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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
Carolina Hurricanes Carolina Hurricanes Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Sean Walker, D Day-To-Day Jul 28
Jalen Chatfield, D Day-To-Day Jul 28
K'Andre Miller, D Out Jul 1
Florida Panthers Florida Panthers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Matthew Tkachuk, LW Day-To-Day Jul 28

Game Information

Lenovo Center

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

2024-25 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Toronto 52 26 108 4
Tampa Bay 47 27 102 8
Florida 47 31 98 4
Ottawa 45 30 97 7
Montreal 40 31 91 11
Detroit 39 35 86 8
Buffalo 36 39 79 7
Boston 33 39 76 10

2024-25 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Washington 51 22 111 9
Carolina 47 30 99 5
New Jersey 42 33 91 7
Columbus 40 33 89 9
NY Rangers 39 36 85 7
NY Islanders 35 35 82 12
Pittsburgh 34 36 80 12
Philadelphia 33 39 76 10
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