Panthers 6, Hurricanes 2

Carolina 0 1 1 — 2 Florida 1 0 5 — 6

First Period: 1, Florida, Mikkola 2 (Barkov, Rodrigues), 12:07. Penalties: Carolina bench, served by Stankoven (Tripping), 7:33. Florida bench, served by Tkachuk (Boarding), 16:59. Luostarinen, FLA (Misconduct), 16:59.

Second Period: 2, Carolina, Stankoven 4 (Burns, Kotkaniemi), 14:51 (pp). Penalties: Kotkaniemi, CAR (Cross Checking), 1:51. Forsling, FLA (Delay of Game), 13:18. Aho, CAR (Holding), 19:08.

Third Period: 3, Florida, Boqvist 2 (Rodrigues, Ekblad), 1:29. 4, Florida, Mikkola 3 (Bennett, Tkachuk), 6:26. 5, Florida, Barkov 5 (Tkachuk), 6:55. 6, Florida, Barkov 6 (Boqvist), 9:31. 7, Florida, Marchand 4 (Lundell, Boqvist), 10:37. 8, Carolina, Jarvis 5 (Aho, Stankoven), 11:01 (pp). Penalties: Tkachuk, FLA (Roughing), 10:50. Blake, CAR (Roughing), 10:50. Bennett, FLA (Roughing), 10:50. Tkachuk, FLA (Misconduct), 10:50. Carolina bench, served by Kotkaniemi (Slashing), 15:33. Svechnikov, CAR (Roughing), 15:33. Bennett, FLA (Slashing), 15:33. Svechnikov, CAR (Misconduct), 15:33. Bennett, FLA (Misconduct), 15:33. Gadjovich, FLA (Roughing), 15:49.

Shots on goal: Carolina 7-10-8: 25. Florida 7-8-13: 28.

Power-play opportunities: Carolina 2 of 4. Florida 0 of 4.

Goalies: Carolina, Kochetkov 1-1-0 (28 shots-22 saves). Florida, Bobrovsky 11-4-0 (25-23).

A: 19,836 (19,250). T: 2:39.

Referees: Francis Charron, Wes McCauley; Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Trent Knorr.