Panthers 5, Hurricanes 0

Florida 3 1 1 — 5 Carolina 0 0 0 — 0

First Period: 1, Florida, Forsling 1 (Tkachuk, Bennett), 1:17. 2, Florida, Tkachuk 4 (Verhaeghe, Mikkola), 11:41. 3, Florida, Bennett 8 (Rodrigues, Verhaeghe), 15:50 (pp).

Second Period: 4, Florida, Bennett 9 (Verhaeghe, Ekblad), 19:21.

Third Period: 5, Florida, Barkov 4 (Rodrigues, Ekblad), 13:49 (pp).

Shots on goal: Florida 5-11-4: 20. Carolina 3-4-10: 17.

Power-play opportunities: Florida 2 of 2. Carolina 0 of 3.

Goalies: Florida, Bobrovsky 10-4-0 (17 shots-17 saves). Carolina, Andersen 7-4-0 (16-12), Carolina, Kochetkov 1-0-0 (4-3).