2012–13 Florida Panthers season

2012–13 Florida Panthers
Division	5th Southeast
Conference	15th Eastern
2012–13 record	15–27–6
Home record	8–11–5
Road record	7–16–1
Goals for	112
Goals against	171
Team information
General Manager	Dale Tallon
Coach	Kevin Dineen
Captain	Ed Jovanovski
Alternate captains	Brian Campbell Stephen Weiss
Arena	BB&T Center
Average attendance	16,991 (99.7%) (23 games)
Team leaders
Goals	Tomas Kopecky (15)
Assists	Tomas Fleischmann (23)
Points	Tomas Fleischmann (35)
Penalties in minutes	George Parros (57)
Plus/minus	(+): Rheault, Selleck (0) (−): Gudbranson, Kuba (−22)
Wins	Jacob Markstrom (8)
Goals against average	Jacob Markstrom (3.23)
<2011–12	2013–14>

The 2012–13 Florida Panthers season was the 20th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 14, 1993. The season was partially cancelled due to a labor dispute, which ended on January 6, 2013. The campaign for the Panthers then commenced as a shortened, 48-game season beginning on January 19. The shortened season will feature only intra-conference games.

The Panthers were eliminated from Stanley Cup playoff contention, failing to make the post-season for the 11th time in their past 12 seasons. Florida earned the least points of any NHL team in 2012–13, finishing with a 15–27–6 record for last in both the Eastern Conference and 30-team NHL.

Pre-season

A pre-season schedule was planned for late September and early October, but the lockout forced its cancellation. No pre-season will be held for the truncated, 48-game campaign beginning January 19.

Regular season

As of Thursday, October 4, the NHL has cancelled all games scheduled through Wednesday, October 24, causing the Panthers to lose their first five games of the season, with more cancelled games possible without a resolution to the dispute soon. As of Friday, October 19, the Panthers have lost three additional games through November 1 due to the lockout. All November games were lost one week later on Friday, October 26, eliminating any possibility of a rearranged 82-game season and assuring that any season that does take place will be shortened. On November 23, two more weeks of hockey and six additional Panthers games were put on the chopping block, with all matchups through December 14 being cancelled. On December 11, after a week of negotiations broke off, all games through December 30 were axed. On December 20, 2012, following a further lack of negotiations during the lockout, all games through January 14 were cancelled.

On January 6, 2013, the lockout ended after a 16-hour negotiation session in an effort to salvage the season. A condensed season, of a length of 48 intra-conference games, will now be played.

The Panthers scored 109 goals (excluding three shootout-winning goals) over the lockout-shortened season of 48 games, tied for 30th overall with the Nashville Predators. They also allowed 170 goals (excluding one shootout goal), the most in the League, allowed the most power-play goals, with 39, and had the lowest penalty-kill percentage, at 74.17%.

Standings

Southeast Division

		GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	y – Washington Capitals	48	27	18	3	24	149	130	57
2	Winnipeg Jets	48	24	21	3	22	128	144	51
3	Carolina Hurricanes	48	19	25	4	18	128	160	42
4	Tampa Bay Lightning	48	18	26	4	17	148	150	40
5	Florida Panthers	48	15	27	6	12	112	171	36

Eastern Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	z – Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	48	36	12	0	33	165	119	72
2	y – Montreal Canadiens	NE	48	29	14	5	26	149	126	63
3	y – Washington Capitals	SE	48	27	18	3	24	149	130	57
4	Boston Bruins	NE	48	28	14	6	24	131	109	62
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	48	26	17	5	26	145	133	57
6	New York Rangers	AT	48	26	18	4	22	130	112	56
7	Ottawa Senators	NE	48	25	17	6	21	116	104	56
8	New York Islanders	AT	48	24	17	7	20	139	139	55
9	Winnipeg Jets	SE	48	24	21	3	22	128	144	51
10	Philadelphia Flyers	AT	48	23	22	3	22	133	141	49
11	New Jersey Devils	AT	48	19	19	10	17	112	129	48
12	Buffalo Sabres	NE	48	21	21	6	14	125	143	48
13	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	48	19	25	4	18	128	160	42
14	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	48	18	26	4	17	148	150	40
15	Florida Panthers	SE	48	15	27	6	12	112	171	36

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs, y – Won division, z – Won best record in conference

Schedule and results

Below is the new, truncated 2012–13 schedule for the Panthers, who will open the season on Saturday, January 19 against the Hurricanes, closing on Saturday, April 27 against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

2012–13 Game Log
January: 2–5–0 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 0–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Win Loss Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 January 19 Carolina 1–5 Florida Theodore (1–0–0) Ward (0–1–0) 19,688 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 January 21 Florida 0–4 Ottawa Anderson (2–0–0) Theodore (1–1–0) 19,952 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 January 22 Florida 1–4 Montreal Price (1–1–0) Clemmensen (0–1–0) 21,273 1–2–0 2 Recap 4 January 24 Ottawa 3–1 Florida Anderson (3–0–0) Theodore (1–2–0) 15,634 1–3–0 2 Recap 5 January 26 Philadelphia 7–1 Florida Bryzgalov (2–3–0) Theodore (1–3–0) 19,311 1–4–0 2 Recap 6 January 29 Florida 2–5 Tampa Bay Lindback (4–1–0) Theodore (1–4–0) 19,204 1–5–0 2 Recap 7 January 31 Winnipeg 3–6 Florida Theodore (2–4–0) Pavelec (2–3–1) 15,731 2–5–0 4 Recap
February: 4–4–5 (Home: 1–2–4 ; Road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Win Loss Attendance Record Pts Recap 8 February 3 Florida 4–3 Buffalo Theodore (3–4–0) Miller (3–4–1) 18,831 3–5–0 6 Recap 9 February 5 Florida 2–3 Winnipeg OT Pavelec (3–4–1) Clemmensen (0–1–1) 15,004 3–5–1 7 Recap 10 February 7 Florida 3–2 Philadelphia OT Theodore (4–4–0) Bryzgalov (4–5–1) 19,616 4–5–1 9 Recap 11 February 9 Florida 0–5 Washington Holtby (2–4–0) Theodore (4–5–0) 18,506 4–6–1 9 Recap 12 February 12 Washington 6–5 Florida OT Holtby (3–4–0) Clemmensen (0–1–2) 15,340 4–6–2 10 Recap 13 February 14 Montreal 1–0 Florida OT Price (8–3–0) Theodore (4–5–1) 17,021 4–6–3 11 Recap 14 February 16 Tampa Bay 6–5 Florida OT Lindback (6–3–1) Theodore (4–5–2) 17,009 4–6–4 12 Recap 15 February 18 Toronto 3–0 Florida Scrivens (4–3–0) Theodore (4–6–2) 17,177 4–7–4 12 Recap 16 February 21 Florida 5–2 Philadelphia Clemmensen (1–1–2) Bryzgalov (8–8–1) 19,605 5–7–4 14 Recap 17 February 22 Florida 1–3 Pittsburgh Fleury (9–3–0) Markstrom (0–1–0) 18,655 5–8–4 14 Recap 18 February 24 Boston 4–1 Florida Rask (9–1–2) Markstrom (0–2–0) 18,108 5–9–4 14 Recap 19 February 26 Pittsburgh 4–6 Florida Clemmensen (2–1–2) Fleury (10–4–0) 17,378 6–9–4 16 Recap 20 February 28 Buffalo 4–3 Florida OT Miller (8–10–1) Theodore (4–6–3) 15,672 6–9–5 17 Recap
March: 5–10–1 (Home: 3–4–1 ; Road: 2–6–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Win Loss Attendance Record Pts Recap 21 March 2 Florida 2–6 Carolina Ward (8–6–1) Clemmensen (2–2–2) 18,680 6–10–5 17 Recap 22 March 3 Carolina 3–2 Florida Ward (9–6–1) Clemmensen (2–3–2) 15,978 6–11–5 17 Recap 23 March 5 Winnipeg 1–4 Florida Markstrom (1–2–0) Pavelec (8–11–1) 14,574 7–11–5 19 Recap 24 March 7 Florida 1–7 Washington Holtby (9–7–0) Markstrom (1–3–0) 18,506 7–12–5 19 Recap 25 March 8 Winnipeg 3–2 Florida OT Pavelec (9–11–1) Markstrom (1–3–1) 16,442 7–12–6 20 Recap 26 March 10 Montreal 5–2 Florida Budaj (4–1–1) Markstrom (1–4–1) 19,189 7–13–6 20 Recap 27 March 12 Tampa Bay 3–2 Florida Lindback (9–6–1) Markstrom (1–5–1) 15,174 7–14–6 20 Recap 28 March 14 Florida 1–4 Boston Rask (14–2–3) Clemmensen (2–4–2) 17,565 7–15–6 20 Recap 29 March 16 N.Y. Islanders 4–3 Florida Nabokov (13–8–3) Clemmensen (2–5–2) 17,627 7–16–6 20 Recap 30 March 19 Florida 4–1 Carolina Markstrom (2–5–1) Ellis (4–4–1) 16,349 8–16–6 22 Recap 31 March 21 Florida 3–1 N.Y. Rangers Markstrom (3–5–1) Lundqvist (13–12–1) 17,200 9–16–6 24 Recap 32 March 23 Florida 1–2 New Jersey Brodeur (10–2–3) Clemmensen (2–6–2) 17,625 9–17–6 24 Recap 33 March 24 Florida 0–3 N.Y. Islanders Nabokov (14–10–3) Markstrom (3–6–1) 14,512 9–18–6 24 Recap 34 March 26 Florida 2–3 Toronto Scrivens (7–8–0) Markstrom (3–7–1) 19,379 9–19–6 24 Recap 35 March 28 Buffalo 4–5 Florida SO Markstrom (4–7–1) Miller (11–14–5) 17,044 10–19–6 26 Recap 36 March 30 New Jersey 2–3 Florida OT Markstrom (5–7–1) Brodeur (10–2–6) 18,138 11–19–6 28 Recap
April: 4–8–0 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 2–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Win Loss Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 April 2 Florida 3–2 Tampa Bay SO Markstrom (6–7–1) Garon (5–8–1) 17,904 12–19–6 30 Recap 38 April 6 Washington 3–4 Florida Holtby (17–11–1) Markstrom (6–8–1) 16,886 12–20–6 30 Recap 39 April 7 Ottawa 1–2 Florida Clemmensen (3–6–2) Anderson (8–5–2) 15,552 13–20–6 32 Recap 40 April 11 Florida 2–7 Winnipeg Pavelec (18–18–2) Markstrom (6–9–1) 15,004 13–21–6 32 Recap 41 April 13 Pittsburgh 1–3 Florida Fleury (21–6–0) Markstrom (6–10–1) 18,891 13–22–6 32 Recap 42 April 16 Florida 2–5 N.Y. Islanders Nabokov (21–11–5) Markstrom (6–11–1) 15,922 13–23–6 32 Recap 43 April 18 Florida 1–6 N.Y. Rangers Lundqvist (20–15–3) Clemmensen (3–7–2) 17,200 13–24–6 32 Recap 44 April 20 Florida 2–6 New Jersey Brodeur (12–8–7) Markstrom (6–12–1) 16,018 13–25–6 32 Recap 45 April 21 Florida 0–3 Boston Rask (18–9–4) Markstrom (6–13–1) 17,565 13–26–6 32 Recap 46 April 23 N.Y. Rangers 2–3 Florida Markstrom (7–13–1) Lundqvist (22–16–3) 17,758 14–26–6 34 Recap 47 April 25 Toronto 4–0 Florida Reimer (19–7–5) Markstrom (7–14–1) 16,484 14–27–6 34 Recap 48 April 27 Florida 5–3 Tampa Bay Markstrom (8–14–1) Lindback (10–10–1) 19,204 15–27–6 36 Recap
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) Boldface text denotes a Panthers goalie.

Player statistics

Final stats

Skaters

Regular Season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Tomas Fleischmann	48	12	23	35	−10	16
Jonathan Huberdeau	48	14	17	31	−15	18
Brian Campbell	48	8	19	27	−22	12
Tomas Kopecky	47	15	12	27	−8	28
Shawn Matthias	48	14	7	21	−8	16
Marcel Goc	42	9	10	19	−6	8
Peter Mueller	43	8	9	17	−11	18
Drew Shore	43	3	10	13	−10	14
Jack Skille	40	3	9	12	−9	11
Filip Kuba	44	1	9	10	−18	24
Dmitri Kulikov	34	3	7	10	−5	22
Mike Weaver	27	1	8	9	−3	8
T. J. Brennan†	19	2	7	9	−8	2
Alexei Kovalev	14	2	3	5	−1	6
Scottie Upshall	27	4	1	5	−8	25
Jerred Smithson‡	35	2	3	5	−4	10
Stephen Weiss	17	1	3	4	−13	25
Tyson Strachan	38	0	4	4	−13	40
Kris Versteeg	10	2	2	4	−8	8
Erik Gudbranson	32	0	4	4	−22	47
Mike Santorelli‡	24	2	1	3	−7	2
George Parros	39	1	1	2	−15	57
Ed Jovanovski	6	0	1	1	−4	0
Greg Rallo	10	1	0	1	−5	2
Eric Selleck	2	0	1	1	2	17
Colby Robak	16	0	1	1	−1	17
Nick Bjugstad	11	1	0	1	−8	2
Nolan Yonkman	7	0	0	0	−1	11
Michael Caruso	2	0	0	0	−1	0
Jon Rheault	5	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Timmins	5	0	0	0	−2	4
Alex Petrovic	6	0	0	0	−8	25
Quinton Howden	18	0	0	0	−11	2
Keaton Ellerby‡	9	0	0	0	−2	36
Totals		109	172	281	−265	533

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Jacob Markstrom	23	23	1265:45	8	14	1	68	3.22	685	.901	0	0	0	0
Scott Clemmensen	19	11	866:25	3	7	2	53	3.67	421	.874	0	0	0	0
Jose Theodore	15	14	766:28	4	6	3	42	3.29	391	.893	0	0	0	2
Totals		48	2898:38	15	27	6	163	3.37	1497	.891	0	0	0	2

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Panthers. Stats reflect time with the Panthers only.
^‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Awards and records

Awards

Regular Season
Player	Award	Awarded
Jonathan Huberdeau	Calder Memorial Trophy	June 15, 2013

Transactions

The Panthers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2012–13 season.

Trades

Date	Details
June 23, 2012	To Dallas Stars 7th-round pick in 2013	To Florida Panthers 7th-round pick (#194 overall) in 2012
July 20, 2012	To New York Rangers 5th-round pick in 2014	To Florida Panthers Casey Wellman
January 14, 2013	To Montreal Canadiens Jason DeSantis	To Florida Panthers Brendon Nash
January 21, 2013	To Tampa Bay Lightning Jean-Francois Jacques	To Florida Panthers Future Considerations
January 31, 2013	To Washington Capitals Casey Wellman	To Florida Panthers Zach Hamill
February 8, 2013	To Los Angeles Kings Keaton Ellerby	To Florida Panthers 5th-round pick in 2013
March 15, 2013	To Buffalo Sabres 5th-round pick in 2013	To Florida Panthers T. J. Brennan
April 3, 2013	To Edmonton Oilers Jerred Smithson	To Florida Panthers 4th-round pick in 2013
June 14, 2013	To Nashville Predators T. J. Brennan	To Florida Panthers Bobby Butler
June 18, 2013	To Calgary Flames Corban Knight	To Florida Panthers 4th-round pick in 2013

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team	Contract terms
Jason DeSantis	St. John's IceCaps	1 year, $600,000
Dov Grumet-Morris	San Antonio Rampage	1 year, $550,000
Filip Kuba	Ottawa Senators	2 years, $8 million
George Parros	Anaheim Ducks	2 years, $1.85 million
Jon Rheault	Abbotsford Heat	1 year, $600,000
Jean-Francois Jacques	Anaheim Ducks	1 year, $750,000
Andre Deveaux	New York Rangers	1 year, $700,000
Michael Houser	London Knights	3 years, $1.755 million entry-level contract
Josh McFadden	Sudbury Wolves	3 years, $1.74 million entry-level contract
Peter Mueller	Colorado Avalanche	1 year, $1.725 million
Alexei Kovalev	Atlant Moscow Oblast	1 year, $1 million

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Contract terms
Mikael Samuelsson	Detroit Red Wings	2 years, $6 million
Jason Garrison	Vancouver Canucks	6 years, $27.6 million
Bracken Kearns	San Jose Sharks	1 year, $550,000
Krys Barch	New Jersey Devils	2 years, $1.5 million
Wojtek Wolski	Washington Capitals	1 year, $600,000
Jonathan Matsumoto	San Jose Sharks	1 year, $600,000
Bill Thomas	Colorado Avalanche	1 year, $550,000

Claimed via waivers

Player

Former team

Date claimed off waivers

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers
James Wright	Winnipeg Jets	January 18, 2013
Mike Santorelli	Winnipeg Jets	April 3, 2013

Lost via retirement

Player

John Madden

Alexei Kovalev

Player signings

Player	Date	Contract terms
Scott Clemmensen	July 1, 2012	2 years, $2.4 million
Greg Rallo	July 1, 2012	1 year, $550,000
Keaton Ellerby	July 6, 2012	1 year, $700,000
Mike Caruso	July 17, 2012	1 year, $600,000
Brian Foster	July 17, 2012	1 year, $577,500
James Wright	July 17, 2012	2 years, $1.3 million
Kris Versteeg	July 23, 2012	4 years, $17.6 million
Eric Selleck	July 26, 2012	1 year, $550,000
Casey Wellman	July 26, 2012	1 year, $800,000
Dmitri Kulikov	January 18, 2012	2 years, $5 million
Nick Bjugstad	April 3, 2013	3 years, $2.7 million entry-level contract
Jonathan Racine	April 3, 2013	3 years, $1.995 million entry-level contract
Logan Shaw	April 22, 2013	3 years, $2.0225 million entry-level contract
Bobby Butler	June 24, 2013	2 years, $1.2 million
Eric Selleck	June 24, 2013	1 year, $600,000

Draft picks

Main article: List of Florida Panthers draft picks

Florida Panthers' picks at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 22 & 23, 2012.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	23	Mike Matheson	D	Canada	Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)
3	84	Steven Hodges	C	Canada	Victoria Royals (WHL)
4	114	Alexander Delnov	LW	Russia	Mytischi (Russia-Jr.)
6	174	Francois Bouvillier	C/LW	Canada	Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)
7	194	Jonatan Nielsen	D	Sweden	Linkopings HC Jr. (Swe-Jr.)

Draft Notes

• The Florida Panthers' second-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a July 1, 2011, trade that sent Kris Versteeg to the Panthers in exchange for a 2012 third-round pick and this pick.
• The Florida Panthers' fifth-round pick went to the Dallas Stars as the result of a December 6, 2011, trade that sent Krys Barch and a 2012 sixth-round pick to the Panthers in exchange for Jake Hauswirth and this pick.
• ^a The Dallas Stars' seventh-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as a result of a June 23, 2012, trade that sent a 2013 seventh-round pick to the Stars in exchange for this pick.
• The Florida Panthers' seventh-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a June 27, 2011, trade that sent Tomas Kopecky to the Predators in exchange for this conditional pick (2012 if Panthers do not send seventh-round pick to Predators from earlier trade, else 2013).

See also

• 2012–13 NHL season

References