Panthers 5, Hurricanes 3

Florida 0 3 2 — 5 Carolina 2 0 1 — 3

First Period: 1, Carolina, Aho 6, 4:39. 2, Carolina, Aho 7 (Jarvis), 18:54.

Second Period: 3, Florida, Tkachuk 5 (Ekblad, Jones), 7:23 (pp). 4, Florida, Rodrigues 1 (Tkachuk, Bennett), 7:53. 5, Florida, Lundell 5 (Marchand), 11:59.

Third Period: 6, Carolina, Jarvis 6 (Gostisbehere, Svechnikov), 8:30. 7, Florida, Verhaeghe 6 (Reinhart, Barkov), 12:21. 8, Florida, Bennett 10 (Barkov, Reinhart), 19:06 (en).

Shots on goal: Florida 5-7-10: 22. Carolina 9-10-4: 23.

Power-play opportunities: Florida 1 of 4. Carolina 0 of 6.

Goalies: Florida, Bobrovsky 11-5-0 (23 shots-20 saves). Carolina, Andersen 8-4-0 (21-17).