Game

Panthers at Hurricanes

Hurricanes 9, Panthers 1 · first star Nikolaj Ehlers (3 G, 1 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Florida Panthers 1 at Carolina Hurricanes 9

Panthers FLA

1 FINAL 9

Hurricanes CAR

Friday, January 16, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Lenovo Center, Raleigh · TV SNO · TVAS

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Panthers	0	1	0	1	16
Hurricanes	1	2	6	9	36

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Panthers attack left, Hurricanes attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 3 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: FLA 16, CAR 36.

FLA in red CAR in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Panthers 16 shots on goal (1 goal, 11 missed, 8 blocked) attacking left; Hurricanes 36 shots on goal (9 goals, 15 missed, 15 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	FLA SOG	FLA G	FLA ATT	CAR SOG	CAR G	CAR ATT
1st	3	0	4	12	1	26
2nd	5	1	11	11	2	21
3rd	8	0	20	13	6	19
Total	16	1	35	36	9	66

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	FLA SOG	FLA G	CAR SOG	CAR G
Even strength	13	1	28	5
Power play	3	0	7	4
Short-handed	0	0	1	0

Attempt share by period

Hurricanes took 65.3% of the shot attempts, and 71.0% of the 76 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Hurricanes and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Panthers hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Panthers at Hurricanes
Period	CAR CF%	CAR FF%
1st	86.7	81.8
2nd	65.6	68.0
3rd	48.7	51.6
Game	65.3	65.4

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

18:35 Nikolaj Ehlers (12) Jordan Staal (10), Jordan Martinook (8) · slap 0–1

2nd period

01:19 Uvis Balinskis (2) Mackie Samoskevich (15), Sandis Vilmanis (1) · slap 1–1
13:10 Mark Jankowski (4) Alexander Nikishin (14), Mike Reilly (6) · backhand 1–2
16:28 Alexander Nikishin (6) PP Sebastian Aho (29), Nikolaj Ehlers (24) · slap 1–3

3rd period

04:08 Andrei Svechnikov (13) PP Seth Jarvis (13), Sebastian Aho (30) · snap 1–4
11:17 Nikolaj Ehlers (13) PP Seth Jarvis (14), Andrei Svechnikov (24) · snap 1–5
11:38 Taylor Hall (10) PP Logan Stankoven (13), Mark Jankowski (5) · snap 1–6
13:03 Nikolaj Ehlers (14) Logan Stankoven (14), Jackson Blake (13) · snap 1–7
18:23 Taylor Hall (11) Jackson Blake (14) · snap 1–8
18:35 Eric Robinson (10) Jesperi Kotkaniemi (5), Mark Jankowski (6) · snap 1–9

Three stars

Nikolaj Ehlers CAR · L #27 · 3 G, 1 A
Alexander Nikishin CAR · D #21 · 1 G, 1 A
Mark Jankowski CAR · L #77 · 1 G, 2 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
2nd	07:49	CAR	Bench	too many men on the ice	2	—
2nd	15:38	FLA	Donovan Sebrango	roughing	2	Sean Walker
2nd	15:38	FLA	Donovan Sebrango	fighting (major)	5	Sean Walker
2nd	15:38	CAR	Sean Walker	fighting (major)	5	Donovan Sebrango
2nd	20:00	CAR	Jalen Chatfield	slashing	2	Mackie Samoskevich
2nd	20:00	FLA	Mackie Samoskevich	cross checking	2	Jalen Chatfield
2nd	20:00	FLA	Sam Bennett	misconduct (misconduct)	10	—
3rd	01:19	CAR	Mike Reilly	interference	2	Uvis Balinskis
3rd	02:05	FLA	Anton Lundell	high sticking	2	Jordan Martinook
3rd	03:23	FLA	Sam Reinhart	tripping	2	Jackson Blake
3rd	04:19	CAR	Jordan Martinook	high sticking	2	Sandis Vilmanis
3rd	08:42	CAR	Jordan Martinook	interference	2	Aaron Ekblad
3rd	10:11	FLA	Bench	delaying game unsuccessful challenge	2	—
3rd	10:26	FLA	Gustav Forsling	tripping	2	Jackson Blake
3rd	11:00	FLA	Luke Kunin	roughing	2	Alexander Nikishin
3rd	11:00	CAR	Alexander Nikishin	roughing	2	Luke Kunin
3rd	13:51	CAR	Mike Reilly	tripping	2	Eetu Luostarinen

Boxscore

Florida Panthers

Panthers skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Uvis Balinskis #26	D	1	0	1	-1	2	0	1	0	0.0	21:31
Sandis Vilmanis #95	L	0	1	1	-2	1	1	1	0	0.0	13:42
Mackie Samoskevich #11	R	0	1	1	-2	3	2	1	2	0.0	16:36
Anton Lundell #15	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2	37.5	19:36
Carter Verhaeghe #23	C	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	0.0	21:04
Eetu Luostarinen #27	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0.0	16:12
Evan Rodrigues #17	C	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	28.6	14:08
Jesper Boqvist #70	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	09:12
Luke Kunin #71	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	41.7	09:26
Sam Bennett #9	C	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	10	45.5	16:31
Sam Reinhart #13	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.0	20:24
A.J. Greer #10	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0	0.0	13:11
Cole Schwindt #79	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	08:23
Aaron Ekblad #5	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0.0	20:21
Donovan Sebrango #6	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	7	0.0	12:31
Gustav Forsling #42	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	0.0	22:22
Jeff Petry #2	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	0.0	16:41
Niko Mikkola #77	D	0	0	0	-1	1	2	3	0	0.0	20:16

Panthers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky #72	L	36	27	9	.750	23/28	3/7	60:00

Carolina Hurricanes

Hurricanes skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Nikolaj Ehlers #27	L	3	1	4	+2	7	0	1	0	0.0	14:14
Mark Jankowski #77	L	1	2	3	+2	1	2	0	0	64.3	12:33
Taylor Hall #71	L	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	12:24
Andrei Svechnikov #37	R	1	1	2	0	2	3	0	0	0.0	15:42
Alexander Nikishin #21	D	1	1	2	+2	3	1	0	2	0.0	16:50
Logan Stankoven #22	C	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	0	60.0	13:03
Sebastian Aho #20	C	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	61.5	17:40
Jackson Blake #53	R	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	0	0.0	13:02
Seth Jarvis #24	R	0	2	2	0	4	0	1	0	50.0	17:07
Eric Robinson #50	L	1	0	1	+2	2	2	0	0	0.0	13:47
Jesperi Kotkaniemi #82	C	0	1	1	+2	0	4	0	0	100.0	12:19
Jordan Staal #11	C	0	1	1	+1	4	6	1	0	80.0	16:12
Jordan Martinook #48	L	0	1	1	0	3	3	0	4	100.0	12:54
Mike Reilly #6	D	0	1	1	+3	1	0	1	4	0.0	14:14
Jaccob Slavin #74	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0.0	17:56
Jalen Chatfield #5	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	2	0.0	19:21
K'Andre Miller #19	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0.0	27:30
Sean Walker #26	D	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	5	0.0	21:27

Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Brandon Bussi #32	W	16	15	1	.938	12/13	3/3	59:47

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.