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Florida Panthers vs Carolina Hurricanes

Regular season · Friday, January 16, 2026 · Lenovo Center

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1–9

Final

SOG 16–36

Carolina HurricanesCarolinaHurricanesHome

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Game summary

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Florida Panthers 9-1 on Friday, January 16, 2026 at Lenovo Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Panthers 36-16.

Nikolaj Ehlers scored a hat trick and Taylor Hall scored twice. Uvis Balinskis, Mark Jankowski, Alexander Nikishin, Andrei Svechnikov and Eric Robinson also scored.

Brandon Bussi made 15 saves on 16 shots for the win; Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 27 of 36.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Florida PanthersFLA010116
Carolina HurricanesCAR126936

Three stars

  1. ★1st starNikolaj EhlersCAR · 3G 1A
  2. ★2nd starAlexander NikishinCAR · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starMark JankowskiCAR · 1G 2A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:06

1–5 · 3rd 11:17 · Ehlers. Ekblad was 1:06 into his shift when it went in.

GoalFLA on iceCAR on ice

0–1 CAR

1st 18:35 · Ehlers

Bennett 0:24

1–1 FLA

2nd 1:19 · Balinskis

Martinook 0:25

1–2 CAR

2nd 13:10 · Jankowski

Mikkola 0:46

1–3 CAR

2nd 16:28 · PP · Nikishin

Ekblad 0:50

1–4 CAR

3rd 4:08 · PP · Svechnikov

Ekblad 0:45

1–5 CAR

3rd 11:17 · PP · Ehlers

Long shift: Ekblad 1:06

1–6 CAR

3rd 11:38 · PP · Hall

Petry 0:21

1–7 CAR

3rd 13:03 · Ehlers

Petry 0:40

1–8 CAR

3rd 18:23 · Hall

Verhaeghe 0:52

1–9 CAR

3rd 18:35 · Robinson

Petry 0:12

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

FLACAR
16Shots on goal36
34%Faceoff %66%
0/5Power play4/5
29Penalty minutes19
19Hits30
13Blocked shots8
16Giveaways20
5Takeaways8

Penalties

  • 2nd 07:49Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
  • 2nd 15:38Donovan Sebrango · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 15:38Donovan Sebrango · fighting5 min
  • 2nd 15:38Sean Walker · fighting5 min
  • 2nd 20:00Jalen Chatfield · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 20:00Mackie Samoskevich · cross checking2 min
  • 2nd 20:00Sam Bennett · misconduct10 min
  • 3rd 01:19Mike Reilly · interference2 min
  • 3rd 02:05Anton Lundell · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 03:23Sam Reinhart · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 04:19Jordan Martinook · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 08:42Jordan Martinook · interference2 min
  • 3rd 10:11Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  • 3rd 10:26Gustav Forsling · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 11:00Luke Kunin · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 11:00Alexander Nikishin · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 13:51Mike Reilly · tripping2 min

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