Florida Panthers Depth Chart 2026-27

Position Players

POS	Starter	Second	Third+
Center	S. ReinhartSam Reinhart	S. BennettSam Bennett	A. LundellAnton Lundell L. EllerLars Eller A. Barkov Panthers' Aleksander Barkov: Moves to LTIR Knee: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 27 Aleksander Barkov Panthers' Aleksander Barkov: Moves to LTIR Knee: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 27 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	B. Marchand Panthers' Brad Marchand: Making season debut Sunday Brad Marchand Panthers' Brad Marchand: Making season debut Sunday	M. Tkachuk Panthers' Matthew Tkachuk: Forces overtime Matthew Tkachuk Panthers' Matthew Tkachuk: Forces overtime	S. VilmanisSandis Vilmanis G. HathawayGarnet Hathaway S. Lafferty Panthers' Sam Lafferty: Summoned from AHL Sam Lafferty Panthers' Sam Lafferty: Summoned from AHL
Left Defenseman	G. Forsling Panthers' Gustav Forsling: Game-time call for Sunday Upper Body: Day-to-Day Gustav Forsling Panthers' Gustav Forsling: Game-time call for Sunday Upper Body: Day-to-Day	N. MikkolaNiko Mikkola	D. KulikovDmitry Kulikov U. BalinskisUvis Balinskis
Right Defenseman	A. EkbladAaron Ekblad	S. JonesSeth Jones	R. GudasRadko Gudas A. Petrovic Panthers' Alex Petrovic: Up from minors Alexander Petrovic Panthers' Alex Petrovic: Up from minors
Goalie	J. Markstrom Panthers' Jacob Markstrom: Tending twine Sunday Jacob Markstrom Panthers' Jacob Markstrom: Tending twine Sunday	A. Schmid Panthers' Akira Schmid: Takes overtime loss Akira Schmid Panthers' Akira Schmid: Takes overtime loss	—