Final
CAR at FLA game report
Hurricanes
3–6
Panthers
Sunday, September 20, 2026 · 7:00 p.m. ET · Amerant Bank Arena
Panthers beat the Hurricanes 6–3 and earned it, out-chancing them 3.1–2.0 in expected goals and 13–6 in high-danger chances.
Team comparison
FLACAR
- 6Goals3
- 3.08Expected goals1.97
- 1.715-on-5 expected goals1.31
- 13High-danger chances6
- 34Shots on goal24
- 54Shot attempts41
- 435-on-5 shot attempts35
- 5:12Power-play time5:46
5-on-5 shares for FLA: 55.1% of shot attempts, 56.6% of expected goals.
Expected goals through the game
PanthersHurricanesCircles mark goals
Each step is a shot; the bigger the step, the better the chance. A goal on a small step was a low-percentage finish.
Shot map
Hurricanes shooting ←→ Panthers shootingBigger dot = better chance · filled = goal · blocked shots not shown
By strength
| FLA at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 46:41 | 43–35 | 1.71–1.31 | 4–1 |
| Power play | 5:12 | 10–4 | 0.78–0.41 | 1–1 |
| Shorthanded | 5:46 | 0–0 | 0.00–0.00 | 0–0 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 2:21 | 1–2 | 0.60–0.25 | 1–1 |
Read pairs as FLA–CAR. “Power play” means FLA had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Markstrom FLA | 21/24 | .875 | 1.97 | -1.03 |
| Pyotr Kochetkov CAR | 28/33 | .848 | 2.49 | -2.51 |
GSAx above zero means the goalie stopped more than an average goalie would have, given the shots faced.
Most dangerous shooters
| Player | G | SOG | Att | HD | ixG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brady Tkachuk FLA | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1.14 |
| Matthew Tkachuk FLA | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0.45 |
| Aleksander Barkov FLA | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0.42 |
| Bradly Nadeau CAR | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0.37 |
| Justin Robidas CAR | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.33 |
| Felix Unger Sorum CAR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.22 |
| Skyler Brind'Amour CAR | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0.22 |
| Eetu Luostarinen FLA | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 |
| Jack Devine FLA | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.19 |
| Carter Verhaeghe FLA | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.17 |
Three stars
- ★B. TkachukFLA · 2G 1A
- ★★C. ReinhardtFLA · 2G 0A
- ★★★A. BarkovFLA · 1G 1A
Scoring
Period 1
- 06:04CAR D. Badinka (from G. Trikozov)1–0
- 12:02FLA B. Tkachuk pp (from M. Tkachuk, A. Barkov)1–1
Period 2
- 02:30FLA A. Barkov (from B. Tkachuk, N. Mikkola)1–2
- 04:06FLA C. Reinhardt (from J. Devine, R. Gudas)1–3
- 09:34CAR J. Robidas pp (from C. Cerrato, F. Unger Sorum)2–3
- 10:45CAR B. Nadeau (from J. Robidas, J. Nystrom)3–3
- 12:10FLA C. Reinhardt (from N. Mikkola)3–4
- 19:07FLA N. Mikkola (from S. Vilmanis, E. Luostarinen)3–5
Period 3
- 17:45FLA B. Tkachuk3–6