Martin Necas leads both the Hurricanes and the entire NHL in scoring with 37 points (12 goals, 25 assists). Sebastian Aho ranks second on the team with 25 points (seven goals, 18 assist), while Shayne Gostisbehere resides in third with 19 points (five goals, 14 assists).

Sam Reinhart scored his NHL-leading 18th goal and Jesper Boqvist, Carter Verhaeghe, Anton Lundell and Sam Bennett also scored for the Panthers.

There will be no shortage of playoff-like hockey. In the first of a home-and-home, the Atlantic Division’s second place Florida Panthers (13-9-1) will face-off against the Metropolitan Division and Eastern Conference leading Carolina Hurricanes (16-5-1) on Friday at 3:00 p.

Panthers goaltender Spencer Knight stopped all 20 shots he faced as Florida demolished the Carolina Hurricanes 6-0 in Sunrise, Fla., to complete the home-and-home sweep.

The Carolina Hurricanes had perhaps their worst two games of the season Friday and Saturday losing back-to-back games to the Florida Panthers. The Canes were outscored 12-3 over 120 minutes of hockey and between weak goaltending,

Bennett gets goal in 3rd straight, Knight stops 20 for Florida SUNRISE -- The Florida Panthers scored four goals in the third period to pull away from the Carolina Hurricanes for the second straight day,

The Florida Panthers appear to be back on track after a rough stretch earlier this month. Florida picked up a resounding 6-0 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday in Sunrise for their third straight win.

The Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes are set to battle for the second time in as many days. On Friday afternoon in Raleigh, the Panthers defeated Carolina 6-3 thanks to a well-balanced scoring attack and strong play in goal from Sergei Bobrovsky.