Aaron Ekblad gave the Panthers a 1-0 lead at 6:42 of the second period. After a scramble at the net, Ekblad scored on a sharp-angled wrist shot over Martin, who was still on the ice struggling to get back up on his skates.

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,

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).

The first-place team in the Metropolitan Division meets the second-place team in the Atlantic Division when the Carolina Hurricanes visit the Florida Panthers. It’ll be the second game of a back-to-back for the teams,

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

After losing 6-3 the day before, the Carolina Hurricanes got decimated by the Florida Panthers Saturday afternoon (Nov. 30) 6-0.

Pregame analysis and predictions of the Carolina Hurricanes vs. Florida Panthers NHL game to be played on November 30, 2024 on ESPN.