Florida Panthers @ Carolina Hurricanes

1-0-0, 1-0-0 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	OT	T
Panthers FLA	0	0	0	1	1
Hurricanes CAR	0	0	0	0	0

Carolina HurricanesHurricanesCAR

0-0-1, 0-0-1 Home

Florida Panthers


forwards
Aleksander BarkovA. Barkov#16
Sam BennettS. Bennett#9
Lars EllerL. Eller#20
Garnet HathawayG. Hathaway#21
Bokondji ImamaB. Imama#14
Anton LundellA. Lundell#15
Eetu LuostarinenE. Luostarinen#27
Sam ReinhartS. Reinhart#13
Matthew TkachukM. Tkachuk#19
Brady TkachukB. Tkachuk#8
Carter VerhaegheC. Verhaeghe#23
Sandis VilmanisS. Vilmanis#95
defensemen
Aaron EkbladA. Ekblad#5
Gustav ForslingG. Forsling#42
Radko GudasR. Gudas#6
Seth JonesS. Jones#3
Dmitry KulikovD. Kulikov#7
Niko MikkolaN. Mikkola#77

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	20:32	6:18	2:19	11:55	10	10	50.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	21	19:08	5:34	0:00	13:34	4	4	50.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	18	11:34	0:00	2:06	9:28	2	7	22.2
0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	1	0	17	9:37	0:06	2:04	7:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	3	0	0	10	6:03	0:00	0:00	6:03	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	24	19:02	4:13	4:11	10:38	5	5	50.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	20	13:58	0:52	3:49	9:17	0	2	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	25	20:57	7:25	1:04	12:28	0	5	0.0
0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	21	19:01	8:25	0:00	10:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	5	0	1	22	16:33	6:05	0:05	10:23	2	0	100.0
0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	18:58	4:29	0:00	14:29	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	3	0	1	16	11:23	0:00	0:00	11:23	1	0	100.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	24	20:17	4:43	4:47	10:47	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	2	0	2	1	2	3	0	0	28	22:40	2:33	5:37	14:30	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	19	10:45	0:00	0:22	10:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	30	28:59	7:26	2:24	19:09	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	1	1	18	11:46	0:00	0:17	11:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	27	21:32	0:00	3:51	17:41	0	0	0.0

Jacob MarkstromJ. Markstrom#25
goalies

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
15	0	15	1.000	7	7	1	0	0	64:55	0

Carolina Hurricanes


forwards
Sebastian AhoS. Aho#20
Jackson BlakeJ. Blake#53
William CarrierW. Carrier#28
Nicolas DeslauriersN. Deslauriers#44
Nikolaj EhlersN. Ehlers#27
Taylor HallT. Hall#71
Mark JankowskiM. Jankowski#77
Jordan MartinookJ. Martinook#48
Eric RobinsonE. Robinson#50
Jordan StaalJ. Staal#11
Logan StankovenL. Stankoven#22
Andrei SvechnikovA. Svechnikov#37
defensemen
Jalen ChatfieldJ. Chatfield#5
Shayne GostisbehereS. Gostisbehere#4
Charles Alexis LegaultC. Legault#62
K'Andre MillerK. Miller#19
Jaccob SlavinJ. Slavin#74
Sean WalkerS. Walker#26

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	4	0	1	2	4	0	0	1	27	20:56	5:49	2:23	12:44	10	6	62.5
0	0	-1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	20	21:38	7:41	0:09	13:48	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	10	6:46	0:00	0:00	6:46	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	0	0	8	5:01	0:00	0:00	5:01	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	19	19:24	6:51	0:00	12:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	1	21	15:27	2:48	0:00	12:39	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	21	13:13	0:51	4:46	7:36	7	5	58.3
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	20	13:50	0:00	3:32	10:18	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	1	19	13:00	0:00	3:15	9:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	27	17:17	1:28	4:43	11:06	12	10	54.5
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	26	19:54	2:46	3:04	14:04	5	3	62.5
0	0	0	2	2	1	1	2	8	0	0	21	16:21	5:48	0:16	10:17	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	26	19:12	0:06	5:26	13:40	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	19	19:09	5:32	0:00	13:37	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	18	12:40	0:00	1:21	11:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	3	1	2	0	1	0	31	25:15	2:59	5:47	16:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	28	22:32	0:08	5:36	16:48	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	3	1	2	4	1	1	27	19:10	0:23	5:37	13:10	0	0	0.0

Brandon BussiB. Bussi#32
goalies

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
20	1	19	.950	13	4	2	0	0	64:55	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

ESPN		1	2	3	OT	T
	Panthers	0	0	0	1	1
	Hurricanes	0	0	0	0	0

1st Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period
No Goals Scored

3rd Period
No Goals Scored

OT Summary			FLA	CAR
4:55		Gustav Forsling (1) Assists: Carter Verhaeghe (1)	1	0

Florida Panthers vs. Carolina Hurricanes: Game Highlights

1:19

Carolina Hurricanes raise Stanley Cup championship banner at home opener

1:44

Regular Season Series

FLA leads 1-0

Panthers
1
Hurricanes
0

Game 1

9/29

Hurricanes
Panthers

Game 2

1/21

Hurricanes
Panthers

Game 3

4/10

Lenovo Center

5:00 PM, September 29, 2026Coverage: ESPN

Raleigh, NC

Attendance: 19,250

Referees:
Chris Rooney
Jake Brenk

Linesmen:
Ryan Daisy
Libor Suchanek

Team	W	L	PTS
Boston	1	0	2
Montreal	1	0	2
Florida	1	0	2
Detroit	0	0	0
Buffalo	0	0	0
Tampa Bay	0	0	0
Ottawa	0	0	0
Toronto	0	1	0

Team	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	0	1	1
Washington	0	0	0
NY Islanders	0	0	0
Pittsburgh	0	0	0
New Jersey	0	0	0
Philadelphia	0	0	0
Columbus	0	0	0
NY Rangers	1	0	0

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