Florida Panthers Depth Chart 2026-27

Position Players

POS	Starter	Second	Third+
Center	A. Barkov Panthers' Aleksander Barkov: Will undergo MRI Knee: Day-to-Day Aleksander Barkov Panthers' Aleksander Barkov: Will undergo MRI Knee: Day-to-Day	S. BennettSam Bennett	A. LundellAnton Lundell L. EllerLars Eller M. Entwistle Undisclosed: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 10 MacKenzie Entwistle Undisclosed: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 10
Left Wing	B. TkachukBrady Tkachuk	C. VerhaegheCarter Verhaeghe	E. Luostarinen Panthers' Eetu Luostarinen: Pots pair of goals in overtime loss Eetu Luostarinen Panthers' Eetu Luostarinen: Pots pair of goals in overtime loss B. ImamaBokondji Imama J. Gadjovich Upper Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 17 Jonah Gadjovich Upper Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 17
Right Wing	S. ReinhartSam Reinhart	M. Tkachuk Panthers' Matthew Tkachuk: Forces overtime Matthew Tkachuk Panthers' Matthew Tkachuk: Forces overtime	S. VilmanisSandis Vilmanis G. HathawayGarnet Hathaway B. Marchand Panthers' Brad Marchand: Might play in October Lower Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 25 Brad Marchand Panthers' Brad Marchand: Might play in October Lower Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 25
Left Defenseman	D. KulikovDmitry Kulikov	N. MikkolaNiko Mikkola	U. BalinskisUvis Balinskis G. Forsling Panthers' Gustav Forsling: Late scratch Thursday Upper Body: Day-to-Day Gustav Forsling Panthers' Gustav Forsling: Late scratch Thursday Upper Body: Day-to-Day
Right Defenseman	A. EkbladAaron Ekblad	S. JonesSeth Jones	R. GudasRadko Gudas
Goalie	J. Markstrom Panthers' Jacob Markstrom: Dazzles in return to Florida crease Jacob Markstrom Panthers' Jacob Markstrom: Dazzles in return to Florida crease	A. Schmid Panthers' Akira Schmid: Takes overtime loss Akira Schmid Panthers' Akira Schmid: Takes overtime loss	—