NHL

Philadelphia Flyers at Florida Panthers

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Philadelphia Flyers
0-1-0
Final
1 - 2
Florida Panthers
2-0-0

Brad Marchand breaks 3rd-period tie to help the Panthers beat the Flyers, 2-1

Brad Marchand puts Panthers back ahead early in 3rd

Marchand fired a wrist shot from the left boards past goalie Dan Vladar and into the top right corner to help the Panthers win their second straight at home to open the season. Marchand missed a chance to pad the lead with 6 1/2 minutes left, sending a wrister over the crossbar on a breakaway.

Tocchet rejoined the Flyers during the offseason. The former Philadelphia player won Stanley Cups as an assistant in Pittsburgh and was a head coach in Tampa Bay, Arizona and, most recently, Vancouver.

Anton Lundell also scored for injury-depleted Florida, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 19 shots. Florida captain Aleksander Barkov is expected to miss the entire regular season because of two torn knee ligaments, and Matthew Tkachuk is probably out until December at least while he recovers from a groin injury.

Noah Cates scored for Philadelphia. Vladar made 32 saves.

Lundell opened the scoring on a power play at 5:29 of the second period, beating Vladar with a wrist shot off a break. Cates tied it with 2:12 left in the period, chipping a loose puck over Bobrovsky.

Florida opened Tuesday night with a 3-2 victory over Chicago.

Up next Flyers: At Carolina on Saturday night.

Panthers: Host Ottawa on Saturday night.

Regular Season Series

FLA leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 2nd Period 5:29 Anton Lundell Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Evan Rodrigues (2), Jeff Petry (1)
Goal 2nd Period 17:48 Noah Cates Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Tyson Foerster (1)
Goal 3rd Period 2:19 Brad Marchand Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Luke Kunin (1), A.J. Greer (1)

Statistics

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10 Blocked Shots 5
17 Hits 27
4 Takeaways 2
20 Shots 34
0 Power Play Goals 1
2 Power Play Opportunities 5
0.0 Power Play Percentage 20.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
41 Faceoffs Won 26
61.2 Faceoff Win Percent 38.8
23 Giveaways 13
5 Total Penalties 2
10 Penalty Minutes 4
Florida Panthers Florida Panthers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Carter Verhaeghe, C Out Apr 15
Sam Bennett, C Out Apr 15
Gustav Forsling, D Out Apr 15
Tomas Nosek, LW Out Apr 15
Seth Jones, D Out Apr 9
Philadelphia Flyers Philadelphia Flyers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Nikita Grebenkin, RW Out Apr 16
Rodrigo Abols, C Injured Reserve Jan 21

Game Information

Amerant Bank Arena

Location: Sunrise, FL
Attendance: 19,431 | Capacity:

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Carolina 53 22 113 7
Pittsburgh 41 25 98 16
Philadelphia 43 27 98 12
Washington 43 30 95 9
Columbus 40 30 92 12
NY Islanders 43 34 91 5
New Jersey 42 37 87 3
NY Rangers 34 39 77 9

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Buffalo 50 23 109 9
Tampa Bay 50 26 106 6
Montreal 48 24 106 10
Boston 45 27 100 10
Ottawa 44 27 99 11
Detroit 41 31 92 10
Florida 40 38 84 4
Toronto 32 36 78 14
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