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. Penalties: Nikishin, CAR (Illegal Equipment), 8:31. Carrier, CAR (Cross Checking), 11:21. Greer, FLA (Interference), 15:04. Ekblad, FLA (Roughing), 16:51. Svechnikov, CAR (Slashing), 16:51.

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. Penalties: Jones, FLA (Holding), 5:03. Kotkaniemi, CAR (Holding), 7:07. Kulikov, FLA (Interference), 12:06. Rodrigues, FLA (Holding), 17:34.

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). Penalties: Carrier, CAR (Holding), 1:46. Bennett, FLA (Slashing), 17:00. Lundell, FLA (Tripping), 19:31.

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).

A: 18,994 (18,680). T: 2:44.

Referees: Jean Hebert, Kelly Sutherland; Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Trent Knorr.