Carter Verhaeghe signed an eight-year extension after leading Florida with 11 goals in the 2024 postseason and 72 points in the regular season, following up that campaign with his fourth consecutive 20-goal season in 2024-25. Verhaeghe logged eight points (4-4-8) through two rounds in the 2025 postseason.

FORT LAUDERDALE — Florida’s Sam Reinhart will not be on the ice for Saturday’s Game 3 vs. Carolina after missing most of the Panthers’ Game 2 win with a lower-body injury, coach Paul Maurice said. “Sam won’t play tonight,” Maurice said Saturday morning. “We’ll list him as day-to-day.”