2012–13 Florida Panthers season

The 2012–13 Florida Panthers season was the 19th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 14, 1993.^[2] The season was partially cancelled due to a lockout, which ended on January 6, 2013. The campaign for the Panthers then commenced as a shortened, 48-game season beginning on January 19.^[3] The shortened season would feature only intra-conference games.^[3]

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%)^[1] (23 games)
Team leaders
Goals	Tomáš Kopecký (15)
Assists	Tomáš Fleischmann (23)
Points	Tomas Fleischmann (35)
Penalty minutes	George Parros (57)
Plus/minus	Jonathan Rheault and Eric Selleck (0)
Wins	Jacob Markstrom (8)
Goals against average	Jacob Markstrom (3.23)
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The Panthers were eliminated from Stanley Cup playoff contention, failing to make the playoffs for the 11th time in their past 12 seasons. Florida earned the fewest 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.

Off-season

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.^[4] 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 29th 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%.^[5][6]

Standings

Southeast Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Washington Capitals	48	27	18	3	24	149	126	+23	57
2	Winnipeg Jets	48	24	21	3	22	128	109	+19	51
3	Carolina Hurricanes	48	19	25	4	18	128	133	−5	42
4	Tampa Bay Lightning	48	18	26	4	17	148	104	+44	40
5	Florida Panthers	48	15	27	6	12	112	143	−31	36

Source: National Hockey League
y – Clinched division

Eastern Conference

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	z – Pittsburgh Penguins	48	36	12	0	33	165	119	+46	72
2	NE	y – Montreal Canadiens	48	29	14	5	26	149	126	+23	63
3	SE	y – Washington Capitals	48	27	18	3	24	149	130	+19	57
4	NE	x – Boston Bruins	48	28	14	6	24	131	109	+22	62
5	NE	x – Toronto Maple Leafs	48	26	17	5	26	145	133	+12	57
6	AT	x – New York Rangers	48	26	18	4	22	130	112	+18	56
7	NE	x – Ottawa Senators	48	25	17	6	21	116	104	+12	56
8	AT	x – New York Islanders	48	24	17	7	20	139	139	0	55
9	SE	Winnipeg Jets	48	24	21	3	22	128	144	−16	51
10	AT	Philadelphia Flyers	48	23	22	3	22	133	141	−8	49
11	AT	New Jersey Devils	48	19	19	10	17	112	129	−17	48
12	NE	Buffalo Sabres	48	21	21	6	14	115	143	−28	48
13	SE	Carolina Hurricanes	48	19	25	4	18	128	160	−32	42
14	SE	Tampa Bay Lightning	48	18	26	4	17	148	150	−2	40
15	SE	Florida Panthers	48	15	27	6	12	112	171	−59	36

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

Player statistics

Final stats^[7]

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^[8]	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^[9] To Dallas Stars 7th-round pick in 2013 To Florida Panthers 7th-round pick in 2012 July 20, 2012^[10] To New York Rangers 5th-round pick in 2014 To Florida Panthers Casey Wellman January 14, 2013^[11] To Montreal Canadiens Jason DeSantis To Florida Panthers Brendon Nash January 21, 2013^[12] To Tampa Bay Lightning Jean-Francois Jacques To Florida Panthers Future considerations January 31, 2013^[13] To Washington Capitals Casey Wellman To Florida Panthers Zach Hamill February 8, 2013^[14] To Los Angeles Kings Keaton Ellerby To Florida Panthers 5th-round pick in 2013 March 15, 2013^[15] To Buffalo Sabres 5th-round pick in 2013 To Florida Panthers T. J. Brennan April 3, 2013^[16] To Edmonton Oilers Jerred Smithson To Florida Panthers 4th-round pick in 2013 June 14, 2013^[17] To Nashville Predators T. J. Brennan To Florida Panthers Bobby Butler June 18, 2013^[18] To Calgary Flames Corban Knight To Florida Panthers 4th-round pick in 2013 Free agents acquired Player Former team Contract terms Jason DeSantis^[19] St. John's IceCaps 1 year, $600,000 Dov Grumet-Morris^[20] San Antonio Rampage 1 year, $550,000 Filip Kuba^[21] Ottawa Senators 2 years, $8 million George Parros^[22] Anaheim Ducks 2 years, $1.85 million Jon Rheault^[23] Abbotsford Heat 1 year, $600,000 Jean-Francois Jacques^[24] Anaheim Ducks 1 year, $750,000 Andre Deveaux^[25] New York Rangers 1 year, $700,000 Michael Houser^[26] London Knights 3 years, $1.755 million entry-level contract Josh McFadden^[26] Sudbury Wolves 3 years, $1.74 million entry-level contract Peter Mueller^[27] Colorado Avalanche 1 year, $1.725 million Alexei Kovalev^[28] Atlant Moscow Oblast 1 year, $1 million Free agents lost Player New team Contract terms Mikael Samuelsson^[29] Detroit Red Wings 2 years, $6 million Jason Garrison^[30] Vancouver Canucks 6 years, $27.6 million Bracken Kearns^[31] San Jose Sharks 1 year, $550,000 Krys Barch^[32] New Jersey Devils 2 years, $1.5 million Wojtek Wolski^[33] Washington Capitals 1 year, $600,000 Jon Matsumoto^[34] San Jose Sharks 1 year, $600,000 Bill Thomas^[35] 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^[36] Winnipeg Jets January 18, 2013 Mike Santorelli^[37] Winnipeg Jets April 3, 2013 Lost via retirement Player John Madden^[38] Alexei Kovalev^[39] Player signings Player Date Contract terms Scott Clemmensen^[40] July 1, 2012 2 years, $2.4 million Greg Rallo^[20] July 1, 2012 1 year, $550,000 Keaton Ellerby^[41] July 6, 2012 1 year, $700,000 Michael Caruso^[42] July 17, 2012 1 year, $600,000 Brian Foster^[42] July 17, 2012 1 year, $577,500 James Wright^[42] July 17, 2012 2 years, $1.3 million Kris Versteeg^[43] July 23, 2012 4 years, $17.6 million Eric Selleck^[44] July 26, 2012 1 year, $550,000 Casey Wellman^[44] July 26, 2012 1 year, $800,000 Dmitri Kulikov^[45] January 18, 2012 2 years, $5 million Nick Bjugstad^[46] April 3, 2013 3 years, $2.7 million entry-level contract Jonathan Racine^[47] April 3, 2013 3 years, $1.995 million entry-level contract Logan Shaw^[48] April 22, 2013 3 years, $2.0225 million entry-level contract Bobby Butler^[49] June 24, 2013 2 years, $1.2 million Eric Selleck^[49] 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.^[50] 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 Khimik (MHL) 6 174 Francois Bouvillier C/LW   Canada Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL) 7 194^[a] Jonatan Nielsen D   Sweden Linkopings HC Jr. (J20 SuperElit) Draft Notes^[51] 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. 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