What - Game 2 (0-1)
When - 8 p.m., Thursday, May 22
Where - Lenovo Center; Raleigh, NC
How to Watch - TNT, truTV, MAX, CBC, Sportsnet, TVAS

The Carolina Hurricanes will look to even up their series against the Florida Panthers after dropping Game 1, 5-2 Tuesday night.

The Canes dropped the ball on nearly everything they had going for themselves this postseason in Game 1: allowed two power play goals against, gave up five goals, took retaliatory penalties.

They just weren't the same team we had watched for two rounds.

But the Hurricanes weren't terrible and did generate quite a few good looks, on top of scoring on the power play, so perhaps they'll be able to keep those balls rolling.

Streaks

• Seth Jarvis (2g, 5a) has points in five straight games.
• Andrei Svechnikov (3g, 1a) has points in four straight games.

Milestone Watch

• None

Game Notes

• This is the second postseason meeting between the two franchises, having also played in the 2023 Eastern Conference Final. Florida won that series 4-0.
• There's a lot of familiar faces on both sides as Florida has former Canes Gustav Forsling, Eetu Luostarinen, Paul Maurice and Tuomo Ruutu. Carolina has former Panthers Riley Stillman and Florida-born Shayne Gostisbehere.
• The Hurricanes have appeared in the conference final four times since winning the Cup in 2006 (2009, 2019, 2023, 2025). They are 0-13 in those appearances.

• Carolina has won a league-leading 36 games at home this season and were undefeated at Lenovo Center this postseason before losing Game 1.
• Taylor Hall (5g, 8pts, 8gp) is a point-per-game player against the Panthers in the postseason.

Key Matchups

Projected Starting Goalies

• Frederik Andersen: 7-3; 0.919 Sv%; 1.74 GAA
• Sergei Bobrovsky: 9-4; 0.905 Sv%; 2.29 GAA

Leading Scorers

• Goals - Andrei Svechnikov (8) / Sam Bennett (7)
• Points - Seth Jarvis (12) / Eetu Luostarinen (13)

Power Play

• Carolina - 27.8% (10/36)
• Florida - 23.8% (10/42)

Penalty Kill

• Carolina - 87.9% (29/33)
• Florida - 88.1% (37/42)

Hurricanes Projected Lineup

Andrei Svechnikov - Sebastian Aho - Seth Jarvis
Taylor Hall - Jack Roslovic - Logan Stankoven
Jordan Martinook - Jordan Staal - William Carrier
Eric Robinson - Mark Jankowski - Jackson Blake

Jaccob Slavin - Brent Burn
Dmitry Orlov - Sean Walker
Shayne Gostisbehere - Scott Morrow

Frederik Andersen
Pyotr Kochetkov

Injuries and Scratches: Tyson Jost, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Juha Jaaska, Alexander Nikishin, Riley Stillman, Ty Smith, Spencer Martin, Jalen Chatfield (undisclosed), Jesper Fast (neck)

Panthers Projected Lineup

Evan Rodrigues - Aleksander Barkov - Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe - Sam Bennett - Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen - Anton Lundell - Brad Marchand
A.J. Greer - Tomas Nosek - Jonah Gadjovich

Gustav Forsling - Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola - Seth Jones
Nate Schmidt - Dmitry Kulikov

Sergei Bobrovsky
Vitek Vanecek

Injuries and Scratches: Ulvis Balinskis, Jesper Boqvist, Evan Cormier, Jaycob Megna, Mackie Samoskevich, Nico Sturm

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