The Florida Panthers bounced back from a disastrous “season of change” in 2016-17 to post the third-highest point total in franchise history last year. They finished fourth in the Atlantic Division and barely missed out on a wild card spot, becoming just the second team to finish with 96 points and not qualify for the postseason.
Cornerstone forwards Aleksander Barkov, Jonathan Huberdeau, and Vincent Trocheck all set new career-highs in points.
Iron man Keith Yandle played in all 82 games and produced 56 points from the back end while his defense partner Aaron Ekblad shook off a shaky third season performance to rack up 16 goals and 38 points to go along with a +9 rating.