Florida Panthers Depth Chart 2026-27

Position Players

POS	Starter	Second	Third+
Center	S. BennettSam Bennett	S. ReinhartSam Reinhart	A. LundellAnton Lundell C. SchwindtCole Schwindt A. Barkov Lower Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 27 Aleksander Barkov Lower Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 27
Left Wing	B. Tkachuk Panthers' Brady Tkachuk: Scores against former team in loss Brady Tkachuk Panthers' Brady Tkachuk: Scores against former team in loss	C. VerhaegheCarter Verhaeghe	E. LuostarinenEetu Luostarinen B. ImamaBokondji Imama J. Gadjovich Upper Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 28 Jonah Gadjovich Upper Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 28
Right Wing	M. TkachukMatthew Tkachuk	S. VilmanisSandis Vilmanis	L. EllerLars Eller G. HathawayGarnet Hathaway C. ReinhardtCole Reinhardt B. Marchand Leg: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 21 Brad Marchand Leg: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 21
Left Defenseman	G. Forsling Panthers' Gustav Forsling: Good to go Gustav Forsling Panthers' Gustav Forsling: Good to go	N. MikkolaNiko Mikkola	D. KulikovDmitry Kulikov
Right Defenseman	A. EkbladAaron Ekblad	S. JonesSeth Jones	R. Gudas Panthers' Radko Gudas: Ready to rock Radko Gudas Panthers' Radko Gudas: Ready to rock U. BalinskisUvis Balinskis
Goalie	A. Schmid Panthers' Akira Schmid: Expected starter for Sunday Akira Schmid Panthers' Akira Schmid: Expected starter for Sunday	C. Black Panthers' Cooper Black: Gets no help in NHL debut Cooper Black Panthers' Cooper Black: Gets no help in NHL debut	J. Markstrom Panthers' Jacob Markstrom: Officially shifts to IR Upper Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 4 Jacob Markstrom Panthers' Jacob Markstrom: Officially shifts to IR Upper Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 4