“It means the world to me, to be honest,” Barkov said. “It’s Athlete of the Year in Finland, the country where I was born, where I was raised and grew up watching national teams play and cheering for them. To get that honor, it’s huge for me. I’m really, really happy and really thankful to be able to get that award.”

Fox 4's Austin Schargorodski reports on how Alico Inc.’s citrus exit could impact endangered Florida panthers and their shrinking habitat

South Florida sports teams' social media pages get flooded with hate comments anytime they post about pride-themed nights.

Winning the Stanley Cup hasn’t been a burden to the Panthers. They’re sitting near the top of the Eastern Conference near the mid-season and having the regular season they wanted.

The Florida Panthers will be without a key defenseman for their Saturday afternoon game against the Boston Bruins. Aaron Ekbald is out for the second time in three games due to an undisclosed injury he sustained late in the third period on Jan. 3 against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Florida International looks to break its three-game losing streak when the Panthers take on UTEP. Saturday's matchup is the first this season between the two teams.

Anton Lundell scored the deciding goal in the fourth round of the shootout to lift the visiting Florida Panthers to a 2-1 win against the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday. Jesper Boqvist scored and Spencer Knight made 25 saves for the Panthers, who snapped a two-game skid (0-1-1).

Welcome to Scott Wheeler’s 2025 rankings of every NHL organization’s prospects. You can find the complete ranking and more information on the project and its criteria here, as we count down daily from No. 32 to No. 1. The series, which includes in-depth evaluations and insight from sources on nearly 500 prospects, runs from Jan. 8 to Feb. 7.

Detroit's power play keeps dazzling, the Red Wings absorb a championship quality punch, and other observations from a 5–2 win over the Florida Panthers

With the Panthers getting into penalty trouble in the second period, the Red Wings made them pay a second time when Dylan Larkin went to the crease and re-directed a tape-to-tape centering feed from Patrick Kane through traffic into the cage to make it 2-1 at 7:52.

Dylan Larkin scored two goals and the surging Detroit Red Wings beat the Florida Panthers 5-2. Larkin, Jonatan Berggren and Patrick Kane had power-play goals for Detroit, which also got a goal from Marco Kasper.