SUNRISE, Fla. – Despite a stellar showing from Sergei Bobrovsky, the Florida Panthers suffered a 3-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes at Amerant Bank Arena on Thursday. Finishing with 37 saves, Bobrovsky made seven high-danger stops. With the loss, Florida now sits at 23-14-2.

Bobrovsky stopped 37 of 39 shots in Thursday's 3-1 loss to the Hurricanes, with Carolina's final goal getting scored into an empty net. Neither goal could be blamed on the veteran netminder -- the first deflected in off Aleksander Barkov,

Sergei Bobrovsky had about as good a game as ... Thursday should have been a win for Bobrovsky and the Panthers, only the Carolina Hurricanes got a couple of weird goals — not to mention one ...

Jaccob Slavin scored the go-ahead goal to lift the Carolina Hurricanes over the Florida Panthers 3-1 on Thursday night.

The Carolina Hurricanes have yet to lose a game in 2025 after taking down the Florida Panthers 3-1 in Sunrise. Defenseman Jaccob Slavin scored the game-winner while Florida’s Matthew Tkachuk

After scoring early, the Hurricanes leaned on their goaltender and made life difficult for Florida’s forwards, limited offensive zone time and taking away time and space on both ends of the ice. The result was a frustrating night for Florida, coming up short and losing a tight game with a playoff feel 3-1 on home ice.

Early on Thursday, it looked as if the Florida Panthers celebrated the New Year just a little too hard as they allowed the Carolina Hurricanes to do whatever they liked.

New year, same mindset. Taking the ice at Amerant Bank Arena for the first time in 2025, the Florida Panthers (23-13-2) will try to complete the season sweep against the Carolina Hurricanes (22-13-2) on Thursday at 7 p.

The Florida Panthers fought valiantly but couldn’t overcome Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov and lost 3-1 on Thursday night at Amerant Bank Arena. A quick shot by Brent Burns from the half boards deflected off Sasha Barkov before beating Sergei Bobrovsky on the game’s opening shift,

A little more than midway through the third period, with the game tied, Hurricanes center Jesperi Kotkaniemi crashed into Bobrovsky after receiving a pass in the slot. Matthew Tkachuk came in from behind and pinned Kotkaniemi to the ice, which trapped Bobrovsky in the crease. But no whistle blew. Play continued on.

Carolina Hurricanes center Jesperi Kotkaniemi (82) slides into Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky (72) during the third period of a game on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, at Amerant Bank Arena ...

At 24-15-2, the Panthers are in second place in the Atlantic Division, four points behind the Toronto Maple Leafs (26-13-2) and five points ahead of the Boston Bruins (20-17-5).