nhl Game Recap
Panthers Down Carolina 6-0 - Match Report
Florida's defense, led by netminder Spencer Knight, shut down Carolina 6-0 at Amerant Bank Arena on on Saturday.
Florida was an underdog by +106 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.5.
Florida got goals from Aleksander Barkov, Adam Boqvist, Sam Bennett, Aaron Ekblad, Mackie Samoskevich, and Evan Rodrigues in the victory. Ekblad opened the scoring at 6:42 of the second period.
Spencer Knight turned in a 20-save effort for the Panthers.
Carolina got a 23-stop effort from Spencer Martin in the loss.
On the power play, Florida went 3-for-6, while the Hurricanes were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
Carolina lost the shots on goal battle to Florida by a margin of 35-20.
Next game, Florida takes its act on the road to face Pittsburgh looking for another win. For Carolina, they head home to face Seattle.