Florida Panthers Depth Chart 2026-27

Position Players

POS	Starter	Second	Third+
Center	A. Barkov Panthers' Aleksander Barkov: No rust in preseason opener Aleksander Barkov Panthers' Aleksander Barkov: No rust in preseason opener	S. BennettSam Bennett	A. LundellAnton Lundell L. EllerLars Eller C. ReinhardtCole Reinhardt J. BeecherJohn Beecher S. Salminen Panthers' Samu Salminen: Inks entry-level deal Samu Salminen Panthers' Samu Salminen: Inks entry-level deal
Left Wing	B. Tkachuk Panthers' Brady Tkachuk: Exits game for precautionary reasons Undisclosed: Expected to be out until at least Sep 29 Brady Tkachuk Panthers' Brady Tkachuk: Exits game for precautionary reasons Undisclosed: Expected to be out until at least Sep 29	C. VerhaegheCarter Verhaeghe	E. Luostarinen Panthers' Eetu Luostarinen: Adds muscle in offseason Eetu Luostarinen Panthers' Eetu Luostarinen: Adds muscle in offseason G. HathawayGarnet Hathaway A. CrookshankAngus Crookshank B. ImamaBokondji Imama J. Gadjovich Upper Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 17 Jonah Gadjovich Upper Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 17
Right Wing	S. ReinhartSam Reinhart	M. TkachukMatthew Tkachuk	C. SchwindtCole Schwindt S. LaffertySam Lafferty N. BastianNathan Bastian B. Marchand Lower Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 2 Brad Marchand Lower Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 2
Left Defenseman	G. ForslingGustav Forsling	N. Mikkola Panthers' Niko Mikkola: Working with Seth Jones in camp Niko Mikkola Panthers' Niko Mikkola: Working with Seth Jones in camp	D. KulikovDmitry Kulikov U. Balinskis Panthers' Uvis Balinskis: Participating in practice Uvis Balinskis Panthers' Uvis Balinskis: Participating in practice T. BjornfotTobias Bjornfot
Right Defenseman	A. EkbladAaron Ekblad	S. JonesSeth Jones	R. GudasRadko Gudas A. PetrovicAlexander Petrovic D. SebrangoDonovan Sebrango
Goalie	J. Markstrom Panthers' Jacob Markstrom: Starting again Tuesday Jacob Markstrom Panthers' Jacob Markstrom: Starting again Tuesday	A. SchmidAkira Schmid	C. BlackCooper Black