NHL Playoff Preview: Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes with Line Combinations 5/28/2025

NHL Playoff Preview: Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes with Line Combinations 5/28/2025

Florida Panthers (11-5-0) at Carolina Hurricanes (9-4-1)

Venue: Lenovo Center
Date: Wednesday, May 28
Time: 8:00 pm EST
TV: TNT/truTV/MAX/CBC/Sportsnet/TVAS
Radio:
Florida – 560 AM WQAM
Carolina – 99.9 The Fan

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Florida-1.5 ML -115
Carolina +1.5 ML -105
O/U 5.5

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Florida Panthers News & Notes:

The Panthers dropped game four but can advance to the Stanley Cup Finals for the third straight season with a win, but can do so tonight on the road. They are averaging 3.8 goals per game while allowing 2.3 goals per game. Sergei Bobrovsky is posting a 2.05 goals-against average, a .914 save percentage, and three shutouts. He stopped 25 of the 26 shots he faced in Monday’s loss.

Carolina Hurricanes News & Notes:

The Hurricanes kept their season alive with a 3-0 win over Florida on Monday night and snapped a 13-game Conference Finals losing streak. Carolina has a long way to go to be back in the series. They are averaging 2.9 goals per game in the playoffs while allowing 2.4 goals per game. Frederik Andersen got the start on Monday stopping all 20 shots he faced. He is posting a 2.01 goals-against average with a .914 save percentage, and two shutouts. Pyotr Kochetkov is posting a 3.60 goals-against average, and a .855 save percentage.

Florida Panthers Projected Lines

Rodrigues-Barkov-J.Boqvist
Verhaeghe-Bennett-Tkachuk
Luostarinen-Lundell-Marchand
Sturm-Nosek-Gadjovich

Forsling-Ekblad
Kulikov-Jones
Schmidt-Kulikov

Bobrovsky
Vanecek

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Carolina Hurricanes Projected Lines

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

Slavin-Burns
Orlov-Nikishin
Gostisbehere-Morrow

Andersen
Kochetkov

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Players To Watch:

Florida Panthers

Aleksander Barkov this season had 71 points on 20 goals and 51 assists. In the playoffs he has 15 points on six goals and nine assists. In the three games against Carolina in the regular season he had a goal and two assists.

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 eight points on five goals and two assists. This season in two regular-season games against Florida he had an assist.

Injury Report:

Florida Panthers

Sam Reinhart – DTD
F A.J. Greer – DTD
D Niko Mikkola – DTD

Carolina Hurricanes

F Jesper Fast – IR
D Jalen Chatfield – DTD
D Sean Walker – DTD

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