🐆 Away Panthers 23-28-8
2–5
Final
🌪️ Home Hurricanes 40-14-4
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🐆 FLA 0112
🌪️ CAR 1135

Panthers at Hurricanes

Hurricanes beat Panthers 5–2 at PNC Arena on March 3, 2006.

🗓 📍 PNC Arena, Raleigh 🏒 2005-06 🔁 Hurricanes lead the season series 5–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌪️ CAR
Cory Stillman
3 A
3 shots · 17:46 TOI
2nd star 🌪️ CAR
Erik Cole
2 G
2 shots · 19:56 TOI
3rd star 🌪️ CAR
Martin Gerber
37 saves
0.949 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🌪️ Eric Staal Go-ahead 1st · 07:27
Assists: Bret Hedican, Cory Stillman · beat Roberto Luongo
0–1
2nd period
🌪️ Erik Cole 2nd · 03:46
Assists: Bret Hedican, Cory Stillman · beat Roberto Luongo
0–2
🐆 Chris Gratton PP 2nd · 04:51
Assists: Jozef Stumpel, Mike Van Ryn · beat Martin Gerber
1–2
3rd period
🌪️ Craig Adams 3rd · 03:25
Assists: Kevyn Adams, Cory Stillman · beat Roberto Luongo
1–3
🐆 Serge Payer 3rd · 09:52
Assists: Juraj Kolnik, Mike Van Ryn · beat Martin Gerber
2–3
🌪️ Erik Cole PP 3rd · 15:15
Assists: Ray Whitney, Frantisek Kaberle · beat Roberto Luongo
2–4
🌪️ Eric Staal Empty net 3rd · 19:17
Assists: Frantisek Kaberle, Aaron Ward
2–5

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐆Panthers
L1 Stumpel · Jokinen · Kolnik 19:09
L2 Olesz · Gratton · Horton 14:37
L3 Gelinas · Sim · Nieuwendyk 13:17
L4 Payer · Campbell · Yakubov 8:11
D1 Van Ryn · Bouwmeester 22:34
D2 Hill · Kwiatkowski 18:12
D3 Krajicek · Montador 14:47
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Cole · Brind'Amour · Staal 19:56
L2 Stillman · Whitney · Williams 17:46
L3 Weight · Cullen · Adams 15:34
L4 Nordgren · Adams 9:52
D1 Kaberle · Ward 20:04
D2 Hedican · Tverdovsky 16:36
D3 Wallin · Wesley 13:08
D4 Commodore 7:40

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐆FLA CAR🌪️
39 Shots on goal 38
1/7 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7
6 Hits 16
14 Blocked shots 26
5 Takeaways 6
1 Giveaways 5
16 Penalty minutes 16
FLA shooting 5.1% (2/39) CAR shooting 13.2% (5/38)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐆Panthers
Roberto Luongo
33/37
.892 SV% · 4 GA · 59:21 TOI
🌪️Hurricanes
Martin Gerber
37/39
.949 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Panthers
Panthers — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 4-7-1 (33% win rate, 12 games)
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 8-1 (89% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
Panthers
Panthers — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-8-1 (0% win rate, 9 games)
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 8-0 (100% win rate, 8 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Hurricanes lead the season series 5–0
Jan 252006 🌪️CAR @ 🐆FLA 4–3 SO Dec 232005 🐆FLA @ 🌪️CAR 3–4 Nov 112005 🌪️CAR @ 🐆FLA 1–0 Nov 52005 🐆FLA @ 🌪️CAR 0–2 Apr 42004 🌪️CAR @ 🐆FLA 6–6 OT
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Who won Panthers vs Hurricanes on March 3, 2006?

Hurricanes won 5–2. The final score was Panthers 2, Hurricanes 5.

Who scored for Panthers?

Chris Gratton, Serge Payer.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Eric Staal (2), Erik Cole (2), Craig Adams.

How did the Panthers goalie play?

Roberto Luongo made 33 saves on 37 shots (.892 save percentage).

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Martin Gerber made 37 saves on 39 shots (.949 save percentage).

Where is Panthers vs Hurricanes played?

At PNC Arena in Raleigh, the Hurricanes home rink.

What is the Panthers vs Hurricanes season series?

Hurricanes lead the season series 5–0 after 5 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐆 Panthers
BeforeMar 2 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐆FLA 1–0 AfterMar 6 🐆FLA @ 🐦ATL 3–4
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeMar 1 🐻BOS @ 🌪️CAR 3–4 AfterMar 4 🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT 7–5
Also on March 3
🍁TOR 2–6 ⚔️BUF 🐋VAN 5–4 🪶CHI 🦈SJS 2–3 🛢️EDM 🌲MIN 2–4 🦆ANA
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