Florida Panthers vs. Carolina HurricanesDec 23, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
FLA	0	0	5	5		FLA	3	5	14	22
CAR	1	1	0	2		CAR	6	10	3	19

: FLA 54CAR 56
: FLA 2.85CAR 2.21
PP goals: FLA 1CAR 0
Hits: FLA 32CAR 35
Blocks: FLA 11CAR 12
PIM: FLA 6CAR 12
: FLA 43%CAR 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers beat Carolina Hurricanes 5–2

Florida Panthers beat Carolina Hurricanes 5–2 at CAR. Sam Reinhart (FLA) led the scoring with 0G 3A. New look for CAR: Staal–Svechnikov–Blake skated 5:13 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Sam Reinhart had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 18:24.Reinhart
Points
Aaron Ekblad had 2 assists (2 points) in 21:11.Ekblad
Points
Eetu Luostarinen had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:30.Luostarinen
New line
New look for CAR: Staal–Svechnikov–Blake skated 5:13 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Staal Svechnikov Blake
New line
New look for FLA: Verhaeghe–Rodrigues–Boqvist skated 7:48 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Verhaeghe Rodrigues Boqvist
Usage
Eric Robinson (CAR) played 16:38, +5:17 up on his 11:21 season average over 66 games.Robinson
Luck
FLA scored 5 goals on 2.85 expected goals (54 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Mike Reilly (CAR) played 7:41, −7:28 down on his 15:09 season average over 41 games.Reilly

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

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

CAR
FLA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 110 of 110 attempts · CAR 56 · FLA 54

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CAR
FLA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: FLA 35% of the game, CAR 38%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CAR

FLA

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

CAR 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	FLA	CAR
	56	58
	3.20	1.92
	2.95	1.85
	14	12
	4	4
	19	24
	−0.049	+0.049
	35%	38%

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.

Florida Panthers

L1Reinhart – Luostarinen – Lundell
10:1352% CF
L2Verhaeghe – Rodrigues – Boqvist
7:4833% CF
L3Marchand – Bennett – Greer
7:3158% CF
L4Kunin – Gregor – Studnicka
5:5988% CF
D1Ekblad – Forsling
15:3666% CF
D2Jones – Mikkola
13:5248% CF
D3Petry – Balinskis
11:0245% CF

PP1Marchand – Verhaeghe – Jones – Reinhart – Bennett
2:29
PP2Petry – Ekblad – Rodrigues – Luostarinen – Lundell
0:32100% CF
PK1FBennett – Rodrigues
1:07
PK2FMarchand – Luostarinen
0:59
PK1DJones – Mikkola
1:07
PK2DEkblad – Forsling
0:39

Current FLA line combinations →

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Hall – Jankowski – Robinson
5:1429% CF
L2Staal – Svechnikov – Blake
5:1358% CF
L3Ehlers – Aho – Stankoven
4:20100% CF
D1Walker – Miller
11:5534% CF
D2Gostisbehere – Chatfield
5:2678% CF
D3Nikishin – Nystrom
2:4833% CF

PP1Hall – Ehlers – Nikishin – Stankoven – Nadeau
1:44100% CF
PP2Staal – Gostisbehere – Aho – Svechnikov – Blake
0:40100% CF
PK1FStaal – Jankowski
1:35
PK2FAho – Robinson
0:54
PK1DChatfield – Miller
1:28
PK2DWalker – Nikishin
0:39

Current CAR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

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

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	3	3	+1	1	0.18	2	2	0	18:24	—	—	50	70
Anton Lundell C	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.55	1	0	0	17:24	—	—	42	61
Eetu Luostarinen C	L1	0	2	2	0	0	0.09	4	0	0	16:30	—	—	52	64
Carter Verhaeghe C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.33	5	0	0	18:43	—	—	35	51
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	0	1	0	15:12	—	—	43	25
Jesper Boqvist C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	2	12:51	—	—	45	52
Sam Bennett C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.43	3	0	0	21:09	—	—	49	63
Brad Marchand L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.15	0	0	2	18:54	—	—	45	63
A.J. Greer L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.24	1	0	0	11:31	—	—	59	71
Jack Studnicka C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:44	—	—	80	89
Luke Kunin C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.30	3	1	0	8:39	—	—	77	95
Noah Gregor L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	1	0	0	8:21	—	—	69	73
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	2	2	22:32	—	—	58	63
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	0	2	2	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	21:11	—	—	63	60
Seth Jones D	D2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.19	4	1	0	23:01	—	—	50	86
Niko Mikkola D	D2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.05	0	1	0	20:30	—	—	44	78
Jeff Petry D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	1	1	0	16:23	—	—	39	48
Uvis Balinskis D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	14:29	—	—	39	52

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	19	17	2	.895	2.21	59:32

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mark Jankowski L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.07	3	3	4	17:28	—	—	56	53
Taylor Hall L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	3	0	0	16:43	—	—	46	42
Eric Robinson L	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.18	5	0	0	16:38	—	—	36	46
Jackson Blake R	L2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.14	1	0	0	17:53	—	—	38	18
Jordan Staal C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	16:51	—	—	40	41
Andrei Svechnikov R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.51	4	0	2	12:52	—	—	60	64
Logan Stankoven C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.45	1	0	0	20:28	—	—	58	47
Nikolaj Ehlers L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	0	0	15:59	—	—	62	30
Sebastian Aho C	L3	0	1	1	-2	0	0.04	4	1	0	15:43	—	—	67	34
Sean Walker D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	1	0	23:34	—	—	49	38
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	1	3	4	20:37	—	—	40	28
Jalen Chatfield D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	2	0	19:43	—	—	56	50
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	0	15:14	—	—	59	23
Alexander Nikishin D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	3	2	0	16:13	—	—	64	45
Joel Nystrom D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	14:33	—	—	54	53
Bradly Nadeau L	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	12:41	—	—	44	16
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	2	0	2	12:28	—	—	53	35
Mike Reilly D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:41	—	—	36	22

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Frederik Andersen(start)	L	22	17	5	.773	2.85	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Eric Robinson (CAR) 1st 4:11 · assists Sebastian Aho, Joel Nystrom · Odd-man rush · passed in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 66.7 mph shot · 4.0 s from entry to goal.

Eric Robinson · 1st 4:11 · CAR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 3
Shot: 66.7 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 4.0 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Andrei Svechnikov · 2nd 1:58 · CAR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.6 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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Niko Mikkola · 3rd 3:53 · FLA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 36.4 mph
Distance: 53 ft

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Luke Kunin · 3rd 6:17 · FLA

Play: rebound
Entry: loose
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 43.3 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 8.4 s
Type: rebound

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Anton Lundell · 3rd 7:00 · FLA

Play: rebound
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 54.7 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Sam Bennett · 3rd 9:57 · FLA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 49.9 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 5.5 s

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Seth Jones · 3rd 15:21 · FLA PP

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 51.8 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 6.1 s

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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.

Florida Panthers vs. Carolina HurricanesDec 23, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Florida Panthers beat Carolina Hurricanes 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Florida Panthers

Carolina Hurricanes

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Florida Panthers

Carolina Hurricanes

Goal anatomy

Eric Robinson · 1st 4:11 · CAR

Andrei Svechnikov · 2nd 1:58 · CAR

Niko Mikkola · 3rd 3:53 · FLA

Luke Kunin · 3rd 6:17 · FLA

Anton Lundell · 3rd 7:00 · FLA

Sam Bennett · 3rd 9:57 · FLA

Seth Jones · 3rd 15:21 · FLA PP