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Florida Panthers vs. Carolina Hurricanes Pick & Prediction APR 8TH 2021

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11Florida Panthers
12Carolina Hurricanes

5.5

-1.5

5.5o -123

-1.5 +170

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Florida Panthers vs. Carolina Hurricanes Recap APR 8TH 2021

Chris Driedger, making just his third NHL start, stopped 42 shots to lead the Florida Panthers to a 4-2 win over the Carolina Panthers on Saturday night in Raleigh, N.C.

It was Florida's first win in Carolina since Dec. 18, 2015. Panthers winger Noel Acciari, coming off two straight hat tricks, scored one goal on Saturday and has 12 for the season.

Evgenii Dadonov, Brian Boyle and Jonathan Huberdeau also scored for the Panthers, who won their third straight game. Huberdeau, who also had an assist, tied Pavel Bure's franchise record with 10 points in three games.

Driedger, who had sat for seven straight games behind veteran Sergei Bobrovsky, improved his record as a starter to 2-1-0.

Carolina, which had its three-game win streak snapped, got goals from Nino Niederreiter and Lucas Wallmark. Hurricanes goalie Petr Mrazek made 18 saves.

Florida opened the scoring with 7:07 gone in the first period. Boyle's lead pass created a breakaway for Dadonov, who shot the puck in over Mrazek's stick.

A penalty on Carolina's Andrei Svechnikov for high-sticking Huberdeau gave the Panthers an opportunity, and they cashed in for a 2-0 lead. Aaron Ekblad, from just a few feet inside the blue line, fired a shot on goal that was deflected in by Boyle with 11:34 gone in the second.

Huberdeau scored just 26 seconds into the third period on a power play that carried over from the second. Several Hurricanes went to dig the puck out of a scrum behind Carolina's net, leaving Huberdeau alone in the low slot. Aleksander Barkov won that battle, earning the primary assist.

The Hurricanes got on the board with 10:44 left in the third, as Teuvo Teravainen hit a virtually open net on a rebound of Dougie Hamilton's shot, with the puck hitting Niederreiter's stick on the way in.

Acciari's breakaway goal off of Huberdeau's lead pass just 85 seconds later gave Florida a 4-1 lead.

Wallmark's power-play goal with 7:01 left cut Carolina's deficit to 4-2, but its comeback fell short.

--Field Level Media

Sebastian Aho. Vincent Trocheck and Martin Necas scored goals and Alex Nedeljkovic posted a 24-save shutout as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Florida Panthers 3-0 on Thursday night in Raleigh, N.C.

Nedeljkovic has three shutouts in his 20-game NHL career, all of them coming in his past 12 appearances. Necas and Trocheck each finished with two points.

Chris Driedger stopped 19 shots for Florida.

The Panthers were shut out for the third time this season, each by a 3-0 score -- to the Dallas Stars, Chicago Blackhawks and now Carolina.

By sweeping a two-game set this week, Carolina moved in front of Florida and Tampa Bay to claim first place in the Central Division. The Panthers and Lightning each have 56 points, one point before the Hurricanes' total.

The Hurricanes are 5-0-1 this season against the Panthers.

Trocheck, who was traded from Florida to the Hurricanes in February 2020, has one goal in each of the team's six games this season against the Panthers.

Carolina scored once in each period.

The Hurricanes scored just seven seconds into a first-period power play, winning the faceoff before Aho delivered the shot off a pass from Trocheck at 14:31. Aho has 300 career points in 349 games.

With the puck fluttering above the net in the second period, Florida center Eetu Luostarinen reached out to glove it. However, Carolina's Nino Niederreiter appeared to bat Luostarinen's arm, and the puck scraped off Driedger's back and into the net. Trocheck was credited with the goal.

Trocheck has a 12-game points streak (seven goals, 10 assists).

The Hurricanes had only six shots on goal in the third period, but one was Necas' empty-net tally with 52 seconds remaining.

Florida was 0-for-4 on power plays while Carolina was 1-for-4.

The Hurricanes are 3-1-0 midway through a season-high, eight-game homestand.

Florida has gone consecutive games with regulation losses against the same opponent for just the second time this season, having fallen twice at Chicago in late March.

--Field Level Media

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GAMES

Last 10

W 70% L 30%

7 3

04/13/2021 @Dallas W 3 - 2
04/10/2021 @Dallas L 1 - 4
04/08/2021 @Carolina L 0 - 3
04/06/2021 @Carolina L 2 - 5
04/04/2021 Columbus W 0 - 3
04/03/2021 Columbus W 2 - 5
04/01/2021 Detroit W 2 - 3
03/30/2021 Detroit W 1 - 4
03/28/2021 @Dallas W 4 - 1
03/27/2021 @Dallas W 4 - 3

W 60% L 40%

6 4

04/12/2021 Detroit L 3 - 1
04/10/2021 Detroit L 5 - 4
04/08/2021 Florida W 0 - 3
04/06/2021 Florida W 2 - 5
04/04/2021 Dallas W 0 - 1
04/03/2021 Dallas L 3 - 2
04/01/2021 @Chicago W 4 - 3
03/30/2021 @Chicago L 1 - 2
03/27/2021 Tampa Bay W 3 - 4
03/25/2021 @Columbus W 4 - 3

Next Games

04-15-2021 @Tampa Bay(03-21-21) L 3 - 5
04-17-2021 @Tampa Bay(03-21-21) L 3 - 5
04-19-2021 Columbus(04-04-21) W 0 - 3
04-20-2021 Columbus(04-04-21) W 0 - 3
04-22-2021 Carolina(03-01-21) L 3 - 2

04-15-2021 Nashville(03-11-21) W 1 - 5
04-17-2021 Nashville(03-11-21) W 1 - 5
04-19-2021 @Tampa Bay(02-25-21) L 1 - 3
04-20-2021 @Tampa Bay(02-25-21) L 1 - 3
04-22-2021 @Florida(03-01-21) W 3 - 2

Last Meetings

04/08/2021 Panthers @ Hurricanes 0-3
04/06/2021 Panthers @ Hurricanes 2-5
03/07/2021 Panthers @ Hurricanes 2-4
03/01/2021 Hurricanes @ Panthers 3-2
02/27/2021 Hurricanes @ Panthers 4-3

02/17/2021 Panthers @ Hurricanes 4-3
01/23/2021 Panthers @ Hurricanes 0-0
01/21/2021 Panthers @ Hurricanes 0-0
12/21/2019 Panthers @ Hurricanes 4-2
11/23/2019 Panthers @ Hurricanes 2-4

Eastern Conference

Atlantic	W	L	OT	PTS	HOME	AWAY	GF	GA	ST	L10
Toronto Maple Leafs	28	11	4	60	14-0-6	14-0-5	143	112	L2	7-0-1
Tampa Bay Lightning	28	12	1	57	15-0-4	13-0-8	143	108	L1	4-0-6
Florida Panthers	27	12	2	56	14-0-4	13-0-8	136	117	L3	7-0-3
Boston Bruins	22	12	4	48	11-0-6	11-0-6	112	106	L2	5-0-4
Montreal Canadiens	18	13	6	42	9-0-9	9-0-4	123	114	L1	5-0-5
Detroit Red Wings	15	23	5	35	9-0-9	6-0-14	99	140	L2	5-0-3
Ottawa Senators	14	26	3	31	9-0-10	5-0-16	118	164	L1	3-0-6
Buffalo Sabres	10	25	4	24	4-0-13	6-0-12	100	147	L1	4-0-3

Western Conference

Central	W	L	OT	PTS	HOME	AWAY	GF	GA	ST	L10
Colorado Avalanche	30	9	3	63	18-0-4	12-0-5	154	101	L1	9-0-1
Winnipeg Jets	26	14	1	53	11-0-6	15-0-8	139	115	L1	6-0-3
Minnesota Wild	25	13	2	52	15-0-4	10-0-9	124	111	L2	5-0-3
Nashville Predators	24	19	1	49	13-0-9	11-0-10	119	123	L1	8-0-2
Chicago Blackhawks	20	18	3	43	11-0-8	9-0-10	122	135	L1	5-0-5
St. Louis Blues	19	17	4	42	7-0-10	12-0-7	122	132	L1	3-0-6
Dallas Stars	15	14	6	36	8-0-6	7-0-8	113	107	L2	4-0-3

Eastern Conference

Metropolitan	W	L	OT	PTS	HOME	AWAY	GF	GA	ST	L10
Washington Capitals	28	11	2	58	14-0-5	14-0-6	152	127	L2	6-0-4
Carolina Hurricanes	27	10	2	56	14-0-3	13-0-7	133	102	L2	6-0-3
New York Islanders	27	11	3	57	18-0-2	9-0-9	125	98	L1	7-0-3
Pittsburgh Penguins	27	13	2	56	16-0-3	11-0-10	146	118	L2	8-0-2
New York Rangers	20	16	4	44	9-0-7	11-0-9	136	112	L1	5-0-3
Philadelphia Flyers	19	17	2	40	9-0-9	10-0-8	123	154	L2	4-0-4
Columbus Blue Jackets	15	20	6	36	8-0-8	7-0-12	112	145	L3	2-0-7
New Jersey Devils	14	21	2	30	4-0-16	10-0-5	103	135	L3	2-0-6

Western Conference

Pacific	W	L	OT	PTS	HOME	AWAY	GF	GA	ST	L10
Vegas Golden Knights	29	11	0	58	16-0-4	13-0-7	138	96	L1	6-0-3
Edmonton Oilers	25	15	2	52	13-0-8	12-0-7	134	120	L1	6-0-2
Arizona Coyotes	19	20	3	41	10-0-8	9-0-12	118	139	L5	4-0-6
Calgary Flames	19	21	2	40	10-0-9	9-0-12	115	127	L4	4-0-6
San Jose Sharks	18	20	2	38	8-0-10	10-0-10	114	141	L3	5-0-5
Vancouver Canucks	16	18	2	34	9-0-9	7-0-9	100	120	L3	6-0-3
Los Angeles Kings	16	20	5	37	7-0-9	9-0-11	114	127	L2	3-0-7
Anaheim Ducks	14	23	5	33	5-0-14	9-0-9	101	138	L2	5-0-4

Last Injuries

Carolina Hurricanes

April 15th 2021
Brock McGinn

Upper Body

Late April | out

McGinn is sidelined due to an upper-body injury, and he is unlikely to return until the end of April.
April 15th 2021
Petr Mrazek

Thumb

Mid April | out

Mrazek is sidelined after having right thumb surgery, and he is not expected to return until the middle of April.