Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes

Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 6:00 PM ET Lenovo Center, Raleigh Preseason Final

Final score

The Florida Panthers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 on Wednesday, September 24, 2025 on the road.

Final score, Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes
Team	Goals	2025-2026 record
Florida Panthers	4	40-38-4
at Carolina Hurricanes	2	53-22-7

Goals by period

Goals by period, Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Florida Panthers	0	0	4	4
Carolina Hurricanes	2	0	0	2

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Florida Panthers	2	6	8	16
Carolina Hurricanes	19	16	14	49

Three stars

D. Tarasov, Florida Panthers (goaltender)
J. Kotkaniemi, Carolina Hurricanes (1 goal)
M. Benning, Florida Panthers (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	10:07	Carolina Hurricanes	Ryan Suzuki (1)	Mike Reilly (1), Kevin Labanc (2)	Even strength	FLA 0, CAR 1
1st	16:20	Carolina Hurricanes	Jesperi Kotkaniemi (1)	Andrei Svechnikov (1), Eric Robinson (1)	Even strength	FLA 0, CAR 2
3rd	03:56	Florida Panthers	Ben Harpur (1)	Mike Benning (1)	Even strength	FLA 1, CAR 2
3rd	16:03	Florida Panthers	Noah Gregor (1)	Gracyn Sawchyn (1)	Even strength	FLA 2, CAR 2
3rd	17:17	Florida Panthers	Mike Benning (3)	Unassisted	Even strength	FLA 3, CAR 2
3rd	19:22	Florida Panthers	Jack Studnicka (1)	Ben Harpur (1)	Even strength, Empty net	FLA 4, CAR 2

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes
Stat	Florida Panthers	Carolina Hurricanes
Shots on goal	16	49
Power play	0 of 2	0 of 4
Penalty minutes	13	9
Hits	38	30
Blocked shots	16	10
Giveaways	10	10
Takeaways	0	2
Faceoffs won	30/59 (50.8%)	29/59 (49.2%)

Box score

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 14 T. Motte	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	60%	13:01
Number 18 N. Gregor	L	1	0	1	+3	0	2	3	0		19:27
Number 25 N. Foote	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		13:50
Number 38 J. Devine	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0		15:36
Number 43 L. McLinskey	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		11:32
Number 44 M. Entwistle	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1	64.3%	14:42
Number 45 B. Chorske	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	33.3%	12:46
Number 48 A. Lundmark	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1		11:04
Number 53 J. Studnicka	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	4	0	52.9%	17:27
Number 59 G. Sawchyn	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	4	0	33.3%	15:53
Number 76 R. McAllister	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0		13:55
Number 85 H. St. Martin	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0		16:17
Number 4 B. Harpur	D	1	1	2	+1	5	1	1	3		19:08
Number 20 M. Benning	D	1	1	2	0	4	1	1	1		19:44
Number 22 T. Bjornfot	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	3	2		21:43
Number 51 M. Alscher	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	2		19:35
Number 81 C. Huard	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5		19:33
Number 88 T. Carrick	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0		16:57

Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 40 D. Tarasov	49	47	2	.959	59:50	Win

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 16 R. Suzuki	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	0	14.3%	13:54
Number 20 S. Aho	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	0	63.6%	19:25
Number 24 S. Jarvis	R	0	0	0	-3	0	7	2	0		20:01
Number 27 N. Ehlers	L	0	0	0	-3	0	4	1	0		17:00
Number 29 B. Nadeau	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4	4	1		16:59
Number 36 F. Unger Sorum	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		13:52
Number 37 A. Svechnikov	R	0	1	1	0	0	4	2	0		17:45
Number 42 G. Smith	R	0	0	0	0	5	3	1	0		10:41
Number 49 I. Ryabkin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	5	1	44.4%	12:42
Number 50 E. Robinson	L	0	1	1	+1	2	3	2	0		12:16
Number 61 K. Labanc	R	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	0		11:59
Number 82 J. Kotkaniemi	C	1	0	1	0	0	4	2	1	52.6%	17:35
Number 4 S. Gostisbehere	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	2		22:31
Number 6 M. Reilly	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	2	0		20:59
Number 47 A. Heimosalmi	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	1		15:32
Number 62 C. Legault	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	4		17:07
Number 67 D. Badinka	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		17:12
Number 91 R. Seeley	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0		19:19

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 F. Andersen	8	8	0	1.000	40:00
Number 35 A. Miftakhov	7	4	3	.571	19:11	Loss

Penalties

Penalties, Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	05:17	Florida Panthers	Anton Lundmark	Tripping	2
1st	06:23	Florida Panthers	Trevor Carrick	Slashing	2
1st	10:07	Florida Panthers	Ben Harpur	Fighting (major)	5
1st	10:07	Carolina Hurricanes	Givani Smith	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	03:15	Carolina Hurricanes	Eric Robinson	Slashing	2
2nd	06:57	Carolina Hurricanes	Aleksi Heimosalmi	Holding	2
2nd	14:16	Florida Panthers	Mike Benning	Holding	2
3rd	00:53	Florida Panthers	Mike Benning	High sticking	2

Game information

Florida Panthers head coach: Paul Maurice
Carolina Hurricanes head coach: Rod Brind'Amour
Referees: Dan O'Rourke, Stephen Hiff
Linesmen: Matt MacPherson, Ryan Jackson
Florida Panthers scratches: Brad Marchand, Jeff Petry, Dmitry Kulikov, Sergei Bobrovsky, Andy Welinski, Carter Verhaeghe, Aleksander Barkov, Seth Jones, Tomas Nosek, Aaron Ekblad, Sam Reinhart, Sam Bennett, Gustav Forsling, Daniel Walcott, A.J. Greer, Mitchell Vande Sompel, Evan Rodrigues, Niko Mikkola, Matthew Tkachuk, Luke Kunin, Evan Cormier, Jonah Gadjovich, Jesper Boqvist, Eetu Luostarinen, Cole Krygier, Riley Hughes, Robert Mastrosimone, Anton Lundell, Mackie Samoskevich, Evan Nause, Vladislav Lukashevich, Kirill Gerasimyuk, Josh Lopina, Michael Simpson, Corey Andonovski, Dennis Cesana, Ludvig Jansson, Tyler Muszelik, Josh Davies, Sandis Vilmanis, Kai Schwindt, Uvis Balinskis, Wilmer Skoog, Albert Wikman, Olof Glifford, Luke Coughlin, Stepan Zvyagin, Philip Waugh, Ben Steeves, Simon Zether, Linus Eriksson, Cooper Black, Hunter Johannes, Mikulas Hovorka, Nicholas Zabaneh, Matvei Shuravin, Stepan Gorbunov, Denis Gabdrakhmanov, Arvid Drott, Cristophe Tellier, Mads Kongsbak Klyvo, Shea Busch, Shamar Moses, Brendan Dunphy, Yegor Midlak
Carolina Hurricanes scratches: Jordan Staal, Taylor Hall, Mark Jankowski, Jordan Martinook, Jaccob Slavin, William Carrier, Oliver Kylington, Jalen Chatfield, Tyson Jost, Gavin Bayreuther, Cayden Primeau, Skyler Brind'Amour, Sean Walker, K'Andre Miller, Josiah Slavin, Jacob Kucharski, Domenick Fensore, Pyotr Kochetkov, Noel Gunler, Alexander Nikishin, Logan Stankoven, Justin Robidas, Jackson Blake, Bryce Montgomery, Nikita Quapp, Yegor Naumov, Joel Nystrom, Nikita Guslistov, Alexander Perevalov, Gleb Trikozov, Simon Forsmark, Alexander Pelevin, Nils Juntorp, Jakub Vondras, Vladimir Grudinin, Jayden Perron, Alexander Rykov, Stanislav Yarovoi, Ruslan Khazheyev, Timur Mukhanov, Michael Emerson, Egor Velmakin, Juha Jaaska, Nikita Artamonov, Noel Fransén, Alexander Siryatsky, Oskar Vuollet, Justin Poirier, Timur Kol, Fyodor Avramov, Roman Shokhrin, Andrey Krutov, Kurban Limatov, Semyon Frolov, Charlie Cerrato, Roman Bausov, Viggo Nordlund, Filip Ekberg

2025-2026 season series

Every Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes game in the 2025-2026 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Florida Panthers 4 at Carolina Hurricanes 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes, Wed, Sep 24, 2025
Carolina Hurricanes 3 at Florida Panthers 4	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Florida Panthers, Mon, Sep 29, 2025

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