Florida Panthers Depth Chart 2026-27

Position Players

POS	Starter	Second	Third+
Center	A. BarkovAleksander Barkov	S. BennettSam Bennett	A. LundellAnton Lundell L. EllerLars Eller M. Entwistle Undisclosed: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 10 MacKenzie Entwistle Undisclosed: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 10
Left Wing	B. Tkachuk Panthers' Brady Tkachuk: Set for opener Brady Tkachuk Panthers' Brady Tkachuk: Set for opener	C. VerhaegheCarter Verhaeghe	E. LuostarinenEetu Luostarinen G. HathawayGarnet Hathaway 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	S. VilmanisSandis Vilmanis B. ImamaBokondji Imama B. Marchand Panthers' Brad Marchand: Might play in October Lower Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 25 Brad Marchand Panthers' Brad Marchand: Might play in October Lower Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 25
Left Defenseman	G. Forsling Panthers' Gustav Forsling: Supplies only offense in season opener Gustav Forsling Panthers' Gustav Forsling: Supplies only offense in season opener	N. MikkolaNiko Mikkola	D. KulikovDmitry Kulikov U. BalinskisUvis Balinskis
Right Defenseman	A. EkbladAaron Ekblad	S. JonesSeth Jones	R. GudasRadko Gudas
Goalie	J. Markstrom Panthers' Jacob Markstrom: Dazzles in return to Florida crease Jacob Markstrom Panthers' Jacob Markstrom: Dazzles in return to Florida crease	A. Schmid Panthers' Akira Schmid: Falls in shootout in preseason finale Akira Schmid Panthers' Akira Schmid: Falls in shootout in preseason finale	—