Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes

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Florida Panthers

24-19-3

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Carolina Hurricanes

29-15-4

Ehlers' hat trick leads Hurricanes to 9-1 rout of Panthers

Nikolaj Ehlers notches his 6th career hat trick

Ehlers, who signed with Carolina in the offseason after playing 10 years with Winnipeg, also had an assist. Taylor Hall had two goals and Mark Jankowski had a goal and two assists. Alexander Nikishin and Andrei Svechnikov had a goal and an assist and Eric Robinson also scored.

Brandon Bussi made 16 saves for the Hurricanes, who had four power-play goals and improved to 5-1-1 in their last seven games.

Uvis Balinskis had the lone goal for the Panthers, who gave up eight unanswered goals and had their two-game winning streak stopped. Sergei Bobrovsky allowed all nine of Carolina's goals while stopping just 26 shots.

Ehlers gave the Hurricanes a 1-0 lead with 1:25 left in the first period. Balinskis tied it at 1:19 of the second — but it was all Carolina after that.

Jankowski put the Hurricanes up 2-1 at 13:10 of the second and Nikishin made it 3-1 with a power-play goal three minutes later.

Svechnikov, Ehlers and Hall also scored power-play goals in the third as Carolina pulled away.

Ehlers completed his hat trick on a one-timer off a pass from Logan Stankoven to make it 7-1. Hall and Robinson capped the scoring.

Up next Panthers: Play at Washington against the Capitals on Saturday night.

Hurricanes: Take on the Devils in New Jersey on Saturday night.

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Regular Season Series

FLA wins series 2-1

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 18:35	Nikolaj Ehlers Goal (12) Slap Shot, assists: Jordan Staal (10), Jordan Martinook (8)
Goal	2nd Period 1:19	Uvis Balinskis Goal (2) Slap Shot, assists: Mackie Samoskevich (15), Sandis Vilmanis (1)
Goal	2nd Period 13:10	Mark Jankowski Goal (4) Backhand, assists: Alexander Nikishin (14), Mike Reilly (6)
Goal	2nd Period 16:28	Alexander Nikishin Goal (6) Slap Shot, assists: Sebastian Aho (29), Nikolaj Ehlers (24)
Goal	3rd Period 4:08	Andrei Svechnikov Goal (13) Snap Shot, assists: Seth Jarvis (13), Sebastian Aho (30)
Goal	3rd Period 11:17	Nikolaj Ehlers Goal (13) Snap Shot, assists: Seth Jarvis (14), Andrei Svechnikov (24)
Goal	3rd Period 11:38	Taylor Hall Goal (10) Snap Shot, assists: Logan Stankoven (13), Mark Jankowski (5)
Goal	3rd Period 13:03	Nikolaj Ehlers Goal (14) Snap Shot, assists: Logan Stankoven (14), Jackson Blake (13)
Goal	3rd Period 18:23	Taylor Hall Goal (11) Snap Shot, assists: Jackson Blake (14)
Goal	3rd Period 18:35	Eric Robinson Goal (10) Snap Shot, assists: Jesperi Kotkaniemi (5), Mark Jankowski (6)

Statistics

FLA		CAR
13	Blocked Shots	8
19	Hits	30
5	Takeaways	8
16	Shots	36
0	Power Play Goals	4
5	Power Play Opportunities	5
0.0	Power Play Percentage	80.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
20	Faceoffs Won	38
34.5	Faceoff Win Percent	65.5
16	Giveaways	20
9	Total Penalties	8
29	Penalty Minutes	19

Carolina Hurricanes Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Shayne Gostisbehere, D	Day-To-Day	Mar 27
Pyotr Kochetkov, G	Injured Reserve	Mar 6

Florida Panthers Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Mackie Samoskevich, RW	Day-To-Day	Mar 27
Sam Reinhart, C	Day-To-Day	Mar 27
Evan Rodrigues, C	Out	Mar 26
Cole Schwindt, RW	Injured Reserve	Mar 26
Anton Lundell, C	Out	Mar 25