
Philadelphia Flyers at Florida Panthers
· National Hockey LeagueBrad Marchand breaks 3rd-period tie to help the Panthers beat the Flyers, 2-1

Marchand fired a wrist shot from the left boards past goalie Dan Vladar and into the top right corner to help the Panthers win their second straight at home to open the season. Marchand missed a chance to pad the lead with 6 1/2 minutes left, sending a wrister over the crossbar on a breakaway.
Tocchet rejoined the Flyers during the offseason. The former Philadelphia player won Stanley Cups as an assistant in Pittsburgh and was a head coach in Tampa Bay, Arizona and, most recently, Vancouver.
Anton Lundell also scored for injury-depleted Florida, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 19 shots. Florida captain Aleksander Barkov is expected to miss the entire regular season because of two torn knee ligaments, and Matthew Tkachuk is probably out until December at least while he recovers from a groin injury.
Noah Cates scored for Philadelphia. Vladar made 32 saves.
Lundell opened the scoring on a power play at 5:29 of the second period, beating Vladar with a wrist shot off a break. Cates tied it with 2:12 left in the period, chipping a loose puck over Bobrovsky.
Florida opened Tuesday night with a 3-2 victory over Chicago.
Panthers: Host Ottawa on Saturday night.
Regular Season SeriesFLA leads series 1-0
Scoring Summary
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Goal | 2nd Period 5:29 | Anton Lundell Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Evan Rodrigues (2), Jeff Petry (1) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 17:48 | Noah Cates Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Tyson Foerster (1) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 2:19 | Brad Marchand Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Luke Kunin (1), A.J. Greer (1) |
Statistics
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10 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
17 | Hits | 27 |
4 | Takeaways | 2 |
20 | Shots | 34 |
0 | Power Play Goals | 1 |
2 | Power Play Opportunities | 5 |
0.0 | Power Play Percentage | 20.0 |
0 | Short Handed Goals | 0 |
0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
41 | Faceoffs Won | 26 |
61.2 | Faceoff Win Percent | 38.8 |
23 | Giveaways | 13 |
5 | Total Penalties | 2 |
10 | Penalty Minutes | 4 |
Florida Panthers Injuries
NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
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Dmitry Kulikov, D | Injured Reserve | Oct 15 |
Matthew Tkachuk, LW | Injured Reserve | Oct 7 |
Tomas Nosek, LW | Injured Reserve | Oct 7 |
Aleksander Barkov, C | Injured Reserve | Oct 7 |
Philadelphia Flyers Injuries
NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
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Ethan Samson, D | Injured Reserve | Oct 7 |
Oliver Bonk, D | Injured Reserve | Oct 7 |
Rasmus Ristolainen, D | Injured Reserve | Oct 6 |
Game Information
Amerant Bank Arena
Location: Sunrise, FL
Attendance: 19,431 | Capacity:

Location: Sunrise, FL
Attendance: 19,431 | Capacity:
2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings
TEAM | W | L | PTS | OTL |
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0 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
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0 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
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0 | 2 | 10 | 5 |
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0 | 2 | 10 | 5 |
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1 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
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1 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
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0 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
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0 | 3 | 6 | 3 |