A .500 straight-up record through the first quarter of the season doesn't seem to be what the Florida Panthers' management had in mind for the start of their 2016/17 season. Florida fired head coach Gerard Gallant on Sunday
The New York Islanders really took it down to the nail biting wire to defeat the Florida Panthers 2-1 taking them into the second round of NHL Playoffs since 1993. It took two overtimes, but the Islanders are moving on.
The Florida Panthers hold a comfortable four-point lead over Tampa Bay in the Atlantic Division entering play on Tuesday. Each team has just three games left in their schedules so it is starting to look like Florida will win the division
There are only a few short weeks left in the NHL's regular season as teams have between 9 and 13 games left in their schedules. Three of the four divisional races are still unsettled with Washington the only team that has basically locked up their title.