Overview
- Carolina rolled to a 9-1 home win for its first victory over Florida this season.
- Ehlers recorded a hat trick, Taylor Hall scored twice, and Andrei Svechnikov added a power-play goal during a decisive third period.
- The Hurricanes converted four consecutive power-play goals in the final frame to break the game open.
- Brandon Bussi started for Carolina and yielded one goal, while Sergei Bobrovsky started for Florida in the loss.
- Florida, missing Brad Marchand and Seth Jones, briefly tied it 1-1 on Uvis Balinskis' second-period goal before Mark Jankowski and Alexander Nikishin restored the Hurricanes' control.