Florida Panthers vs Carolina Hurricanes
Preseason · Tuesday, September 22, 2026 · Lenovo Center
NHLN · SCRIPPS
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Florida Panthers 3-2 in a shootout on Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at Lenovo Center. The Panthers outshot the Hurricanes 33-26.
Goals came from Brady Tkachuk, Bradly Nadeau, Aleksander Barkov and Justin Robidas.
Cayden Primeau made 20 saves on 20 shots for the win; Akira Schmid stopped 12 of 13.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Brady Tkachuk (3)Sam Reinhart (1), Aleksander Barkov (2)1–004:31 FLA
Bradly Nadeau (2)Mike Reilly (1), Aleksi Heimosalmi (1)Lundell 1:13 into shift1–107:00 CAR
Aleksander Barkov (2)Brady Tkachuk (2), Seth Jones (1)2–107:18 FLA
2nd period
Justin Robidas (2)Unassisted2–211:25 CAR
SO period
- Bradly NadeauUnassisted2–300:00 CAR
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
1–1 · 1st 7:00 · Nadeau. Lundell was 1:13 into his shift when it went in.
1–0 FLA
1st 4:31 · Tkachuk
Reilly 0:33
1–1 CAR
1st 7:00 · Nadeau
Long shift: Lundell 1:13
2–1 FLA
1st 7:18 · Barkov
Deslauriers 0:18
2–2 CAR
2nd 11:25 · Robidas
Forsling 0:49
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
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
Penalties
- 1st 02:32
Bokondji Imama · fighting5 min - 1st 02:32
Bryce Montgomery · fighting5 min - 1st 09:10Aleksi Heimosalmi · holding2 min
- 1st 18:16Aaron Ekblad · tripping2 min
- 1st 19:11Cole Schwindt · tripping2 min
- 2nd 03:14Bench · interference bench2 min
- 2nd 19:36Juha Jaaska · holding2 min
- 3rd 07:28Charlie Cerrato · tripping2 min
- 3rd 15:24Cole Schwindt · holding2 min
- 3rd 17:53Juha Jaaska · tripping2 min
- OT 03:42Seth Jones · tripping2 min
Florida Panthers
| 8Brady TkachukL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 09:40 |
| 16Aleksander BarkovC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 18:11 |
| 13Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 17:34 |
| 3Seth JonesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 23:36 |
| 9Sam BennettC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:19 |
| 14Bokondji ImamaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:47 |
| 15Anton LundellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 22:05 |
| 19Matthew TkachukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:51 |
| 23Carter VerhaegheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:20 |
| 27Eetu LuostarinenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:51 |
| 29Cole ReinhardtL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:41 |
| 79Cole SchwindtR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:26 |
| 95Sandis VilmanisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 14:56 |
| 5Aaron EkbladD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:45 |
| 6Radko GudasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:34 |
| 7Dmitry KulikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:05 |
| 42Gustav ForslingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 21:14 |
| 77Niko MikkolaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:05 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25Jacob MarkstromG | 13 | 12 | 1 | .923 | 30:07 | |
| 40Akira SchmidG | O | 13 | 12 | 1 | .923 | 34:53 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 29Bradly NadeauL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | 25:10 |
| 46Justin RobidasC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:32 |
| 6Mike ReillyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 24:45 |
| 47Aleksi HeimosalmiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:25 |
| 23Josiah SlavinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:44 |
| 36Felix Unger SorumR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:05 |
| 41Filip EkbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:00 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:12 |
| 45Charlie CerratoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:22 |
| 49Ivan RyabkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:03 |
| 54Juha JaaskaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:16 |
| 76Skyler Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:46 |
| 77Mark JankowskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:44 |
| 79Viktor NeuchevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:49 |
| 7Pierre-Olivier JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 23:00 |
| 64Joel NystromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:00 |
| 72Bryce MontgomeryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:33 |
| 91Ronan SeeleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Brandon BussiG | 13 | 11 | 2 | .846 | 30:07 | |
| 55Cayden PrimeauG | W | 20 | 20 | 0 | 1.000 | 34:53 |