Overview
- Despite being outshot 49-16 and trailing 2-0 after the first period, Florida turned the game late in the third.
- Ben Harpur sparked the comeback, Noah Gregor and Mike Benning scored 1:16 apart, and Jack Studnicka sealed it with an empty-netter.
- Daniil Tarasov went the distance in goal and stopped 47 shots, turning away all eight Carolina power-play attempts.
- The Panthers finished 4-for-4 on the penalty kill and survived a prolonged 5-on-3 in the opening frame.
- Florida traveled with a prospect-heavy group, while Carolina dressed regulars including Sebastian Aho, Andrei Svechnikov, Nikolaj Ehlers, Seth Jarvis, Frederik Andersen and Shayne Gostisbehere.