SUNRISE Chris Bigras Jersey Womens , Fla. (AP) The Florida Panthers were one of the best teams in the NHL after the All-Star break, not that it counted for much at the end of the regular season.Despite winning five games over the final seven days and tying for first in the NHL with 25 victories over their final 35 games, the Panthers failed to make the playoffs for the fifth time in six years and the 15th time in 17 seasons.¡±It¡¯s disappointing,¡± said center Vincent Trocheck, who finished the season with a team-high 31 goals. ¡±Everybody here had one goal, and that was to make the playoffs and then go on a push. We were really hoping we¡¯d get a little help from some other teams and maybe get in. I think there¡¯s a lot of teams that didn¡¯t want to play us if we got in.¡±The Panthers finished with a 44-30-8 record for 96 points, matching the 2014-15 Boston Bruins for most points for a team missing the playoffs. The Panthers were 25-8-2 after the All-Star break, tying the Winnipeg Jets for most victories over the final 35 games.But Florida couldn¡¯t overcome a slow start. The Panthers was 4-8-2 in its first 14 games and played catch-up the whole season. They held a playoff position for one day (after the games of Oct. 12) the entire season.¡±We¡¯re extremely proud of this group,¡± Panthers coach Bob Boughner said. ¡±The effort they put forth, especially in the second half of the season ¡­ 96 points is not easy to do in this league. It¡¯s a shame that we¡¯re not in with that kind of a total. Maybe that¡¯s something that¡¯s going to even drive us harder next year.¡±¡ªSome things to know about the Panthers¡¯ disappointing 2017-18 season, and a look to `18-19:OFFSEASON PRIORITY: The Panthers don¡¯t seem to need much after their post-All-Star break performance, particularly since every key member of the team is signed through next season or beyond. The top seven scorers, as well as goalies Roberto Luongo and James Reimer, are signed through the 2019-20 season. If anything, the Panthers could use another scorer and maybe a defenseman Jack Johnson Jersey Womens , but the team has a solid foundation in place.YOUTH IS SERVED: Perhaps the biggest reason for optimism for the Panthers looking ahead has to do with a core that¡¯s been around for a few years but is still very young. The team¡¯s top three scorers ¨C Aleksander Barkov, Vincent Trocheck and Jonathan Huberdeau ¨C and top-four defensemen Aaron Ekblad and Mike Matheson all are 24 or younger.HOME COOKING: The Panthers¡¯ season-ending five-game winning streak including a sweep of a four-game homestand that featured games against two of the top four teams in the NHL, the Nashville Predators and the Boston Bruins. A 4-3 victory against the Buffalo Sabres in the home finale helped the Panthers set a franchise record with 27 home victories, breaking the mark of 26 set in 1999-2000.STILL GOING: Defenseman Keith Yandle completed a ninth consecutive season without missing a game, extending the longest active streak in the NHL to 715 consecutive games. Yandle ended the season with 56 points, one shy of the franchise record for defensemen set by Robert Svehla in 1995-96. His blueline partner Aaron Ekblad tied the franchise mark for defensemen with 16 goals, first set by Jason Garrison in 2011-12.HOW LONG CAN LUONGO GO? Goalie Roberto Luongo started three games in four nights last week as the Panthers made their final push to the playoffs, and he joined Martin Brodeur and Patrick Roy as the only goalies to play 1,000 games when he defeated Boston on Thursday. But he did turn 39 on April 4 and missed 32 games this season because of injuries. The Panthers will have to decide whether they want to come back next season with Luongo and James Reimer as their goaltending duo.¡ª ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) ¡ª The Arizona Coyotes struggled to do almost anything right for two periods Tuesday. Early in the third period, they could do no wrong.Josh Archibald had two goals and an assist, and the Coyotes rallied from a two-goal, third-period deficit to defeat the Wild 4-3.Minnesota led 3-1 after two periods and appeared to have the game in hand after a dominant second period. The Coyotes didn¡¯t register a shot on goal in the first 17 minutes of the second.But Arizona broke loose with a three-goal flurry in the first 8:39 of the third to pull ahead and held on for the win.¡°The overall mood was good,¡± defenseman Alex Goligoski said of the Coyotes locker room during the second intermission. ¡°No one was really going crazy, banging sticks or anything. It was just like Brett Howden Jersey Womens , ¡®Alright, that one¡¯s over. Let¡¯s get one here early and see what happens.'¡±And that¡¯s exactly what happened, as Archibald scored his first goal of the season to pull the Coyotes to within one 3:07 into the third. Lawson Crouse, who scored Arizona¡¯s first goal, picked up a turnover in the Minnesota zone and fed Archibald, who beat Devyn Dubnyk with a wrist shot from the high slot.Minnesota challenged the goal, alleging that Archibald was offside, but video replay confirmed the call on the ice.The Coyotes then scored twice in less than two minutes to take the lead. Michael Grabner tied it when he took a pass from Brad Richardson, who had set up behind the net, and shot past Dubnyk.Goligoski set up the go-ahead goal when he fired a pass from behind his own net to the Minnesota blue line, where Archibald split two defensemen, took the pass in stride and beat a diving Dubnyk for his second goal of the game and a 4-3 lead for the Coyotes.¡°(Goligoski) saw me coming right off the bench and made a great pass,¡± Archibald said. ¡°I saw that (Dubnyk) was coming out to poke check and snap the pads on me. The puck rolled on me a little bit, kind of helped me in a way, and I was just able to chip it over him and in the net.¡±Charlie Coyle Paul Carey Jersey Womens , Zach Parise and Jason Zucker scored as the Wild took command through two periods. Jared Spurgeon assisted on all three goals, matching his career high for assists in a game.But for the third time in 10 days, the Wild suffered a third-period collapse at home. On Nov. 17, they led Buffalo 2-1 in the third period and lost 3-2. Four days later they entered the third period leading Ottawa 4-1. The Senators rallied to tie the game before Minnesota scored the last two in a 6-4 win.For a team fighting for position in the tough Central Division, it¡¯s a trend that Wild players know they need to reverse.¡°We¡¯ve got to mature as a group. It¡¯s the same stuff that¡¯s happening,¡± Spurgeon said. ¡°We¡¯ve got to fix it now or we¡¯re not going to go anywhere.¡±Dubnyk, who missed Minnesota¡¯s last game with a stomach bug, stopped 10 of 14 shots.¡°It¡¯s a strange little three-game stretch here,¡± said Dubnyk, who was in the nets for all three recent third-period collapses. ¡°But the worst thing you can do is let it affect the things that have been going well here.¡±Antti Raanta stopped 17 of 20 shots before leaving with a lower-body injury after two periods. Rookie Adin Hill stopped all five Minnesota shots in the third period to help the Coyotes snap a four-game losing streak.¡°It was unbelievable actually how the team rallied together there,¡± Hill said. ¡°We played with some desperation and found a way to put the puck in the net and get the job done tonight.¡±NOTES: F Nick Schmaltz made his debut with the Coyotes on Wednesday. Schmaltz was acquired from the Chicago Blackhawks in a trade for forwards Brendan Perlini and Dylan Strome. ¡­ The Coyotes won for the first time (1-10-1) when trailing after two periods. ¡­ Minnesota is now 6-2-1 when leading after two. ¡­ Dumba has a point in seven straight games, tying the franchise record scoring streak for a defenseman.UP NEXTCoyotes: At Nashville on Thursday night.Wild: At Columbus on Thursday.