Carolina Hurricanes vs. Florida PanthersDec 19, 2025

Final / SOFriday, Dec 19, 2025· Amerant Bank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
CAR	1	0	2	0	0	3		CAR	10	11	6	2	29
FLA	0	0	3	0	1	4		FLA	12	11	15	3	41

: CAR 59FLA 73
: CAR 3.56FLA 4.22
PP goals: CAR 1FLA 0
Hits: CAR 27FLA 23
Blocks: CAR 16FLA 14
PIM: CAR 8FLA 8
: CAR 42%FLA 58%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Florida Panthers edge Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 (SO)

Florida Panthers beat Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 in a shootout at home. Sebastian Aho (CAR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. CAR's first power-play unit (Gostisbehere, Aho, Svechnikov, Jarvis and Blake) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:55 together.

Points
Sebastian Aho had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:40.Aho
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Brad Marchand had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 23:46.Marchand
Points
Sam Bennett had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 10 shots in 23:24.Bennett
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Sam Reinhart had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 22:51.Reinhart
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Andrei Svechnikov had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:54.Svechnikov
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Evan Rodrigues had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:47.Rodrigues
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Seth Jarvis had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:59.Jarvis
PP1
CAR's first power-play unit (Gostisbehere, Aho, Svechnikov, Jarvis and Blake) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:55 together.Gostisbehere Aho Svechnikov Jarvis Blake

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← CAR attacks left (bottom on phones)FLA attacks right (top on phones) →

FLA
CAR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 132 of 132 attempts · FLA 73 · CAR 59

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

FLA
CAR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

FLA pressure
CAR pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CAR 19% of the game, FLA 42%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

FLA

CAR

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

FLA skaters (rows) against CAR skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the FLA side.

Matchup matrix

FLA xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	CAR	FLA
	54	60
	1.52	3.00
	1.47	2.86
	10	19
	7	2
	23	19
	−0.062	+0.062
	19%	42%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis
11:5569% CF
L2Ehlers – Stankoven – Blake
11:1540% CF
L3Staal – Carrier – Robinson
8:0729% CF
L4Hall – Jankowski – Kotkaniemi
7:5256% CF
D1Chatfield – Miller
10:0748% CF
D2Gostisbehere – Nikishin
8:2857% CF
D3Slavin – Walker
7:1267% CF

PP1Gostisbehere – Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis – Blake
2:55100% CF
PP2Hall – Ehlers – Nikishin – Stankoven – Blake
0:23
PK1FStaal – Robinson
0:44
PK2FAho – Jarvis
0:43
PK1DSlavin – Chatfield
0:56
PK2DWalker – Nikishin
0:53

Current CAR line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Marchand – Verhaeghe – Bennett
12:1850% CF
L2Reinhart – Luostarinen – Lundell
10:3133% CF
L3Greer – Rodrigues – Samoskevich
10:1159% CF
L4Kunin – Gregor – Boqvist
5:5120% CF
D1Jones – Mikkola
18:0153% CF
D2Ekblad – Forsling
14:4559% CF
D3Petry – Balinskis
10:4360% CF

PP1Marchand – Verhaeghe – Jones – Reinhart – Bennett
1:5375% CF
PP2Ekblad – Rodrigues – Luostarinen – Lundell – Samoskevich
0:240% CF
PK1FReinhart – Lundell
1:40
PK2FMarchand – Luostarinen
0:54
PK1DJones – Mikkola
1:53
PK2DEkblad – Forsling
1:23

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

11:53
CARJordan Staal (Eric Robinson, Shayne Gostisbehere)backhand0.02 xG
CAR: Staal, Gostisbehere, Ehlers, Chatfield, RobinsonFLA: Jones, Reinhart, Luostarinen, Lundell, Balinskis
CAR 1 – 0 FLA

3rd period

1:27
CARSebastian Aho (Andrei Svechnikov, Seth Jarvis)wrist0.15 xG
CAR: Aho, Chatfield, Miller, Svechnikov, JarvisFLA: Marchand, Verhaeghe, Ekblad, Bennett, Forsling
CAR 2 – 0 FLA
7:34
CARSebastian AhoPP (Andrei Svechnikov, Seth Jarvis)snap0.61 xG
CAR: Gostisbehere, Aho, Svechnikov, Jarvis, BlakeFLA: Jones, Reinhart, Mikkola, Lundell
CAR 3 – 0 FLA
10:16
FLABrad Marchand (Sam Bennett, Carter Verhaeghe)wrist0.24 xG
CAR: Chatfield, Miller, Svechnikov, Jarvis, StankovenFLA: Marchand, Verhaeghe, Ekblad, Bennett, Forsling
CAR 3 – 1 FLA
17:35
FLASam Bennett (Evan Rodrigues, Sam Reinhart)other0.56 xG
CAR: Staal, Slavin, Aho, Walker, JarvisFLA: Marchand, Verhaeghe, Jones, Reinhart, Bennett, Rodrigues
CAR 3 – 2 FLA
19:18
FLASam Reinhart (Brad Marchand, Evan Rodrigues)wrist0.14 xG
CAR: Staal, Slavin, Walker, Robinson, SvechnikovFLA: Marchand, Verhaeghe, Jones, Reinhart, Rodrigues, Lundell
CAR 3 – 3 FLA

Decided in the shootout: CAR 3 – 4 FLA.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sebastian Aho C	L1	2	0	2	0	2	1.58	1	0	2	23:40	—	—	62	53
Seth Jarvis R	L1	0	2	2	-1	4	0.53	1	1	0	20:59	—	—	64	42
Andrei Svechnikov R	L1	0	2	2	-1	2	0.18	7	0	2	20:54	—	—	57	44
Jackson Blake R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	1	1	0	18:12	—	—	38	14
Nikolaj Ehlers L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	0	1	0	16:46	—	—	52	29
Logan Stankoven C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	2	0	0	13:53	—	—	36	10
Jordan Staal C	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.16	2	3	0	17:12	—	—	32	25
Eric Robinson L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:51	—	—	36	38
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:03	—	—	28	17
Taylor Hall L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	12:21	—	—	40	5
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	10:32	—	—	50	54
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.39	1	0	0	10:05	—	—	64	64
Jalen Chatfield D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.03	0	1	0	21:34	—	—	54	30
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	2	2	21:11	—	—	36	16
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	1	1	0	22:16	—	—	60	37
Alexander Nikishin D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	17:40	—	—	46	29
Sean Walker D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.35	6	2	2	21:15	—	—	36	50
Jaccob Slavin D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.08	0	1	0	18:36	—	—	52	65

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Brandon Bussi(start)	O	41	38	3	.927	4.22	65:00

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brad Marchand L	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.54	1	0	2	23:46	—	—	53	61
Sam Bennett C	L1	1	1	2	+1	10	1.32	3	1	0	23:24	—	—	51	66
Carter Verhaeghe C	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.05	1	1	0	19:39	—	—	52	62
Sam Reinhart C	L2	1	1	2	+1	5	0.49	2	0	0	22:51	—	—	37	27
Anton Lundell C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.38	1	2	2	17:49	—	—	52	64
Eetu Luostarinen C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	4	0	0	14:04	—	—	43	40
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	0	2	2	+2	6	0.12	0	0	0	19:47	—	—	62	80
A.J. Greer L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.32	3	0	2	14:51	—	—	64	71
Mackie Samoskevich R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	0	1	0	14:44	—	—	68	89
Jesper Boqvist C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	0	2	8:32	—	—	44	71
Luke Kunin C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:10	—	—	17	45
Noah Gregor L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	0	0	6:44	—	—	14	45
Seth Jones D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	0	2	0	30:47	—	—	49	53
Niko Mikkola D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	23:13	—	—	55	75
Aaron Ekblad D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	0	2	0	20:34	—	—	58	75
Gustav Forsling D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	20:24	—	—	55	63
Jeff Petry D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	1	0	11:44	—	—	50	90
Uvis Balinskis D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	1	0	11:37	—	—	50	66

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	29	26	3	.897	2.83	61:21

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Jordan Staal (CAR) 1st 11:53 · assists Eric Robinson, Shayne Gostisbehere · Rebound · 29.5 mph shot.

Jordan Staal · 1st 11:53 · CAR

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 29.5 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: rebound

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Sebastian Aho · 3rd 1:27 · CAR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 50.8 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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Sebastian Aho · 3rd 7:34 · CAR PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.3 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Type: rebound

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Brad Marchand · 3rd 10:16 · FLA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.4 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Sam Bennett · 3rd 17:35 · FLA

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 15.3 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: rebound

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Sam Reinhart · 3rd 19:18 · FLA

Play: cycle
Passes: 1
Shot: 3.0 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.