Gameday 39: Florida Panthers vs Carolina Hurricanes

The Florida Panthers (23-13-2) will go for the season series sweep when they host the Carolina Hurricanes (22-13-2) at Amerant Bank Arena tonight in the final regular season matchup between the two Eastern Conference powers.

After dropping back-to-back scoreless games, the Panthers rebounded with a rousing 5-3 victory over the New York Rangers at Amerant Bank Arena on Monday. The Cats got a brace from Jesper Boqvist and goals from Eetu Luostarinen, Mackie Samoskevich, and Aleksander Barkov, and Sergei Bobrovsky was strong between the pipes, finishing with 33 saves.

The Hurricanes are coming off a tough 4-3 shootout loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets. Carolina has lost three of its last four games and find themselves stuck in third place in the Metropolitan Division behind the Washington Capitals and New Jersey Devils. Martin Necas leads the team in scoring with 45 points.

• WHEN: 7 p.m. ET
• WHERE: Amerant Bank Arena – Sunrise, FL
• ON THE TUBE: Scripps, FanDuel South
• ON THE DIAL: Radio Libre 790 (D/B), 1230 The Gambler (PB), Thunder 100.3 (Keys)
• SOCIALS: #TimeToHunt, #RaiseUp, #CARvsFLA, @LitterBoxCats, LBC FaceBook
• ENEMY INTEL: Canes Country
• FLA IN SEASON SERIES: Game 3 of 3 (2-0)
• LAST MEETING: @FLA 6, CAR 0 (Recap) – 11/30/2024
• NEXT MEETING: Playoffs or 2025-26 season
• PROJECTED STARTERS: Florida: Bobrovsky (17-7-1 .896 / 2.81 1SO) Carolina: Kochetkov (14-7-1 .899 / 2.52 1SO)
• PLAYER STATS: Florida / Carolina

Thursday in the Atlantic (Standings/Panthers Playoff Chances)

• BOSTON (20-15-4 44P) at New York Rangers (16-19-1 33P) 7 p.m.
• DETROIT (15-18-4 34P) at Columbus (16-16-6 38P) 7 p.m.
• TORONTO (23-13-2 48P) at New York Islanders (14-17-7 35P) 7:30 p.m. (ESPN+, Hulu)
• OTTAWA (19-15-2 40P) at Dallas (22-13-1 45P) 8 p.m.
• BUFFALO (14-20-4 32P) at Colorado (23-15-0 46P) 9 p.m.
• TAMPA BAY (20-12-2 42P) at San Jose (11-23-6 28P) 10:30 p.m.

Idle: MON (37P)