NHL Playoff Preview: Carolina Hurricanes at Florida Panthers with Line Combinations 5/24/2025

NHL Playoff Preview: Carolina Hurricanes at Florida Panthers with Line Combinations 5/24/2025

Carolina Hurricanes (8-3-1) at Florida Panthers (10-4-0)

Venue: Amerant Bank Arena
Date: Saturday, May 24
Time: 8:00 pm EST
TV: TNT/truTV/MAX/Sportsnet
Radio:
Carolina – 99.9 The Fan
Florida – 560 AM WQAM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Carolina +1.5 ML +124
Florida-1.5 ML -148
O/U 5.5

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Carolina Hurricanes News & Notes:

The Hurricanes look to get back into the series after losing both games at home to start the series.  They are averaging three goals per game in the playoffs while allowing 2.3 goals per game. Frederik Andersen is posting a 2.01 goals-against average with a .907 save percentage, and a shutout. He stopped 12 of the 16 shots he faced. Pyotr Kochetkov also played on Thursday stopping four of the five shots he faced.

Florida Panthers News & Notes:

The Panthers return home with a 2-0 series lead. They are averaging 3.9 goals per game while allowing 2.2 goals per game. Sergei Bobrovsky is posting a 2.13 goals-against average, a .910 save percentage, and three shutouts. He stopped all 17 shots he faced in Thursday’s win.

Carolina Hurricanes Projected Lines

Svechnikov-Aho-Jarvis
Hall-Roslovic-Stankoven
Martinook-Staal-Carrier
Robinson-Kotkaniemi-Blake

Slavin-Burns
Orlov-Walker
Gostisbehere-Morrow

Andersen
Kochetkov

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Florida Panthers Projected Lines

Rodrigues-Barkov-Reinhart
Verhaeghe-Bennett-Tkachuk
Luostarinen-Lundell-Marchand
Greer-Nosek-Gadjovich

Forsling-Ekblad
Mikkola-Jones
Schmidt-Kulikov

Bobrovsky
Vanecek

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Players To Watch:

Carolina Hurricanes

Logan Stankoven had 38 points this season on 14 goals and 24 assists. He had nine points since Carolina acquired him, with five goals and four assists. In the playoffs he has five points on three goals and two assists. This season in two regular-season games against Florida he had an assist.

Florida Panthers

Matthew Tkachuk this season had 57 points on 22 goals and 35 assists. He has 12 points in the playoffs on four goals and eight assists. In three meetings in the regular season against Carolina, he finished with three assists.

Injury Report:

Carolina Hurricanes

F Jesper Fast – IR

Florida Panthers

F Sam Reinhart – DTD

Next Game

Game 4: Monday, May 26 at Amerant Bank Arena

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