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Carolina Hurricanes at Florida Panthers

Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise Preseason Final

Final score

The Florida Panthers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6–3 on Sunday, September 20, 2026 at home.

Team Goals 2026-2027 record
Carolina Hurricanes 3 6-1-1
at Florida Panthers 6 4-2-2

Goals by period

Team Total
Carolina Hurricanes 1 2 0 3
Florida Panthers 1 4 1 6

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Carolina Hurricanes 8 8 8 24
Florida Panthers 19 9 6 34

Three stars

  1. B. Tkachuk, Florida Panthers (2 goals, 1 assist)
  2. C. Reinhardt, Florida Panthers (2 goals)
  3. A. Barkov, Florida Panthers (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 06:04 Carolina Hurricanes Dominik Badinka (1) Gleb Trikozov (1) Even strength CAR 1, FLA 0
1st 12:02 Florida Panthers Brady Tkachuk (1) Matthew Tkachuk (1), Aleksander Barkov (1) Power play CAR 1, FLA 1
2nd 02:30 Florida Panthers Aleksander Barkov (1) Brady Tkachuk (1), Niko Mikkola (1) Even strength CAR 1, FLA 2
2nd 04:06 Florida Panthers Cole Reinhardt (1) Jack Devine (1), Radko Gudas (1) Even strength CAR 1, FLA 3
2nd 09:34 Carolina Hurricanes Justin Robidas (1) Charlie Cerrato (1), Felix Unger Sorum (1) Power play CAR 2, FLA 3
2nd 10:45 Carolina Hurricanes Bradly Nadeau (1) Justin Robidas (1), Joel Nystrom (1) Even strength CAR 3, FLA 3
2nd 12:10 Florida Panthers Cole Reinhardt (2) Niko Mikkola (2) Even strength CAR 3, FLA 4
2nd 19:07 Florida Panthers Niko Mikkola (1) Sandis Vilmanis (1), Eetu Luostarinen (1) Even strength CAR 3, FLA 5
3rd 17:45 Florida Panthers Brady Tkachuk (2) Unassisted Even strength, Empty net CAR 3, FLA 6

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

Team stats

Stat Carolina Hurricanes Florida Panthers
Shots on goal 24 34
Power play 1 of 4 1 of 4
Penalty minutes 15 15
Hits 13 27
Blocked shots 8 10
Giveaways 13 6
Takeaways 5 3
Faceoffs won 27/66 (40.9%) 39/66 (59.1%)

Box score

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters
Player
23 J. Slavin L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 13:46
29 B. Nadeau L 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 19:49
36 F. Unger Sorum R 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 1 0 18:12
45 C. Cerrato C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 1 0 37.5% 15:47
46 J. Robidas C 1 1 2 -2 0 2 0 0 1 50% 18:51
49 I. Ryabkin C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 1 0 20% 11:39
54 J. Jaaska L 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 0 0 14:25
73 G. Trikozov L 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 09:43
76 S. Brind'Amour C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 4 0 0 55.6% 17:34
79 V. Neuchev L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11:49
81 Z. Lansard R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 10:46
82 J. Kotkaniemi C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 43.8% 16:15
6 M. Reilly D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 1 0 0 19:25
8 J. Välimäki D 0 0 0 -3 4 2 1 3 0 21:43
62 C. Legault D 0 0 0 -1 5 1 0 0 0 17:06
64 J. Nystrom D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 1 0 20:15
67 D. Badinka D 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 18:32
75 N. Fransén D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 16:04
Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie
52 P. Kochetkov 33 28 5 .848 59:41 Loss

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters
Player
8 B. Tkachuk L 2 1 3 +2 5 7 3 0 1 100% 14:09
9 S. Bennett C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 45.5% 15:08
13 S. Reinhart C 0 0 0 +2 0 1 0 1 0 33.3% 15:59
15 A. Lundell C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 50% 18:41
16 A. Barkov C 1 1 2 +3 2 5 0 0 0 78.6% 15:17
19 M. Tkachuk L 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 14:59
23 C. Verhaeghe C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 1 0 15:01
27 E. Luostarinen C 0 1 1 +1 2 1 4 0 0 16:33
29 C. Reinhardt L 2 0 2 +1 0 2 7 0 0 12:02
38 J. Devine R 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 0 0 11:03
79 C. Schwindt R 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 0 0 68.8% 13:20
95 S. Vilmanis L 0 1 1 +1 0 1 2 0 0 14:06
3 S. Jones D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 0 0 0 20:53
5 A. Ekblad D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 19:39
6 R. Gudas D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 6 5 0 18:34
7 D. Kulikov D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 1 0 0 18:11
42 G. Forsling D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17:59
77 N. Mikkola D 1 2 3 +2 2 2 0 1 0 19:51
Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie
25 J. Markstrom 24 21 3 .875 59:46 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 11:24 Carolina Hurricanes Juuso Välimäki Interference 2
1st 18:37 Carolina Hurricanes Jesperi Kotkaniemi Tripping 2
2nd 06:38 Carolina Hurricanes Pyotr Kochetkov Tripping 2
2nd 08:45 Florida Panthers Niko Mikkola Hooking 2
2nd 09:26 Florida Panthers Eetu Luostarinen Cross checking 2
2nd 10:04 Carolina Hurricanes Juha Jaaska Tripping 2
3rd 07:42 Carolina Hurricanes Charles Alexis Legault Fighting (major) 5
3rd 07:42 Florida Panthers Brady Tkachuk Fighting (major) 5
3rd 08:35 Florida Panthers Matthew Tkachuk Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
3rd 08:35 Carolina Hurricanes Juuso Välimäki Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
3rd 09:00 Florida Panthers Dmitry Kulikov Tripping 2
3rd 15:13 Florida Panthers Aleksander Barkov Hooking 2

Game information

Carolina Hurricanes head coach
Rod Brind'Amour
Florida Panthers head coach
Paul Maurice
Referees
Thomas John Luxmore, Beau Halkidis
Linesmen
Julien Fournier, Libor Suchanek
Carolina Hurricanes scratches
Jordan Staal, Nicolas Deslauriers, Taylor Hall, Mark Jankowski, Shayne Gostisbehere, Jordan Martinook, Jaccob Slavin, William Carrier, Nikolaj Ehlers, Sebastian Aho, Jalen Chatfield, Cayden Primeau, Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Sean Walker, Eric Robinson, K'Andre Miller, Andrei Svechnikov, Jacob Kucharski, Seth Jarvis, Alexander Nikishin, Ronan Seeley, Logan Stankoven, Jackson Blake, Aleksi Heimosalmi, Bryce Montgomery, Yegor Naumov, Stiven Sardarian, Nikita Guslistov, Alexander Perevalov, Brandon Bussi, Alexander Pelevin, Vladimir Grudinin, Jayden Perron, Alexander Rykov, Stanislav Yarovoi, Ruslan Khazheyev, Timur Mukhanov, Michael Emerson, Egor Velmakin, Nikita Artamonov, Alexander Siryatsky, Oskar Vuollet, Justin Poirier, Timur Kol, Fyodor Avramov, Roman Shokhrin, Andrey Krutov, Thomas Desruisseaux, Kurban Limatov, Semyon Frolov, Roman Bausov, Viggo Nordlund, Filip Ekberg, Wiggo Sorensson, Michael Berchild, Ryder Fetterolf, Zachary Jovanovski, Jackson Marthaler, Jakub Frolo
Florida Panthers scratches
Brad Marchand, Lars Eller, Alexander Petrovic, Garnet Hathaway, Sam Lafferty, Bokondji Imama, William Bitten, Nathan Bastian, Casey Fitzgerald, Jonah Gadjovich, MacKenzie Entwistle, Nate Smith, Akira Schmid, Angus Crookshank, John Beecher, Robert Mastrosimone, Tobias Bjornfot, Donovan Sebrango, Samu Salminen, Vladislav Lukashevich, Kirill Gerasimyuk, Marek Alscher, Ludvig Jansson, Tyler Muszelik, Kai Schwindt, Emil Pieniniemi, Gracyn Sawchyn, Uvis Balinskis, Albert Wikman, Olof Glifford, Luke Coughlin, Stepan Zvyagin, Simon Zether, Linus Eriksson, Riese Gaber, Mikulas Hovorka, Matvei Shuravin, Stepan Gorbunov, Hunter St. Martin, Denis Gabdrakhmanov, Arvid Drott, Karsen Dorwart, Liam McLinskey, Mads Kongsbak Klyvo, Shea Busch, Shamar Moses, Brendan Dunphy, Yegor Midlak, Louis-Antoine Denault, Ryder Cali, Simas Ignatavicius, Vilho Vanhatalo, Cole Zurawski, Jonas Kemps

2026-2027 season series

Matchup Status Details
Carolina Hurricanes 3 at Florida Panthers 6 Final Preseason Game page
Florida Panthers 2 at Carolina Hurricanes 3 Final/2OT Preseason Game page

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