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Carolina Hurricanes vs Florida Panthers

Regular season · Thursday, January 21, 2027 · Amerant Bank Arena

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Florida PanthersFloridaPanthersHome

CARNHL · HHN · SN · TVAS

Game preview

The Carolina Hurricanes visit the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena on Thursday, January 21, 2027, with puck drop at 7:00 PM ET. The game is on CARNHL, HHN, SN and TVAS.

This is the second of 3 meetings this season. Hurricanes 0, Panthers 1 so far; the last game finished FLA 1, CAR 0.

Rest and travel

Hurricanes

First game of a road trip.

  1. 112027-01-11: no game
  2. 122027-01-12: at BOS
  3. 132027-01-13: no game
  4. 142027-01-14: at WSH
  5. 152027-01-15: vs PHI, second of a back-to-backB2B
  6. 162027-01-16: no game
  7. 172027-01-17: vs VGK
  8. 182027-01-18: no game
  9. 192027-01-19: no game
  10. 202027-01-20: no game
  11. 212027-01-21: at FLA
rest since last game
3 days
rest since last game
since last game
~673 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~673 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home

Panthers

Another game at home.

  1. 112027-01-11: no game
  2. 122027-01-12: at SEA
  3. 132027-01-13: no game
  4. 142027-01-14: at MIN
  5. 152027-01-15: no game
  6. 162027-01-16: vs VGK
  7. 172027-01-17: no game
  8. 182027-01-18: vs OTT
  9. 192027-01-19: no game
  10. 202027-01-20: no game
  11. 212027-01-21: vs CAR
rest since last game
2 days
rest since last game
since last game
~0 mi
since last game
road trip
–
road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home
Home game Road game This gameB2B = second night of a back-to-back. Distances are approximate.

Lines from last game

Carolina HurricanesHurricanesTue, Oct 13 vs WSH
  1. L1Carrier#28Aho#20Svechnikov#37
    9:00 together at 5v5
  2. L2Jankowski#77Martinook#48Ehlers#27
    7:02 together at 5v5
  3. L3Deslauriers#44Robinson#50Kotkaniemi#82
    5:20 together at 5v5
  4. L4Hall#71Stankoven#22Blake#53
    3:09 together at 5v5
  1. D1Walker#26Miller#19
    17:18 together at 5v5
  2. D2Slavin#74Chatfield#5
    13:39 together at 5v5
  3. D3Reilly#6Gostisbehere#4
    9:49 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Ehlers LAho CSvechnikov RBlake RGostisbehere D4:21
  2. 2Jankowski LRobinson LStankoven CBlake RMiller D0:33

Penalty kill

  1. 1Jankowski LMartinook LSlavin DChatfield D1:28
  2. 2Aho CStankoven CSlavin DChatfield D0:58
Florida PanthersPanthersTue, Oct 13 at CBJ
  1. L1Vilmanis#95Luostarinen#27Lundell#15
    9:55 together at 5v5
  2. L2NewEller#20Verhaeghe#23Reinhart#13
    9:43 together at 5v5
  3. L3Tkachuk#19Tkachuk#8Bennett#9
    7:58 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewImama#14Lafferty#18Hathaway#21
    7:54 together at 5v5
  1. D1Ekblad#5Forsling#42
    12:58 together at 5v5
  2. D2Jones#3Mikkola#77
    11:55 together at 5v5
  3. D3NewKulikov#7Balinskis#26
    11:24 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Tkachuk LTkachuk LVerhaeghe CReinhart CJones D4:55
  2. 2Eller CBennett CLuostarinen CLundell CEkblad D2:58

Penalty kill

  1. 1Luostarinen CLundell CEkblad DForsling D0:57
  2. 2Eller CHathaway RJones DMikkola D0:37

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

CARFLA

Settled lines

Share of 5v5 time from the regular top four lines · 2026–27

CAR 71% (11th most settled)FLA 72% (7th most settled)
← Shuffles linesKeeps lines together →

Goalie pull, down one

Median time left in the 3rd when the goalie comes out, delayed penalties excluded · 2025–26 · under 10 pulls is a small sample

CAR 1:51 left (15th earliest · 9 pulls)FLA 2:30 left (2nd earliest · 15 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

CAR 48.0s (13th shortest)FLA 47.4s (10th shortest)
← Short shiftsLong shifts →

Caught on long shifts

Share of 5v5 goals against with a skater 60s+ into his shift · 2025–26

CAR 28% (11th least often)FLA 27% (10th least often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series