NHL · Wednesday 23 September · Lenovo Center
Carolina Hurricanes – Florida Panthers 3:2 (after a shoot-out): NHL, 23/09/2026
Key facts
Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place
Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.
Form · last 5
League position
Goals per game · season
Head to head · 2
wins – draws – wins
Match report
The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact
The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.
NHL: Carolina Hurricanes – Florida Panthers 3:2 (23 September). Carolina Hurricanes won after a shoot-out. Venue: Lenovo Center.
By period: 1:2, 1:0, 0:0, 0:0, 2:0. Florida Panthers led after the first period (1:2), but their opponents came back to win.
Goals: B. Tkachuk (Florida Panthers); B. Nadeau (Carolina Hurricanes); A. Barkov (Florida Panthers); J. Robidas (Carolina Hurricanes).
Table now: Carolina Hurricanes — 1st, 30 points from 19 matches; Florida Panthers — 8th, 20 points from 18 matches.
Head to head (2): Carolina Hurricanes — 0 wins, Florida Panthers — 2.
Latvians in this match
Latvian players in this match and their contribution
The data source carries no player nationality, so for club matches we use the desk's list of Latvian players; for national-team matches, every Latvia player.
- 🇱🇻 Sandis VilmanisFlorida Panthersseason: 5+5=10
- 🇱🇻 Uvis BalinskisFlorida Panthersseason: 0+2=2
Score by period
Goals in each period
OT = overtime, SO = shoot-out.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | SO | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Hurricanes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Florida Panthers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
- 02'pen.
Fighting
- 02'pen.
Fighting
- 04'
🏒 B. Tkachuk0:1
assist: S. Reinhart, A. Barkov
- 07'
🏒 B. Nadeau1:1
assist: M. Reilly, A. Heimosalmi
- 07'
🏒 A. Barkov1:2
assist: B. Tkachuk, S. Jones
- 09'pen.
Holding
- 18'pen.
Tripping
- 19'pen.
Tripping
2nd period
- 03'pen.
Penalties
Interference
- 11'
🏒 J. Robidas2:2
- 19'pen.
Holding
3rd period
- 07'pen.
Tripping
- 15'pen.
Holding
- 17'pen.
Tripping
Overtime
- 03'pen.
Tripping
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points (goals + assists)
- 12
- 22
- 31
- 41
- 51
- 61
Skaters
Each skater's contribution in this game
G = goals, A = assists, P = points (G + A), Pen. = penalties. Counted from match events; +/−, shots and time on ice are not available from the data source.
Carolina Hurricanes
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Nadeau | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Robidas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Heimosalmi | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| M. Reilly | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Montgomery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C. Cerrato | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Jaaska | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Florida Panthers
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Barkov | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| B. Tkachuk | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| S. Jones | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| S. Reinhart | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Ekblad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| B. Imama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C. Schwindt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Goaltenders
Shots, saves and goals against
SOG = shots on goal, SV = saves, GA = goals against, SV% = SV / SOG, TOI = time on ice.
Carolina Hurricanes
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Bussi(W) | 13 | 11 | 2 | 84.6% |
| C. Primeau(W) | 22 | 20 | 2 | 90.9% |
Florida Panthers
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Markstrom | 15 | 12 | 3 | 80.0% |
| A. Schmid | 15 | 12 | 3 | 80.0% |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 26Shots on goal33
- 31Saves24
- 93%Save %92%
- 24Faceoffs won39
- 15Penalty minutes13
- 6Penalties5
- 0Power-play goals0
- 0%Power play %0%
- 100%Penalty kill %100%
- 0Short-handed goals0
Teams in the table
Both teams' positions in the league table
Full table on the competition page. Form: recent matches, most recent on the right.
| # | Team | P | W | OTW | OTL | L | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 30 | WWLWW | |
| 8 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 20 | WLWLL |
Form
Team leaders
Each team's best players this season
Points (goals + assists)
Goal scorers
Assists
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions
H — home, A — away
Head to head
Previous meetings between the two teams
Only matches in our data source (usually recent seasons).