Florida Panthers coach Paul Maurice meets the media after his team drilled the visiting Detroit Red Wings 8-1 in the 2025-26 final game on Wednesday, April 15, 2026.
The Panthers won three straight to end the season.
Luke Kunin had two goals and an assist; rookie Mike Benning scored twice. Marek Alscher, Matthew Tkachuk, Cole Reinhardt, and Wilmer Skoog all had two-point nights.
Daniil Tarasov had 24 saves for his third straight win.
The two-time Stanley Cup champions will miss the playoffs for the first time since 2019.
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exactly ! screw tanking for the draft pick. believe in the kids ❤️ 🐱
A little bit of good luck and the Panthers are picking the first overall draft pick, hopefully the second too. Stenberg and Mc Kenna would be great for us ❤
My Dad's Uncle Pete owned part of the land that the Panthers stadium is built on. I remember the sausage trees.
As a kid I always had favorite players. As a senior adult, I have a favorite coach. PM is such a decent man. I'm even proud of losing with Paul behind the bench.
I hated the tank talk going around online. With the salary caps and current contracts, some people were going into fire everyone and rebuild mode after one bad season (that was only bad because of half the team being injured). This team has a winning culture and just needs everyone healed up. And it's been great to see the improvement the AHL guys have made, they need that too. ❤❤❤
Tanking ? Is this about the Maple Leafs ?
As a Red Wings fan you all should now go see Todd McLellan's reaction to losing 8-1. Seems like heads are going to roll in Detroit