–8–1) 19,605 5–7–4 14 Recap 17 February 22 Florida 1–3 Pittsburgh Fleury (9–3–0) Markstrom (0–1–0) 18,655 5–8–4 14 Recap 18 February 24 Boston 4–1 Florida Rask (9–1–2) Markstrom (0–2–0) 18,108 5–9–4 14 Recap 19 February 26 Pittsburgh 4–6 Florida Clemmensen (2–1–2) Fleury (10–4–0) 17,378 6–9–4 16 Recap 20 February 28 Buffalo 4–3 Florida OT Miller (8–10–1) Theodore (4–6–3) 15,672 6–9–5 17 Recap
March: 5–10–1 (Home: 3–4–1 ; Road: 2–6–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Win Loss Attendance Record Pts Recap 21 March 2 Florida 2–6 Carolina Ward (8–6–1) Clemmensen (2–2–2) 18,680 6–10–5 17 Recap 22 March 3 Carolina 3–2 Florida Ward (9–6–1) Clemmensen (2–3–2) 15,978 6–11–5 17 Recap 23 March 5 Winnipeg 1–4 Florida Markstrom (1–2–0) Pavelec (8–11–1) 14,574 7–11–5 19 Recap 24 March 7 Florida 1–7 Washington Holtby (9–7–0) Markstrom (1–3–0) 18,506 7–12–5 19 Recap 25 March 8 Winnipeg 3–2 Florida OT Pavelec (9–11–1) Markstrom (1–3–1) 16,442 7–12–6 20 Recap 26 March 10 Montreal 5–2 Florida Budaj (4–1–1) Markstrom (1–4–1) 19,189 7–13–6 20 Recap 27 March 12 Tampa Bay 3–2 Florida Lindback (9–6–1) Markstrom (1–5–1) 15,174 7–14–6 20 Recap 28 March 14 Florida 1–4 Boston Rask (14–2–3) Clemmensen (2–4–2) 17,565 7–15–6 20 Recap 29 March 16 N.Y. Islanders 4–3 Florida Nabokov (13–8–3) Clemmensen (2–5–2) 17,627 7–16–6 20 Recap 30 March 19 Florida 4–1 Carolina Markstrom (2–5–1) Ellis (4–4–1) 16,349 8–16–6 22 Recap 31 March 21 Florida 3–1 N.Y. Rangers Markstrom (3–5–1) Lundqvist (13–12–1) 17,200 9–16–6 24 Recap 32 March 23 Florida 1–2 New Jersey Brodeur (10–2–3) Clemmensen (2–6–2) 17,625 9–17–6 24 Recap 33 March 24 Florida 0–3 N.Y. Islanders Nabokov (14–10–3) Markstrom (3–6–1) 14,512 9–18–6 24 Recap 34 March 26 Florida 2–3 Toronto Scrivens (7–8–0) Markstrom (3–7–1) 19,379 9–19–6 24 Recap 35 March 28 Buffalo 4–5 Florida SO Markstrom (4–7–1) Miller (11–14–5) 17,044 10–19–6 26 Recap 36 March 30 New Jersey 2–3 Florida OT Markstrom (5–7–1) Brodeur (10–2–6) 18,138 11–19–6 28 Recap
April: 4–8–0 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 2–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Win Loss Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 April 2 Florida 3–2 Tampa Bay SO Markstrom (6–7–1) Garon (5–8–1) 17,904 12–19–6 30 Recap 38 April 6 Washington 3–4 Florida Holtby (17–11–1) Markstrom (6–8–1) 16,886 12–20–6 30 Recap 39 April 7 Ottawa 1–2 Florida Clemmensen (3–6–2) Anderson (8–5–2) 15,552 13–20–6 32 Recap 40 April 11 Florida 2–7 Winnipeg Pavelec (18–18–2) Markstrom (6–9–1) 15,004 13–21–6 32 Recap 41 April 13 Pittsburgh 1–3 Florida Fleury (21–6–0) Markstrom (6–10–1) 18,891 13–22–6 32 Recap 42 April 16 Florida 2–5 N.Y. Islanders Nabokov (21–11–5) Markstrom (6–11–1) 15,922 13–23–6 32 Recap 43 April 18 Florida 1–6 N.Y. Rangers Lundqvist (20–15–3) Clemmensen (3–7–2) 17,200 13–24–6 32 Recap 44 April 20 Florida 2–6 New Jersey Brodeur (12–8–7) Markstrom (6–12–1) 16,018 13–25–6 32 Recap 45 April 21 Florida 0–3 Boston Rask (18–9–4) Markstrom (6–13–1) 17,565 13–26–6 32 Recap 46 April 23 N.Y. Rangers 2–3 Florida Markstrom (7–13–1) Lundqvist (22–16–3) 17,758 14–26–6 34 Recap 47 April 25 Toronto 4–0 Florida Reimer (19–7–5) Markstrom (7–14–1) 16,484 14–27–6 34 Recap 48 April 27 Florida 5–3 Tampa Bay Markstrom (8–14–1) Lindback (10–10–1) 19,204 15–27–6 36 Recap
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) Boldface text denotes a Panthers goalie.

Player statistics

Final stats

Skaters Regular Season Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Fleischmann, TomasTomas Fleischmann 48 12 23 35 −10 16 Huberdeau, JonathanJonathan Huberdeau 48 14 17 31 −15 18 Campbell, BrianBrian Campbell 48 8 19 27 −22 12 Kopecky, TomasTomas Kopecky 47 15 12 27 −8 28 Matthias, ShawnShawn Matthias 48 14 7 21 −8 16 Goc, MarcelMarcel Goc 42 9 10 19 −6 8 Mueller, PeterPeter Mueller 43 8 9 17 −11 18 Shore, DrewDrew Shore 43 3 10 13 −10 14 Skille, JackJack Skille 40 3 9 12 −9 11 Kuba, FilipFilip Kuba 44 1 9 10 −18 24 Kulikov, DmitriDmitri Kulikov 34 3 7 10 −5 22 Weaver, MikeMike Weaver 27 1 8 9 −3 8 Brennan, T. J.T. J. Brennan † || 19 || 2 || 7 || 9 || −8 || 2 Kovalev, AlexeiAlexei Kovalev 14 2 3 5 −1 6 Upshall, ScottieScottie Upshall 27 4 1 5 −8 25 Smithson, JerredJerred Smithson ‡ || 35 || 2 || 3 || 5 || −4 || 10 Weiss, StephenStephen Weiss 17 1 3 4 −13 25 Strachan, TysonTyson Strachan 38 0 4 4 −13 40 Versteeg, KrisKris Versteeg 10 2 2 4 −8 8 Gudbranson, ErikErik Gudbranson 32 0 4 4 −22 47 Santorelli, MikeMike Santorelli ‡ || 24 || 2 || 1 || 3 || −7 || 2 Parros, GeorgeGeorge Parros 39 1 1 2 −15 57 Jovanovski, EdEd Jovanovski 6 0 1 1 −4 0 Rallo, GregGreg Rallo 10 1 0 1 −5 2 Selleck, EricEric Selleck 2 0 1 1 2 17 Robak, ColbyColby Robak 16 0 1 1 −1 17 Bjugstad, NickNick Bjugstad 11 1 0 1 −8 2 Yonkman, NolanNolan Yonkman 7 0 0 0 −1 11 Caruso, MichaelMichael Caruso 2 0 0 0 −1 0 Rheault, JonJon Rheault 5 0 0 0 0 0 Timmins, ScottScott Timmins 5 0 0 0 −2 4 Petrovic, AlexAlex Petrovic 6 0 0 0 −8 25 Howden, QuintonQuinton Howden 18 0 0 0 −11 2 Ellerby, KeatonKeaton Ellerby ‡ || 9 || 0 || 0 || 0 || −2 || 36 Totals 109 172 281 −265 533

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Markstrom, JacobJacob Markstrom	23	23	1265:45	8	14	1	68	3.22	685	.901	0	0	0	0
Clemmensen, ScottScott Clemmensen	19	11	866:25	3	7	2	53	3.67	421	.874	0	0	0	0
Theodore, JoseJose Theodore	15	14	766:28	4	6	3	42	3.29	391	.893	0	0	0	2
Totals		48	2898:38	15	27	6	163	3.37	1497	.891	0	0	0	2

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Panthers. Stats reflect time with the Panthers only.
^‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Awards and records

Awards

Regular Season
Player	Award	Awarded
Jonathan Huberdeau	Calder Memorial Trophy	June 15, 2013

Transactions

The Panthers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2012–13 season.

Trades Date Details June 23, 2012 To Dallas Stars 7th-round pick in 2013 To Florida Panthers 7th-round pick in 2012 July 20, 2012 To New York Rangers 5th-round pick in 2014 To Florida Panthers Casey Wellman January 14, 2013 To Montreal Canadiens Jason DeSantis To Florida Panthers Brendon Nash January 21, 2013 To Tampa Bay Lightning Jean-Francois Jacques To Florida Panthers Future considerations January 31, 2013 To Washington Capitals Casey Wellman To Florida Panthers Zach Hamill February 8, 2013 To Los Angeles Kings Keaton Ellerby To Florida Panthers 5th-round pick in 2013 March 15, 2013 To Buffalo Sabres 5th-round pick in 2013 To Florida Panthers T. J. Brennan April 3, 2013 To Edmonton Oilers Jerred Smithson To Florida Panthers 4th-round pick in 2013 June 14, 2013 To Nashville Predators T. J. Brennan To Florida Panthers Bobby Butler June 18, 2013 To Calgary Flames Corban Knight To Florida Panthers 4th-round pick in 2013 Free agents acquired Player Former team Contract terms Jason DeSantis St. John's IceCaps 1 year, $600,000 Dov Grumet-Morris San Antonio Rampage 1 year, $550,000 Filip Kuba Ottawa Senators 2 years, $8 million George Parros Anaheim Ducks 2 years, $1.85 million Jon Rheault Abbotsford Heat 1 year, $600,000 Jean-Francois Jacques Anaheim Ducks 1 year, $750,000 Andre Deveaux New York Rangers 1 year, $700,000 Michael Houser London Knights 3 years, $1.755 million entry-level contract Josh McFadden Sudbury Wolves 3 years, $1.74 million entry-level contract Peter Mueller Colorado Avalanche 1 year, $1.725 million Alexei Kovalev Atlant Moscow Oblast 1 year, $1 million Free agents lost Player New team Contract terms Mikael Samuelsson Detroit Red Wings 2 years, $6 million Jason Garrison Vancouver Canucks 6 years, $27.6 million Bracken Kearns San Jose Sharks 1 year, $550,000 Krys Barch New Jersey Devils 2 years, $1.5 million Wojtek Wolski Washington Capitals 1 year, $600,000 Jon Matsumoto San Jose Sharks 1 year, $600,000 Bill Thomas Colorado Avalanche 1 year, $550,000 Claimed via waivers Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Lost via waivers Player New team Date claimed off waivers James Wright Winnipeg Jets January 18, 2013 Mike Santorelli Winnipeg Jets April 3, 2013 Lost via retirement Player John Madden Alexei Kovalev Player signings Player Date Contract terms Scott Clemmensen July 1, 2012 2 years, $2.4 million Greg Rallo July 1, 2012 1 year, $550,000 Keaton Ellerby July 6, 2012 1 year, $700,000 Michael Caruso July 17, 2012 1 year, $600,000 Brian Foster July 17, 2012 1 year, $577,500 James Wright July 17, 2012 2 years, $1.3 million Kris Versteeg July 23, 2012 4 years, $17.6 million Eric Selleck July 26, 2012 1 year, $550,000 Casey Wellman July 26, 2012 1 year, $800,000 Dmitri Kulikov January 18, 2012 2 years, $5 million Nick Bjugstad April 3, 2013 3 years, $2.7 million entry-level contract Jonathan Racine April 3, 2013 3 years, $1.995 million entry-level contract Logan Shaw April 22, 2013 3 years, $2.0225 million entry-level contract Bobby Butler June 24, 2013 2 years, $1.2 million Eric Selleck June 24, 2013 1 year, $600,000 Draft picks Florida Panthers' picks at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 22 & 23, 2012. Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League) 1 23 Mike Matheson D  Canada Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) 3 84 Steven Hodges C  Canada Victoria Royals (WHL) 4 114 Alexander Delnov LW  Russia Mytischi Khimik (MHL) 6 174 Francois Bouvillier C/LW  Canada Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL) 7 194[a] Jonatan Nielsen D  Sweden Linkopings HC Jr. (J20 SuperElit) Draft Notes The Florida Panthers' second-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a July 1, 2011, trade that sent Kris Versteeg to the Panthers in exchange for a 2012 third-round pick and this pick. The Florida Panthers' fifth-round pick went to the Dallas Stars as the result of a December 6, 2011, trade that sent Krys Barch and a 2012 sixth-round pick to the Panthers in exchange for Jake Hauswirth and this pick. a  The Dallas Stars' seventh-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as a result of a June 23, 2012, trade that sent a 2013 seventh-round pick to the Stars in exchange for this pick. The Florida Panthers' seventh-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a June 27, 2011, trade that sent Tomas Kopecky to the Predators in exchange for this conditional pick (2012 if Panthers do not send seventh-round pick to Predators from earlier trade, else 2013). See also 2012–13 NHL season References