Carolina Hurricanes at Florida Panthers

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Carolina Hurricanes

16-7-1

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Florida Panthers

15-9-1

Knight stops 20 shots, Florida rolls past Carolina 6-0 for 2nd win over 'Canes in as many days

Carolina Hurricanes vs. Florida Panthers: Game Highlights

Aleksander Barkov, Sam Bennett, Aaron Ekblad, Evan Rodrigues and Adam Boqvist also scored for Florida, which won 6-3 at Carolina on Friday. The Panthers have won three straight — that streak following a stretch of six losses in seven games for the Stanley Cup champions.

It was Knight's fourth career shutout, his first since Nov. 9, 2022 — also at home against Carolina.

Spencer Martin made 23 saves on 28 shots for the Hurricanes, who have dropped four of their last six games (2-3-1). It was Martin's fourth consecutive start for Carolina.

Takeaways Hurricanes: This was the first time all season that the Hurricanes failed to get a point in the game immediately following a loss. Carolina was 4-0-1 after a defeat entering Saturday.

Panthers: A big day for Samoskevich — his alma mater Michigan beat Ohio State in football on Saturday, that game ending just before the Florida-Carolina game started. The Panthers are 5-0-0 when he scores this season. Sam Reinhart had each of the four most recent Florida goals at 19:59, before Samoskevich got his Saturday.

Key moment The Panthers scored two goals 11 seconds apart in the third to make it 5-0, and Yaniv Perets replaced Martin in the Hurricanes' net with 8:12 remaining. It was the second NHL appearance for Perets, who came on once in relief for Carolina last season.

Key stat Ekblad's goal was his first in a span of 1,045 regular-season shifts since Feb. 20.

Up next Carolina starts a two-game homestand Tuesday against Seattle. Florida goes to Pittsburgh to start a two-game trip on Tuesday.

Regular Season Series

FLA leads series 2-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	2nd Period 6:42	Aaron Ekblad Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal	2nd Period 19:59	Mackie Samoskevich Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Matthew Tkachuk (13), Aleksander Barkov (18)
Goal	3rd Period 8:19	Sam Bennett Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: Eetu Luostarinen (8), Anton Lundell (11)
Goal	3rd Period 11:37	Aleksander Barkov Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Matthew Tkachuk (14), Sam Reinhart (16)
Goal	3rd Period 11:48	Adam Boqvist Goal (1) Backhand, assists: A.J. Greer (5)
Goal	3rd Period 13:01	Evan Rodrigues Goal (6) Tip-In, assists: Nate Schmidt (5), Carter Verhaeghe (13)

Statistics

CAR		FLA
8	Blocked Shots	15
23	Hits	25
8	Takeaways	6
20	Shots	35
0	Power Play Goals	3
2	Power Play Opportunities	6
0.0	Power Play Percentage	50.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
30	Faceoffs Won	31
49.2	Faceoff Win Percent	50.8
17	Giveaways	15
8	Total Penalties	4
16	Penalty Minutes	8

Florida Panthers Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Brad Marchand, LW	Day-To-Day	Feb 6
Aaron Ekblad, D	Day-To-Day	Feb 6
Evan Rodrigues, C	Day-To-Day	Feb 6
Daniil Tarasov, G	Day-To-Day	Feb 5
Tobias Bjornfot, D	Injured Reserve	Feb 5