By the time you probably read this, the Florida Panthers will be in Finland — and captain Sasha Barkov will be home. Well, close enough. The Panthers flew overnight from Buffalo to Helsinki, taking off about 2 1/2 hours after they finished off the Sabres with a 5-2 win.

the Florida Panthers are back in South Florida and ready to be home for a bit. A five-game homestand starts on Thursday against the Nashville Predators and continues with games against the Philadelphia Flyers (Saturday), two against the New Jersey Devils ...

Panthers took home two big-time wins in the NHL Global Series, but the biggest winner was the host city of Tampere, Finland.

For the next few days, the Florida Panthers will have the chance to enjoy some salmon soup whenever they’d like. Chocolates will be consumed.

Barkov missed eight games with a lower-body injury sustained when crashing into the boards trying to protect an empty net against the Ottawa Senators on Oct. 10.

AJ Greer scored his first goal for Florida early in the third period, Aleksander Barkov and Niko Mikkola each had assists in their homeland and the Panthers beat the Dallas Stars 4-2 on Saturday to finish a two-game sweep in Finland.

Florida used a third period goal from AJ Greer to break a 2-2 tie and added an empty netter to win 4-2 in Tampere, Finland Saturday. The Stars trailed 2-0 before two quick second period goals brought them back even in a game that felt like a needed win for Dallas.