San Jose Sharks at Florida Panthers: game preview
San JoseSharks2026-27: 2-1-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 39-35-8 · 86 pts · 24that
FloridaPanthers2026-27: 2-0-2 · 6 pts · 2025-26: 40-38-4 · 84 pts · 25thTwo points apart last season
San Jose finished last season 24th in the league on 86 points. Florida finished 25th on 84, and the 2025-26 season series went SJS 2-0-0.
Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.
Meeting number 51
Across 50 completed games, Florida lead the head-to-head 28-15-6.
Last 5 meetings
See all: Last 5 meetings →The table on each meeting night
League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 8 Nov 2025, San Jose were 19th in the league and Florida 26th. By 1 Oct it was 12th and 2nd.
Florida out-attempted San Jose 379 to 260
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
San Jose Sharks
Florida Panthers
Florida have created the better chances, last 10 games
Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.
This season: 3 games for San Jose, 4 for Florida. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for San Jose, 10 for Florida.
2025-26: 82 games for San Jose, 82 for Florida.
Power play and penalty kill, season and series
This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.
All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings
San Jose
Small sampleFlorida
Small sampleWill Smith has 7 points in the last 5 meetings
Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away, then who has produced in the last meetings.
Will Smith vs Florida · game by game
See all: Will Smith vs Florida · game by game →Yaroslav Askarov has been the difference
Yaroslav Askarov faced 82 shots across 3 appearances against Florida and conceded 7, a .915 save percentage against a season figure of .862. Starters are confirmed on game day.
Yaroslav Askarov
See all: Yaroslav Askarov →SJS · 2-1-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 18 Feb
Florida crease
FLA · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 18 Feb
Scoring rates point to about 6.3 goals
No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.
Goals in the last 5 meetings
Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.
Scoring rates
San Jose3.004.003.063.56
Florida2.002.003.063.37Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.
11 on the injury lists
San Jose · injuries
Florida · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →Placed C Patrick Giles on waivers.
Placed G Ilya Samsonov on waivers.
Placed RW Ethan Cardwell, D Libor Hajek and LW Tye Felhaber on waivers.
Placed C Aleksander Barkov on long-term injured reserve. Called up D Alexander Petrovic from Charlotte (AHL).
Placed C Aleksander Barkov on long-term injured reserve.
Placed RW/C Cole Schwindt, RD Alexander Petrovic, LD Donovan Sebrango, LW Kai Schwindt, LW Cole Reinhardt, RW Sam Lafferty and C/LW John Beecher on waivers. Agreed to terms with RW Nathan Bastian on a 1-year, two-way contract.
San Jose · 2026 draft
See all: San Jose · 2026 draft →Florida · 2026 draft
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