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Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes

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Greer, Lundell help Panthers beat back Hurricanes 6-3

Florida Panthers vs. Carolina Hurricanes: Game Highlights

Lundell, who also had an assist, notched the Panthers’ league-leading seventh short-handed goal this season.

A nine-game home-ice winning streak ended for the Hurricanes.

Jesper Boqvist, Sam Reinhart, Carter Verhaeghe and Sam Bennett, with an empty-net tally, also scored for Florida, which won its second consecutive game after a four-game losing streak. Aaron Ekblad had two assists and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 28 shots. Reinhart has an NHL-best 18 goals, scoring in seven of the last nine games.

Seth Jarvis, Sean Walker and Eric Robinson scored for Carolina. Shayne Gostisbehere had two assists. Spencer Martin made 24 saves.

Takeaways Panthers: Winning back-to-back games after losing six of seven might be the boost the Panthers need to get on track. Lundell is third on the team with eight goals, but ended up with at least one point for only the second time in his last nine games.

Hurricanes: The second-longest home winning streak in franchise history was halted. They rallied from a multigoal deficit for the third straight game, but couldn’t finish this one.

Key moment Shortly after going ahead in the third, the Panthers were close to finishing a penalty kill when Lundell converted on a 2-on-1 shorthanded rush. This was on top of Florida’s 5-on-3 kill in the first period while holding a two-goal cushion that later vanished.

Key stat The Hurricanes have scored on a power play in five consecutive games, while Florida has allowed a power-play goal in five of its last six outings.

Up next The Panthers and Hurricanes have a rematch Saturday in Florida.

Regular Season Series

FLA leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 2:26 Jesper Boqvist Goal (4) Backhand, assists: Anton Lundell (10)
Goal 1st Period 5:42 Seth Jarvis Goal (7) Backhand, assists: Sebastian Aho (18), Shayne Gostisbehere (13)
Goal 1st Period 9:05 Sam Reinhart Goal (18) Wrist Shot, assists: Aleksander Barkov (17)
Goal 1st Period 11:21 Carter Verhaeghe Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Matthew Tkachuk (12), Aaron Ekblad (11)
Goal 2nd Period 6:24 Sean Walker Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Jack Roslovic (3), Shayne Gostisbehere (14)
Goal 2nd Period 17:18 Eric Robinson Goal (6) Tip-In, assists: Jalen Chatfield (6), Jackson Blake (3)
Goal 3rd Period 4:58 A.J. Greer Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Uvis Balinskis (7)
Goal 3rd Period 9:08 Anton Lundell Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Eetu Luostarinen (6), Aaron Ekblad (12)
Goal 3rd Period 19:53 Sam Bennett Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Evan Rodrigues (7), Eetu Luostarinen (7)

Statistics

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14 Blocked Shots 14
23 Hits 16
2 Takeaways 3
30 Shots 31
0 Power Play Goals 1
2 Power Play Opportunities 5
0.0 Power Play Percentage 20.0
1 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
31 Faceoffs Won 34
47.7 Faceoff Win Percent 52.3
23 Giveaways 22
5 Total Penalties 3
10 Penalty Minutes 6

Game Information

Lenovo Center

Location: Raleigh, NC
Attendance: 18,920 | Capacity:

2024-25 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Toronto 27 13 56 2
Florida 25 15 52 2
Boston 20 18 45 5
Tampa Bay 21 15 44 2
Ottawa 19 17 41 3
Montreal 19 18 41 3
Detroit 18 18 40 4
Buffalo 15 21 35 5

2024-25 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Washington 27 10 58 4
New Jersey 25 15 53 3
Carolina 24 15 50 2
Columbus 18 17 42 6
Pittsburgh 17 17 42 8
Philadelphia 17 19 39 5
NY Rangers 18 20 38 2
NY Islanders 15 18 37 7
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