SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Spencer Knight made 20 saves, Macky Samoskevic scored with less than a second left in the second period and the Florida Panthers scored four points in the third period as they defeated the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday. They defeated 6-0 and won a complete victory. 2 days of cleaning.
Aleksander Barkov, Sam Bennett, Aaron Ekblad, Evan Rodriguez and Adam Boqvist also scored for Florida, which won 6-3 against Carolina on Friday. The Panthers won their third straight game. The winning streak comes after the Stanley Cup champions lost six of seven games.
This is Knight’s fourth career shutout and first since Nov. 9, 2022, at home against Carolina.
Spencer Martin made 23 saves on 28 shots for the Hurricanes (2-3-1), who have lost four of their past six games. It was Martin’s fourth consecutive start for Carolina.
takeout
Hurricanes: It was the first time all season that the Hurricanes didn’t score in a game immediately following a loss. Carolina entered Saturday with the loss, falling to 4-0-1.
Panthers: It was a big day for Samoskevic. His alma mater, the University of Michigan, defeated Ohio State on Saturday football, a game that ended just before the Florida-Carolina game was to begin. The Panthers are 5-0-0 when he scores this season. Sam Reinhart scored each of Florida’s last four goals at 19:59 before Samoskevic scored Saturday.
important moment
The Panthers scored two goals 11 seconds apart on their third goal to make it 5-0, and Yaniv Peretz, who replaced Martin, found the Hurricanes’ net with 8:12 left. This was Perez’s second NHL appearance, having appeared once last season as a reliever for Carolina.
Main status
Ekblad’s goal was his first in 1,045 regular season shifts since Feb. 20.
to the next
Carolina will start two games on Tuesday’s homestand against Seattle. Florida begins a two-game trip to Pittsburgh on Tuesday.
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