2007–08 Florida Panthers season

The 2007–08 Florida Panthers season began on October 4, 2007, with a game at Madison Square Garden against the New York Rangers. It was the Panthers' 15th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

2007–08 Florida Panthers
Division3rd Southeast
Conference11th Eastern
2007–08 record38–35–9
Home record18–15–8
Road record20–20–1
Goals for216
Goals against226
Team information
General managerJacques Martin
CoachJacques Martin
CaptainOlli Jokinen
Alternate captainsBryan Allen
Stephen Weiss
ArenaBankAtlantic Center
Average attendance15,436 (80.2%)
Team leaders
GoalsOlli Jokinen (34)
AssistsOlli Jokinen (37)
PointsOlli Jokinen (71)
Penalty minutesNathan Horton (85)
Plus/minusJassen Cullimore (+21)
WinsTomas Vokoun (30)
Goals against averageTomas Vokoun (2.68)

The 2007 NHL Entry Draft took place in Columbus, Ohio, on June 22–23. For a complete list of Panthers' draft picks, see below.

Regular season

The Panthers tied the Montreal Canadiens for the fewest shorthanded goals allowed with just three.[1]

Divisional standings
Southeast Division
GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1y – Washington Capitals824331824223194
2Carolina Hurricanes824333625224992
3Florida Panthers823835921622685
4Atlanta Thrashers823440821627276
5Tampa Bay Lightning823142922326771

Conference standings
Eastern Conference
R Div GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 z – Montreal CanadiensNE82472510262222104
2 y – Pittsburgh PenguinsAT8247278247216102
3 y – Washington CapitalsSE824331824223194
4 New Jersey DevilsAT824629720619799
5 New York RangersAT8242271321319997
6 Philadelphia FlyersAT8242291124823395
7 Ottawa SenatorsNE824331826124794
8 Boston BruinsNE8241291221222294
8.5
9 Carolina HurricanesSE824333625224992
10 Buffalo SabresNE8239311225524290
11 Florida PanthersSE823835921622685
12 Toronto Maple LeafsNE8236351123126083
13 New York IslandersAT823538919424379
14 Atlanta ThrashersSE823440821627276
15 Tampa Bay LightningSE823142922326771

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

bold – qualified for playoffs, y – division winner, z – placed first in conference (and division)

Schedule and results

October

Record: 5–7–0; Home: 4–2–0; Road: 1–5–0

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
1October 4Florida2 – 5NY RangersVokoun18,2000–1–00
2October 6New Jersey4 – 1FloridaVokoun19,2500–2–00
3October 10Florida1 – 2Tampa BayAnderson18,5400–3–00
4October 11New Jersey0 – 3FloridaVokoun10,8471–3–02
5October 13Tampa Bay4 – 6FloridaVokoun15,8012–3–04
6October 16Florida2 – 1MontrealSOVokoun21,2733–3–06
7October 18Florida2 – 3TorontoAnderson19,3493–4–06
8October 20Florida1 – 4OttawaVokoun19,9043–5–06
9October 24Philadelphia3 – 4FloridaVokoun12,8564–5–08
10October 26Buffalo4 – 2FloridaVokoun15,8424–6–08
11October 27Florida3 – 4NashvilleVokoun15,7674–7–08
12October 31Carolina2 – 4FloridaVokoun10,0635–7–010

November

Record: 7–6–1; Home: 3–3–0; Road: 4–3–1

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
13November 2Florida4 – 2BuffaloVokoun18,6906–7–012
14November 3Florida2 – 4CarolinaVokoun17,5476–8–012
15November 5Tampa Bay3 – 4FloridaVokoun10,1497–8–014
16November 7Florida1 – 3Tampa BayVokoun16,5267–9–014
17November 9Atlanta4 – 1FloridaVokoun14,2687–10–014
18November 12Carolina4 – 3FloridaVokoun12,7157–11–014
19November 13Florida2 – 3AtlantaOTAnderson12,5997–11–115
20November 15Washington1 – 2FloridaVokoun12,1018–11–117
21November 17Florida1 – 2CarolinaVokoun16,9628–12–117
22November 19Florida4 – 3WashingtonVokoun13,4119–12–119
23November 21Florida5 – 2ColumbusVokoun13,32610–12–121
24November 23NY Rangers2 – 3FloridaSOVokoun19,25011–12–123
25November 28Florida2 – 1WashingtonSOVokoun10,52612–12–125
26November 29Boston4 – 3FloridaAnderson14,92612–13–125

December

Record: 6–5–2; Home: 2–4–2; Road: 4–1–0

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
27December 1Washington2 – 1FloridaVokoun14,33312–14–125
28December 5Ottawa5 – 4FloridaAnderson11,28912–15–125
29December 7NY Islanders0 – 3FloridaVokoun14,50213–15–127
30December 11Calgary2 – 1FloridaSOVokoun12,49913–15–228
31December 13Florida1 – 0St. LouisVokoun14,08814–15–230
32December 15Florida2 – 5DetroitVokoun20,06614–16–230
33December 16Florida3 – 1ChicagoVokoun12,92615–16–232
34December 18Florida3 – 2MontrealVokoun21,27316–16–234
35December 20Carolina4 – 5FloridaVokoun15,06117–16–236
36December 22Toronto2 – 1FloridaOTVokoun18,50017–16–337
37December 27Florida5 – 3AtlantaVokoun16,08018–16–339
38December 28Montreal5 – 1FloridaVokoun19,83818–17–339
39December 30Philadelphia1 – 0FloridaVokoun18,76718–18–339

January

Record: 4–6–2; Home: 1–2–2; Road: 3–4–0

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
40January 2Florida2 – 3New JerseyVokoun14,12418–19–339
41January 3Florida4 – 3NY IslandersOTAnderson11,42819–19–341
42January 5Florida0 – 3PittsburghVokoun17,09019–20–341
43January 8Pittsburgh3 – 1FloridaVokoun17,08619–21–341
44January 10Florida3 – 2AtlantaSOVokoun14,80520–21–343
45January 12Tampa Bay5 – 3FloridaVokoun16,57820–22–343
46January 13Colorado4 – 3FloridaSOVokoun13,85420–22–444
47January 16Florida3 – 5PhiladelphiaVokoun19,20720–23–444
48January 18Florida2 – 1New JerseyAnderson15,20321–23–446
49January 19Florida3 – 5WashingtonVokoun16,97321–24–446
50January 22Ottawa3 – 5FloridaVokoun12,79422–24–448
51January 24Edmonton4 – 3FloridaSOVokoun12,32222–24–549
52January 30Buffalo1 – 0FloridaVokoun14,02422–25–549

February

Record:6–6–3 ; Home:2–1–3 ; Road:4–5–0

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
53February 1Vancouver3 – 4FloridaSOVokoun17,52323–25–551
54February 2Florida3 – 2Tampa BayVokoun19,97724–25–553
55February 5Florida8 – 0TorontoVokoun19,43025–25–555
56February 7Florida4 – 5OttawaVokoun19,43525–26–555
57February 9Florida6 – 3BostonVokoun19,89326–26–557
58February 10Florida3 – 5BuffaloAnderson18,69026–27–557
59February 13Montreal2 – 1FloridaOTVokoun17,10026–27–658
60February 15Washington2 – 4FloridaVokoun16,20227–27–660
61February 16Florida4 – 5CarolinaVokoun17,73727–28–660
62February 19Florida2 – 2PittsburghVokoun17,07527–29–660
63February 21Boston5 – 4FloridaSOVokoun14,99227–29–761
64February 23Florida2 – 1PhiladelphiaOTAnderson19,62928–29–763
65February 24Florida0 – 5NY RangersAnderson17,64528–30–763
66February 27Toronto4 – 3FloridaSOVokoun14,45728–30–864
67February 29Minnesota3 – 2FloridaVokoun17,89728–31–864

March

Record: 8–3–1 ; Home: 6–2–1 ; Road: 2–1–0

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
68March 2Florida1 – 0NY IslandersAnderson15,31429–31–866
69March 4Florida1 – 0BostonOTAnderson16,47830–31–868
70March 6Pittsburgh2 – 5FloridaAnderson17,01231–31–870
71March 8Atlanta2 – 3FloridaOTVokoun16,61432–31–872
72March 12NY Islanders2 – 4FloridaVokoun15,23333–31–874
73March 14NY Rangers2 – 3FloridaVokoun19,32134–31–876
74March 16Atlanta1 – 3FloridaVokoun15,70435–31–878
75March 20Carolina2 – 1FloridaSOVokoun18,54635–31–979
76March 22Tampa Bay2 – 4FloridaVokoun18,50236–31–981
77March 25Florida1 – 3Tampa BayVokoun16,11036–32–981
78March 27Atlanta3 – 2FloridaVokoun17,30136–33–981
79March 29Washington3 – 2FloridaVokoun17,83236–34–981

April

Record: 2–1–0 ; Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 2–1–0

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
80April 1Florida3 – 2AtlantaAnderson15,45337–34–983
81April 4Florida4 – 3CarolinaAnderson18,68038–34–985
82April 5Florida1 – 3WashingtonAnderson18,27738–35–985

Playoffs

The Panthers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season. They last made the playoffs in 2000.

Player statistics

Skaters
    Regular season
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Olli Jokinen8234377167
Nathan Horton8227356285
Stephen Weiss7413294240
David Booth7322184040
Jay Bouwmeester8215223772
Richard Zednik5415112643
Rostislav Olesz5614122616
Kamil Kreps768172529
Steve Montador738152373
Jozef Stumpel527132010

Goaltenders
    Regular season
Player GP Min W L OT GA SO SV% GAA
Tomas Vokoun694031302981804.9192.63
Craig Anderson17935861352.9352.25
Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Records
  • On October 24, Olli Jokinen scored two goals against the Philadelphia Flyers to surpass Scott Mellanby on the franchise's all-time goal-scoring (158) and points (355) lists.

Milestones
Regular Season
PlayerMilestoneReached
Cory Murphy1st NHL GameOctober 4, 2007
Cory Murphy1st NHL Goal
1st NHL Point		October 6, 2007
Bryan Allen300th NHL GameOctober 6, 2007
Cory Murphy1st NHL AssistOctober 11, 2007
Stefan Meyer1st NHL GameOctober 24, 2007
Ville Peltonen100th NHL PointOctober 26, 2007
Olli Jokinen400th NHL PointOctober 27, 2007
Radek Dvorak300th NHL PIMNovember 2, 2007
Tanner Glass1st NHL GameNovember 12, 2007

Transactions

The Panthers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.

Trades
June 13, 2007
 To Florida Panthers
2nd-round pick in either 2007 or 2008 – Jacob Markstrom		 To Tampa Bay Lightning
Chris Gratton
June 22, 2007
 To Florida Panthers
Tomas Vokoun		 To Nashville Predators
1st-round pick in 2008 – Josh Bailey
2nd-round pick in 2007 – Nick Spaling
conditional 2nd-round pick – Aaron Ness
February 26, 2008
 To Florida Panthers
Wade Belak		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
5th-round pick in 2008 – Jerome Flaake
February 26, 2008
 To Florida Panthers
Karlis Skrastins
3rd-round pick in 2008 – Adam Comrie		 To Colorado Avalanche
Ruslan Salei
February 26, 2008
 To Florida Panthers
Chad Kilger		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
3rd-round pick in 2008 – James Livingston

Free agents
PlayerFormer teamContract Terms
Richard ZednikNew York Islanders2 years, $3.25 million
Brett McLeanColorado Avalanche3 years, $5.1 million
Radek DvorakSt. Louis Blues2 years, $3.1 million
PlayerNew team
Martin GelinasNashville Predators
Alexei SemenovSan Jose Sharks
Alex AuldPhoenix Coyotes

Draft picks

Florida's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.[2] The Panthers had the 10th overall pick.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 10 Keaton Ellerby (D)  Canada Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
2 40 Michal Repik (RW)  Czech Republic Vancouver Giants (WHL)
3 71 Evgeny Dadonov (RW)  Russia Traktor Chelyabinsk (RSL)
4 101 Matt Rust (C)  United States U.S. National Team Development Program (NAHL)
5 131 John Lee (D)  United States Moorhead High School (USHS-MN)
6 181 Corey Syvret (D)  Canada Guelph Storm (OHL)
7 191 Ryan Wilson (LW)  Canada Cambridge Winterhawks (MWJHL)
7 202 Sergei Gaiduchenko (G)  Ukraine Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL)

Farm teams

American Hockey League

Florida has an affiliation agreement with the Rochester Americans for this season.

ECHL

The Florida Everblades remained the Panthers' ECHL affiliate that season.

References
  1. "2007-08 NHL Summary".
  2. 2006 NHL Entry Draft Results nhl.com
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