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Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes

Lenovo Center, Raleigh Preseason Final/2OT

Final score

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Florida Panthers 3–2 in overtime on Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at home.

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

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Florida Panthers 9 9 10 5 0 33
Carolina Hurricanes 6 11 8 1 0 26

Three stars

  1. B. Nadeau, Carolina Hurricanes (1 goal)
  2. J. Robidas, Carolina Hurricanes (1 goal)
  3. M. Reilly, Carolina Hurricanes (1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 04:31 Florida Panthers Brady Tkachuk (3) Sam Reinhart (1), Aleksander Barkov (2) Even strength FLA 1, CAR 0
1st 07:00 Carolina Hurricanes Bradly Nadeau (2) Mike Reilly (1), Aleksi Heimosalmi (1) Even strength FLA 1, CAR 1
1st 07:18 Florida Panthers Aleksander Barkov (2) Brady Tkachuk (2), Seth Jones (1) Even strength FLA 2, CAR 1
2nd 11:25 Carolina Hurricanes Justin Robidas (2) Unassisted Even strength FLA 2, CAR 2

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

Shootout

Round Team Shooter Result
1 Carolina Hurricanes Mark Jankowski Saved
1 Florida Panthers Sam Bennett Saved
2 Carolina Hurricanes Bradly Nadeau Goal (winner)
2 Florida Panthers Carter Verhaeghe Saved
3 Carolina Hurricanes Felix Unger Sorum Goal

Team stats

Stat Florida Panthers Carolina Hurricanes
Shots on goal 33 26
Power play 0 of 5 0 of 4
Penalty minutes 13 15
Hits 19 29
Blocked shots 10 13
Giveaways 22 21
Takeaways 2 6
Faceoffs won 39/63 (61.9%) 24/63 (38.1%)

Box score

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters
Player
8 B. Tkachuk L 1 1 2 +2 0 2 0 0 50% 09:40
9 S. Bennett C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 54.5% 17:19
13 S. Reinhart C 0 1 1 +2 0 2 0 1 33.3% 17:34
14 B. Imama L 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 11:47
15 A. Lundell C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 0 72.2% 22:05
16 A. Barkov C 1 1 2 +2 0 3 2 0 72.7% 18:11
19 M. Tkachuk L 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 16:51
23 C. Verhaeghe C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 19:20
27 E. Luostarinen C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 0 19:51
29 C. Reinhardt L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 100% 13:41
79 C. Schwindt R 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 57.1% 11:26
95 S. Vilmanis L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 4 0 14:56
3 S. Jones D 0 1 1 +2 2 1 0 2 23:36
5 A. Ekblad D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 0 22:45
6 R. Gudas D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 13:34
7 D. Kulikov D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:05
42 G. Forsling D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 0 21:14
77 N. Mikkola D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 0 21:05
Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie
25 J. Markstrom 13 12 1 .923 30:07
40 A. Schmid 13 12 1 .923 34:53 OT loss

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters
Player
23 J. Slavin L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:44
29 B. Nadeau L 1 0 1 +1 0 7 1 0 25:10
36 F. Unger Sorum R 0 0 0 +1 0 2 1 2 21:05
41 F. Ekberg R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:00
44 N. Deslauriers L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 7 0 11:12
45 C. Cerrato C 0 0 0 +1 2 1 4 0 23.5% 19:22
46 J. Robidas C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 37.5% 19:32
49 I. Ryabkin C 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 30% 11:03
54 J. Jaaska L 0 0 0 -1 4 1 1 0 15:16
76 S. Brind'Amour C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 66.7% 16:46
77 M. Jankowski L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0 42.1% 15:44
79 V. Neuchev L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 08:49
6 M. Reilly D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 3 24:45
7 P. Joseph D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 2 23:00
47 A. Heimosalmi D 0 1 1 +1 2 2 1 0 23:25
64 J. Nystrom D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 19:00
72 B. Montgomery D 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 1 13:33
91 R. Seeley D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 15:52
Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie
32 B. Bussi 13 11 2 .846 30:07
55 C. Primeau 20 20 0 1.000 34:53 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 02:32 Florida Panthers Bokondji Imama Fighting (major) 5
1st 02:32 Carolina Hurricanes Bryce Montgomery Fighting (major) 5
1st 09:10 Carolina Hurricanes Aleksi Heimosalmi Holding 2
1st 18:16 Florida Panthers Aaron Ekblad Tripping 2
1st 19:11 Florida Panthers Cole Schwindt Tripping 2
2nd 03:14 Carolina Hurricanes Bench Interference bench (bench minor) 2
2nd 19:36 Carolina Hurricanes Juha Jaaska Holding 2
3rd 07:28 Carolina Hurricanes Charlie Cerrato Tripping 2
3rd 15:24 Florida Panthers Cole Schwindt Holding 2
3rd 17:53 Carolina Hurricanes Juha Jaaska Tripping 2
OT 03:42 Florida Panthers Seth Jones Tripping 2

Game information

Florida Panthers head coach
Paul Maurice
Carolina Hurricanes head coach
Rod Brind'Amour
Referees
Francois St-Laurent, Austin Rook
Linesmen
Libor Suchanek, Jeremy Faucher
Florida Panthers scratches
Brad Marchand, Lars Eller, Alexander Petrovic, Garnet Hathaway, Sam Lafferty, William Bitten, Nathan Bastian, Casey Fitzgerald, Jonah Gadjovich, MacKenzie Entwistle, Nate Smith, Angus Crookshank, John Beecher, Robert Mastrosimone, Tobias Bjornfot, Donovan Sebrango, Samu Salminen, Vladislav Lukashevich, Kirill Gerasimyuk, Jack Devine, 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, Cooper Black, 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
Carolina Hurricanes scratches
Jordan Staal, Taylor Hall, Shayne Gostisbehere, Jordan Martinook, Jaccob Slavin, William Carrier, Nikolaj Ehlers, Sebastian Aho, Jalen Chatfield, Zach Sawchenko, Juuso Välimäki, Sean Walker, Eric Robinson, K'Andre Miller, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Andrei Svechnikov, Jacob Kucharski, Pyotr Kochetkov, Seth Jarvis, Alexander Nikishin, Logan Stankoven, Jackson Blake, Yegor Naumov, Stiven Sardarian, Nikita Guslistov, Alexander Perevalov, Gleb Trikozov, Alexander Pelevin, Vladimir Grudinin, Jayden Perron, Alexander Rykov, Stanislav Yarovoi, Charles Alexis Legault, Ruslan Khazheyev, Timur Mukhanov, Michael Emerson, Egor Velmakin, Dominik Badinka, Nikita Artamonov, Noel Fransén, Alexander Siryatsky, Oskar Vuollet, Justin Poirier, Timur Kol, Fyodor Avramov, Roman Shokhrin, Andrey Krutov, Thomas Desruisseaux, Kurban Limatov, Semyon Frolov, Roman Bausov, Viggo Nordlund, Wiggo Sorensson, Zachary Lansard, Michael Berchild, Ryder Fetterolf, Zachary Jovanovski, Jackson Marthaler, Jakub Frolo

2026-2027 season series

Matchup Status Details
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