NHL Playoff Preview: Carolina Hurricanes at Florida Panthers with Line Combinations 5/26/2025

NHL Playoff Preview: Carolina Hurricanes at Florida Panthers with Line Combinations 5/26/2025

Carolina Hurricanes (8-4-1) at Florida Panthers (11-4-0)

Venue: Amerant Bank Arena
Date: Monday, May 26
Time: 8:00 pm EST
TV: TNT/truTV/MAX/CBC/Sportsnet/TVAS
Radio:
Carolina – 99.9 The Fan
Florida – 560 AM WQAM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Carolina +1.5 ML +150
Florida-1.5 ML -180
O/U 5.5

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Carolina Hurricanes News & Notes:

The Hurricanes are on the verge of being eliminated for the second consecutive season to the Panthers. They are averaging 2.7 goals per game in the playoffs while allowing 2.6 goals per game. Pyotr Kochetkov got the start on Saturday stopping 22 of the 28 shots he faced. He is posting a 3.60 goals-against average, and a .855 save percentage. Frederik Andersen is posting a 2.01 goals-against average with a .907 save percentage, and a shutout.

Florida Panthers News & Notes:

The Panthers can advance to the Stanley Cup Finals for the third straight season with a win. They are averaging 4.1 goals per game while allowing 2.1 goals per game. Sergei Bobrovsky is posting a 2.12 goals-against average, a .911 save percentage, and three shutouts. He stopped 23 of the 25 shots he faced in Saturday’s win.

Carolina Hurricanes Projected Lines

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

Slavin-Burns
Orlov-Nikishin
Gostisbehere-Morrow

Kochetkov
Andersen

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Florida Panthers Projected Lines

Rodrigues-Barkov-J.Boqvist
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

Seth Jarvis had 67 points this season on 32 goals and 35 assists. He had nine points since Carolina acquired him, with three goals and six assists. He has 13 points in the playoffs on five goals and eight assists. This season in three regular-season games against Florida, he had a goal and an assist.

Florida Panthers

Brad Marchand this season had 51 points on 23 goals and 28 assists. He had four points in ten games with the Panthers in the regular season on two goals and two assists. He has 13 points in the playoffs on four goals and nine assists. In his lone game against Carolina in the regular season he scored a goal.

Injury Report:

Carolina Hurricanes

F Jesper Fast – IR
D Sean Walker – DTD

Florida Panthers

Sam Reinhart – DTD

Next Game

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