Florida Panthers Depth Chart 2026-27

Position Players

POS	Starter	Second	Third+
Center	S. BennettSam Bennett	A. LundellAnton Lundell	S. ReinhartSam Reinhart 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	C. VerhaegheCarter Verhaeghe	E. LuostarinenEetu Luostarinen	B. TkachukBrady Tkachuk 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	M. Tkachuk Panthers' Matthew Tkachuk: Forces overtime Matthew Tkachuk Panthers' Matthew Tkachuk: Forces overtime	S. VilmanisSandis Vilmanis	B. Marchand Panthers' Brad Marchand: Making season debut Sunday Brad Marchand Panthers' Brad Marchand: Making season debut Sunday 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: Back in lineup Sunday Gustav Forsling Panthers' Gustav Forsling: Back in lineup Sunday	N. MikkolaNiko Mikkola	U. BalinskisUvis Balinskis A. Ekblad Panthers' Aaron Ekblad: Late scratch in Anaheim Personal: Expected to be out until at least Oct 6 Aaron Ekblad Panthers' Aaron Ekblad: Late scratch in Anaheim Personal: Expected to be out until at least Oct 6
Right Defenseman	D. KulikovDmitry Kulikov	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. SchmidAkira Schmid	—