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.
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.

Divisional standings

Conference standings

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

Goaltenders

Awards and records

Records

Transactions

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

Trades

Free agents

Draft picks

Florida's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio. The Panthers had the 10th overall pick.
Round#PlayerNationalityCollege/Junior/Club Team
110Keaton Ellerby Kamloops Blazers
240Michal Repik Vancouver Giants
371Evgeny Dadonov Traktor Chelyabinsk
4101Matt Rust U.S. National Team Development Program
5131John Lee Moorhead High School
6181Corey Syvret Guelph Storm
7191Ryan Wilson Cambridge Winterhawks
7202Sergei Gaiduchenko Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

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.

Roster