Fleischmann scored a goal on four shots and added an assist in Thursday's shootout loss to the Jackets. His second-period goal started the Panthers on a comeback from a 3-0 deficit, and he assisted on Nick Bjugstad's tally 2:10 later to draw the team within one. This is a shining moment in what's been an awful season for Fleischmann, who scored his only other goal of the year Nov. 11 and has just five points on his ledger in 22 games.

Fleischmann will serve as a healthy scratch for Monday's game against the Wild, George Richards of the Miami Herald reports. This should come as no surprise considering how Fleischmann has only put up two points in 17 games this season. He has been moved up and down the lineup to try and spark some offence but nothing has seemed to work this season. Last season was his worst output since becoming a Panther in 2011, only scoring 28 points (8G,20A) in 80 games. Fleischmann is set to become an unrestricted free agent this summer, but his $4.5 million cap hit won't make things easy for Florida in terms of the team's salary cap if they keep scratching him. Look for him to get back into the lineup sooner rather than later.

Fleischmann celebrated his return to the lineup Tuesday by scoring his first goal of the year in a win over the Sharks. Fleischmann only saw 12:35 of ice time, but the goal will certainly get the Panthers to feel better abut him after he picked up just a lonely assist in the first 11 games of the season.

Fleischmann will return to the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Sharks,George Richards of the Miami Herald reports. Fleischmann was a healthy scratch for Saturday's 6-4 loss to the Flames, but Coach Gerard Gallant said "I know when he comes back in the next game he'll play hard and hopefully it goes well for him. It's not that he's been bad, but I thought other guys were better and that's why we made the change. It was one game. He'll play the next one." Where Fleischmann plays is yet to be known, but he was practicing on the fourth line with Derek Mackenzie and Shawn Thornton.

Fleischmann was a healthy scratch for the Panthers in Saturday's game against the Flames. With Jonathan Huberdeau (illness) cleared to return to the lineup, coach Gerard Gallant chose to bump Fleischmann, who has produced just one point in 11 games on the season. The 30-year-old is in the final year of a four-year, $18 million deal with the Panthers and will likely be phased out over the course of the season, as the organization looks to give some of its younger forwards more ice time.

Fleischmann was awarded an assist and his first point of the season against Arizona on Saturday. The 30-year old pending unrestricted free agent is off to a slow start this season. Last year was his worst statistically in the past three seasons, scoring only 28 points in 80 games played. Considering he is playing for his next contract this season, expect him to turn it around and hopefully sooner rather than later.

Fleischmann has failed to register any points after the first three games of the season. Fleischmann owners are hoping for a bounce back season this year after seeing only 28 points in 80 games with a minus 18 rating last season. He has started the season playing on the Panthers third line with Sean Bergenheim and Dave Bolland. With Fleischmann not seeing top power play time, he could be in for another disappointing season on a team that has trouble scoring.

Tomas Fleischmann scored a rare goal for the Panthers in Sunday's 6-2 blowout loss to the Ducks. It's hard to explain why the talented winger has struggled so badly this season since he had enjoyed two productive campaigns prior to this one, but his total of eight goals in 70 games is a massive disappointment. Jimmy Hayes also scored in the loss, reaching double-digit markers for the first time in his career.

Tomas Fleischmann opened the scoring with a power-play goal in Thursday's loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. His seventh goal of the season snapped a six-game pointless skid for the struggling forward. Fleischmann has generated just 25 points in 64 games this season.

Tomas Fleischmann admitted that his lack of offensive production this season has gotten to him. Panthers coach Peter Horachek suggested that Fleischmann has been "pressing" and focused on scoring goals above everything else and that's had a snowballing effect on his slump. Fleischmann doesn't dispute that he's had a "pressing" attitude lately. "You work hard over the summer, and you want the season to go well," Fleischmann said. "And if it doesn't, it kind of beats you down. This is the first time I've faced this. I have to learn to forget about things behind me and just focus on the next game." He scored a goal on Thursday, ending his 22-game drought, so maybe that will help him turn things around. Of course, at this point all he can hope for is ending the season on a high note.