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Carolina Skates Past Florida 6-4 - Recap

Carolina got a pair of goals from Brent Burns as the Hurricanes skated to a 6-4 victory over Florida on Thursday at FLA Live Arena.

The Hurricanes were a -102 underdog in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 6.5.

Carolina got goals from Brent Burns(2), Shayne Gostisbehere, Jesper Fast, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, and Sebastian Aho in the victory. Burns opened the scoring at 8:21 of the first period.

Frederik Andersen turned in a 31-save effort for the Hurricanes.

Carter Verhaeghe, Aleksander Barkov, Ryan Lomberg, and Anthony Duclair scored for the Panthers, finding the net behind Frederik Andersen.

Florida got a 30-stop effort from Alex Lyon in the loss.

On the power play, Carolina went 0-for-4, while the Panthers were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.

Florida lost the shots on goal battle to Carolina by a margin of 36-35.