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
Eetu Luostarinen, C Day-To-Day Nov 29
Matthew Tkachuk, LW Injured Reserve Nov 26
Cole Schwindt, C Out Nov 19
Jonah Gadjovich, LW Injured Reserve Nov 18
Philadelphia Flyers Philadelphia Flyers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Oliver Bonk, D Injured Reserve Oct 27
Rasmus Ristolainen, D Injured Reserve Oct 27

Game Information

Amerant Bank Arena

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

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
New Jersey 16 8 33 1
Carolina 15 7 32 2
Philadelphia 14 7 31 3
Washington 14 9 30 2
Pittsburgh 12 7 29 5
NY Islanders 13 9 29 3
NY Rangers 13 12 28 2
Columbus 11 9 27 5

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Tampa Bay 16 7 34 2
Boston 15 12 30 0
Montreal 13 8 29 3
Ottawa 12 8 28 4
Detroit 13 11 28 2
Florida 12 11 25 1
Toronto 11 11 25 3
Buffalo 10 11 24 4
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