Florida Panthers Lines

The most-used Florida Panthers forward line in the Oct 17 game vs SEA was Sandis Vilmanis – Anton Lundell – Eetu Luostarinen (11:15 together at 5-on-5).

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Lines, pairs and special teams

In the last game, the team played 47:46 at 5-on-5, 2:48 on the power play and 6:58 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5
L1	Sandis Vilmanis(moved up) – Anton Lundell(moved up) – Eetu Luostarinen(moved up)	11:15	23.6%
L2	Lars Eller – Sam Reinhart – Carter Verhaeghe	9:28	19.8%
L3	Brady Tkachuk(moved down) – Matthew Tkachuk(moved down) – Sam Bennett(moved down)	8:07	17.0%
L4	Bokondji Imama – Sam Lafferty – Garnet Hathaway	6:52	14.4%

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5
D1	Gustav Forsling – Aaron Ekblad	15:08	31.7%
D2	Niko Mikkola – Seth Jones	14:14	29.8%
D3	Uvis Balinskis – Dmitry Kulikov	14:06	29.5%

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP
PP1	Brady Tkachuk – Matthew Tkachuk – Sam Reinhart – Carter Verhaeghe – Seth Jones	2:31	89.9%

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK
PK1	Anton Lundell – Eetu Luostarinen – Aaron Ekblad – Gustav Forsling	2:18	33.0%
PK2	Lars Eller – Sam Reinhart – Seth Jones – Niko Mikkola	1:15	17.9%

NEW: not in the previous game's top four lines or three pairs. ▲ ▼: moved up or down from the previous game.

Over 5 games, the team played 227:37 at 5-on-5, 30:10 on the power play and 28:46 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
L1	Sandis Vilmanis – Anton Lundell – Eetu Luostarinen	48:55	21.5%	5
L2	Brady Tkachuk – Matthew Tkachuk – Sam Bennett	40:28	17.8%	5
L3	Lars Eller – Sam Reinhart – Carter Verhaeghe	30:11	13.3%	3
L4	Bokondji Imama – Sam Lafferty – Garnet Hathaway	24:48	10.9%	4

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
D1	Gustav Forsling – Aaron Ekblad	73:38	32.3%	5
D2	Niko Mikkola – Seth Jones	64:54	28.5%	5
D3	Uvis Balinskis – Dmitry Kulikov	34:55	15.3%	3

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP	GP
PP1	Brady Tkachuk – Matthew Tkachuk – Sam Reinhart – Carter Verhaeghe – Seth Jones	16:47	55.6%	5
PP2	Sam Bennett – Lars Eller – Anton Lundell – Eetu Luostarinen – Aaron Ekblad	6:10	20.4%	3

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK	GP
PK1	Lars Eller – Garnet Hathaway – Aaron Ekblad – Gustav Forsling	5:12	18.1%	4
PK2	Anton Lundell – Eetu Luostarinen – Seth Jones – Niko Mikkola	2:14	7.8%	4

Over 9 games, the team played 398:20 at 5-on-5, 70:24 on the power play and 55:01 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
L1	Sandis Vilmanis – Anton Lundell – Eetu Luostarinen	80:32	20.2%	9
L2	Matthew Tkachuk – Sam Bennett – Carter Verhaeghe	51:33	12.9%	9
L3	Bokondji Imama – Lars Eller – Garnet Hathaway	24:48	6.2%	6
L4	Brad Marchand – Brady Tkachuk – Sam Reinhart	13:39	3.4%	2

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
D1	Niko Mikkola – Seth Jones	119:47	30.1%	9
D2	Gustav Forsling – Aaron Ekblad	82:59	20.8%	6
D3	Dmitry Kulikov – Radko Gudas	38:31	9.7%	6

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP	GP
PP1	Brady Tkachuk – Matthew Tkachuk – Sam Reinhart – Carter Verhaeghe – Seth Jones	17:01	24.2%	6
PP2	Sam Bennett – Lars Eller – Anton Lundell – Eetu Luostarinen – Aaron Ekblad	6:10	8.8%	3

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK	GP
PK1	Lars Eller – Garnet Hathaway – Seth Jones – Niko Mikkola	8:12	14.9%	8
PK2	Anton Lundell – Eetu Luostarinen – Aaron Ekblad – Gustav Forsling	6:23	11.6%	4

Goalies

Started the last game (Oct 17 vs SEA): Jacob Markstrom

Goalie	Starts this season
Jacob Markstrom	6
Akira Schmid	3
Cooper Black	0

Not in the last game

May be injured or a healthy scratch

#16 Aleksander Barkov, Center
#12 Jonah Gadjovich, Left wing
#63 Brad Marchand, Left wing
#6 Radko Gudas, Defense

How these lines are calculated

Lines are rebuilt second by second from the NHL's official shift records. A trio or pair counts only at 5-on-5, and each window shows at most four lines and three pairs that played at least 3% of the team's 5-on-5 time. Read the full method.