Panthers 5–2 Hurricanes — Conference Finals Game 1 — Final Score & Stats (May 20, 2025)

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	F
🐆 FLA	2	1	2	5
🌪️ CAR	1	0	1	2

🏒 Conference Finals — Best of 7

FLA vs CAR · FLA leads 4–1 Full series →

Game 1

5–2

Final · FLA

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐆 FLA

Carter Verhaeghe

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 12:39 TOI

2nd star 🐆 FLA

Evan Rodrigues

2 A

1 shots · 16:39 TOI

3rd star 🐆 FLA

Sergei Bobrovsky

31 saves

0.939 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

🐆 Carter Verhaeghe PP Go-ahead 1st · 08:30

Assists: Aleksander Barkov, Matthew Tkachuk · beat Frederik Andersen

1–0

🐆 Aaron Ekblad 1st · 12:29

Assists: Evan Rodrigues · beat Frederik Andersen

2–0

🌪️ Sebastian Aho 1st · 19:44

Assists: Seth Jarvis, Andrei Svechnikov · beat Sergei Bobrovsky

2–1

2nd period

🐆 A.J. Greer 2nd · 03:33

Assists: Niko Mikkola, Tomas Nosek · beat Frederik Andersen

3–1

3rd period

🐆 Sam Bennett PP 3rd · 06:08

Assists: Evan Rodrigues, Carter Verhaeghe · beat Frederik Andersen

4–1

🐆 Eetu Luostarinen 3rd · 14:55

Assists: Tomas Nosek, Gustav Forsling · beat Frederik Andersen

5–1

🌪️ Jackson Blake PP 3rd · 16:19

Assists: Seth Jarvis, Shayne Gostisbehere · beat Sergei Bobrovsky

5–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐆Panthers

L1 Reinhart · Barkov · Lundell 18:17

L2 Tkachuk · Luostarinen · Rodrigues 16:39

L3 Marchand · Bennett · Verhaeghe 13:01

L4 Nosek · Greer · Gadjovich 10:00

D1 Jones · Ekblad 23:57

D2 Forsling · Mikkola 19:50

D3 Kulikov · Schmidt 15:26

🌪️Hurricanes

L1 Aho · Staal · Svechnikov 19:11

L2 Martinook · Jarvis · Blake 17:12

L3 Carrier · Hall · Stankoven 13:44

L4 Robinson · Roslovic · Kotkaniemi 11:52

D1 Walker · Slavin 21:56

D2 Burns · Gostisbehere 20:01

D3 Orlov · Morrow 14:50

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐆FLA CAR🌪️

20 Shots on goal 33

2/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4

47 Hits 50

21 Blocked shots 17

2 Takeaways 8

13 Giveaways 13

22 Penalty minutes 8

FLA shooting 25.0% (5/20) CAR shooting 6.1% (2/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐆Panthers

Sergei Bobrovsky

31/33

.939 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🌪️Hurricanes

Frederik Andersen

15/20

.750 SV% · 5 GA · 57:27 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

7 of 7 goals located

FLA CAR

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🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–1

Panthers

Panthers — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 20-3 (87% win rate, 23 games)

Hurricanes

Hurricanes — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 7-13-4 (29% win rate, 24 games)

After 2nd — 3–1

Panthers

Panthers — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 12-1 (92% win rate, 13 games)

Hurricanes

Hurricanes — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-14-1 (12% win rate, 17 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →

Jan 22025 🌪️CAR @ 🐆FLA 3–1 Nov 302024 🌪️CAR @ 🐆FLA 0–6 Nov 292024 🐆FLA @ 🌪️CAR 6–3 Mar 142024 🐆FLA @ 🌪️CAR 0–4 Feb 222024 🐆FLA @ 🌪️CAR 0–1

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❓ FLA vs CAR, answered

Who won Panthers vs Hurricanes on May 20, 2025?

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

Who scored for Panthers?

A.J. Greer, Aaron Ekblad, Carter Verhaeghe, Eetu Luostarinen, Sam Bennett.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Jackson Blake, Sebastian Aho.

How did the Panthers goalie play?

Sergei Bobrovsky made 31 saves on 33 shots (.939 save percentage).

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Frederik Andersen made 15 saves on 20 shots (.750 save percentage).

Where is Panthers vs Hurricanes played?

At PNC Arena in Raleigh, the Hurricanes home rink.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🐆 Panthers

BeforeMay 18 🐆FLA @ 🍁TOR 6–1 AfterMay 22 🐆FLA @ 🌪️CAR 5–0

🌪️ Hurricanes

BeforeMay 15 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 3–1 AfterMay 22 🐆FLA @ 🌪️CAR 5–0

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