National Hockey League

FINAL Thursday, October 15, 2026
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Florida Panthers 3
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Match Report

Brady Tkachuk completes his 2nd straight natural hat trick in OT as Panthers stun Canucks

— Brady Tkachuk completed his second straight natural hat trick with a nifty move up the middle in overtime to give the Florida Panthers a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night.

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Team Stats

20
Blocked Shots
7
15
Hits
21
2
Takeaways
3
18
Shots
39
0
Power Play Goals
0
3
Power Play Opportunities
2
0.0
Power Play Percentage
0.0
0
Short Handed Goals
0
0
Shootout Goals
0
30
Faceoffs Won
29
50.8
Faceoff Win Percent
49.2
21
Giveaways
16
3
Total Penalties
4
6
Penalty Minutes
8

Top Performers

VAN

  • Leevi Merilainen GA 3 · SA 39 · SOS 0
  • Paul Cotter BS 0 · HT 4 · TK 0
  • Elias Pettersson BS 3 · HT 2 · TK 1
  • Marco Rossi BS 0 · HT 0 · TK 0

FLA

  • Akira Schmid GA 2 · SA 18 · SOS 0
  • Eetu Luostarinen BS 0 · HT 2 · TK 0
  • Sam Bennett BS 0 · HT 2 · TK 0
  • Anton Lundell BS 0 · HT 1 · TK 0

Recent Plays

  1. 2:23 · OT Game End
  2. 2:23 · OT End of OT
  3. 2:23 · OT Brady Tkachuk Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Seth Jones (8), Sam Reinhart (2)
  4. 0:42 · OT Sam Bennett Snap Shot Wide Right
  5. 0:04 · OT Brady Tkachuk Snap Shot saved by Leevi Merilainen
  6. 0:00 · OT Anton Lundell faceoff won against Filip Chytil
  7. 0:00 · OT Start of Overtime
  8. 20:00 · 3rd End of 3rd Period

Highlights

00:46 Liam Ohgren tallies goal vs. Panthers Watch on ESPN 00:51 Elias N. Pettersson nets goal for Canucks Watch on ESPN 00:45 Brady Tkachuk lights the lamp for Panthers Watch on ESPN 00:50 Brady Tkachuk lights the lamp Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

FLA leads series 1-0

Injuries

Florida Panthers

  • Jacob Markstrom Injured Reserve
  • Brad Marchand Injured Reserve
  • Aleksander Barkov Injured Reserve
  • Jonah Gadjovich Injured Reserve

Vancouver Canucks

  • Akil Thomas Injured Reserve
  • Mackenzie MacEachern Injured Reserve
  • Thatcher Demko Injured Reserve

NHL News

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