Jaccob Slavin's go-ahead goal in the third helps lift Hurricanes 3-1 over Panthers

— Jaccob Slavin scored the go-ahead goal to lift the Carolina Hurricanes over the Florida Panthers 3-1 on Thursday night.
Jan 3, 2026, 03:00 am - AP
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1st PeriodCARFLA
0:35Brent Burns (4)
Assists: Jaccob Slavin (10), Seth Jarvis (17)
10
2nd PeriodCARFLA
2:17Anton Lundell (9)
Assists: Jesper Boqvist (7), Evan Rodrigues (10)
11
3rd PeriodCARFLA
12:30Jaccob Slavin (2)
Assists: Jesperi Kotkaniemi (12), Sean Walker (7)
21
19:32Martin Necas (15) (Empty Net)
Assists: Andrei Svechnikov (15), Jordan Staal (11)
31

Shot Chart

NHL Shot Chart
  • Giveaway by Uvis Balinskis
  • Giveaway by Nate Schmidt
  • A.J. Greer Backhand saved by Pyotr Kochetkov
  • Mackie Samoskevich hit Juha Jaaska
  • Giveaway by Aaron Ekblad
  • Aleksander Barkov hit Jordan Martinook
  • Adam Boqvist Hooking against Jesperi Kotkaniemi
  • Aaron Ekblad hit Seth Jarvis
  • Anton Lundell faceoff won against Jack Roslovic
  • Sean Walker shot blocked by Dmitry Kulikov
  • Giveaway by Nate Schmidt
  • Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Martin Necas
  • Aleksander Barkov hit Andrei Svechnikov
  • Brent Burns shot blocked by Eetu Luostarinen
  • Sam Bennett hit Jordan Martinook
  • Anton Lundell faceoff won against Sebastian Aho
  • A.J. Greer hit Juha Jaaska
  • Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Juha Jaaska
  • Matthew Tkachuk Backhand Wide Right
  • Matthew Tkachuk Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Gustav Forsling Wrist Shot saved by Pyotr Kochetkov
  • Dmitry Kulikov hit Jordan Staal
  • Brent Burns shot blocked by Aaron Ekblad
  • Giveaway by Sam Reinhart
  • Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot saved by Pyotr Kochetkov
  • A.J. Greer hit Juha Jaaska
  • Jalen Chatfield shot blocked by Uvis Balinskis
  • Jalen Chatfield shot blocked by Uvis Balinskis
  • Matthew Tkachuk Wrist Shot saved by Pyotr Kochetkov
  • Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Jesperi Kotkaniemi
  • Sam Reinhart Tip-In saved by Pyotr Kochetkov
  • Sam Reinhart Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Carter Verhaeghe Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  • Jesper Boqvist Backhand saved by Pyotr Kochetkov
  • Sam Bennett faceoff won against Sebastian Aho
  • Giveaway by Matthew Tkachuk
  • Eetu Luostarinen hit Brent Burns
  • Giveaway by Uvis Balinskis
  • Jaccob Slavin shot blocked by Eetu Luostarinen
  • Brent Burns shot blocked by Uvis Balinskis
  • Sam Reinhart Tip-In Wide Right
  • Anton Lundell Goal (9) Backhand, assists: Jesper Boqvist (7), Evan Rodrigues (10)
  • Dmitry Kulikov hit Jackson Blake
  • Dmitry Kulikov hit Jaccob Slavin
  • A.J. Greer hit Juha Jaaska
  • Matthew Tkachuk hit Jalen Chatfield
  • Aaron Ekblad hit Andrei Svechnikov
  • Eetu Luostarinen Tip-In Wide Right
  • Eetu Luostarinen hit Andrei Svechnikov
  • Giveaway by Aaron Ekblad
  • Aleksander Barkov Deflected Wide Left
  • Aleksander Barkov hit Jaccob Slavin
  • Nate Schmidt Slashing against Dmitry Orlov
  • Giveaway by Sam Reinhart
  • Anton Lundell faceoff won against Sebastian Aho
  • Eetu Luostarinen Snap Shot saved by Pyotr Kochetkov
  • Tomas Nosek faceoff won against Jack Roslovic
  • Jesperi Kotkaniemi shot blocked by Dmitry Kulikov
  • Sam Bennett faceoff won against Jordan Staal
  • Giveaway by Adam Boqvist
  • Sam Bennett hit Jordan Staal
  • Matthew Tkachuk shot blocked by Sam Bennett
  • Aleksander Barkov Backhand saved by Pyotr Kochetkov
  • Sam Reinhart faceoff won against Sebastian Aho
  • Evan Rodrigues Tip-In saved by Pyotr Kochetkov
  • Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Seth Jarvis
  • Gustav Forsling Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Gustav Forsling Slap Shot saved by Pyotr Kochetkov
  • Anton Lundell faceoff won against Jordan Staal
  • Uvis Balinskis Snap Shot Wide Left
  • Anton Lundell faceoff won against Martin Necas
  • Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
  • Giveaway by Anton Lundell
  • Jalen Chatfield shot blocked by Nate Schmidt
  • Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Seth Jarvis
  • Gustav Forsling hit Seth Jarvis
  • Sam Bennett faceoff won against Jesperi Kotkaniemi
  • Giveaway by Sam Bennett
  • Anton Lundell faceoff won against Jordan Staal
  • Tomas Nosek faceoff won against Jordan Staal
  • A.J. Greer Backhand saved by Pyotr Kochetkov
  • A.J. Greer hit Jaccob Slavin
  • Anton Lundell faceoff won against Jordan Staal
  • Aaron Ekblad hit Dmitry Orlov
  • Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Seth Jarvis
  • Dmitry Kulikov Wrist Shot saved by Pyotr Kochetkov
  • Sam Bennett faceoff won against Jesperi Kotkaniemi
  • Sean Walker shot blocked by Nate Schmidt
  • Eetu Luostarinen hit Sean Walker
  • Jordan Martinook shot blocked by Eetu Luostarinen
  • Eetu Luostarinen Snap Shot saved by Pyotr Kochetkov
  • Anton Lundell Snap Shot saved by Pyotr Kochetkov
  • Jaccob Slavin shot blocked by Jesper Boqvist
  • Sam Reinhart faceoff won against Seth Jarvis
  • Sam Reinhart hit Jaccob Slavin
  • Giveaway by Aleksander Barkov
  • Sebastian Aho shot blocked by Aaron Ekblad
  • Takeaway by Aaron Ekblad
  • Seth Jarvis shot blocked by Evan Rodrigues
  • Carter Verhaeghe Illegal check to head against Martin Necas
  • Sam Reinhart faceoff won against Jesperi Kotkaniemi
  • Sam Reinhart Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Matthew Tkachuk Snap Shot saved by Pyotr Kochetkov
  • Mackie Samoskevich Snap Shot saved by Pyotr Kochetkov
  • Matthew Tkachuk Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Gustav Forsling hit Seth Jarvis
  • Anton Lundell faceoff won against Jackson Blake
  • Anton Lundell hit Jackson Blake
  • Anton Lundell hit Jaccob Slavin
  • Carter Verhaeghe Snap Shot saved by Pyotr Kochetkov
  • Sam Bennett Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Eetu Luostarinen Snap Shot Wide Right
  • A.J. Greer hit Sean Walker
  • Uvis Balinskis hit Seth Jarvis
  • Sam Bennett faceoff won against Jesperi Kotkaniemi
  • Anton Lundell faceoff won against Jordan Staal
  • Sam Bennett faceoff won against Jordan Staal
  • Giveaway by Sam Bennett
  • Giveaway by Evan Rodrigues
  • A.J. Greer Backhand Wide Left
  • Adam Boqvist Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Mackie Samoskevich Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Aaron Ekblad Snap Shot saved by Pyotr Kochetkov
  • Takeaway by Gustav Forsling
  • Gustav Forsling Slap Shot saved by Pyotr Kochetkov
  • Sam Bennett faceoff won against Jesperi Kotkaniemi
  • Matthew Tkachuk Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Sam Bennett faceoff won against Jesperi Kotkaniemi
  • Eetu Luostarinen Slap Shot High and Wide Left
  • Sam Bennett faceoff won against Jesperi Kotkaniemi
  • Sam Bennett Tip-In Wide Right
  • Evan Rodrigues Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Sam Bennett Snap Shot saved by Pyotr Kochetkov
  • Gustav Forsling Slap Shot saved by Pyotr Kochetkov
  • Evan Rodrigues Wrist Shot saved by Pyotr Kochetkov
  • Dmitry Orlov shot blocked by Aaron Ekblad
  • A.J. Greer hit Dmitry Orlov
  • Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Jordan Staal
  • Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot saved by Pyotr Kochetkov
  • Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Sebastian Aho
  • Aleksander Barkov Backhand saved by Pyotr Kochetkov
  • Aleksander Barkov Tip-In saved by Pyotr Kochetkov
  • Giveaway by A.J. Greer
  • Seth Jarvis Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Takeaway by Jack Roslovic
  • Seth Jarvis Tip-In Wide Left
  • Brent Burns Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Jaccob Slavin (10), Seth Jarvis (17)
  • Jalen Chatfield Slap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Jordan Staal faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  • Jalen Chatfield Slap Shot Wide Left
  • Jalen Chatfield hit Eetu Luostarinen
  • Martin Necas Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Jordan Staal hit Matthew Tkachuk
  • Adam Boqvist shot blocked by Jordan Martinook
  • High Stick
  • Jackson Blake faceoff won against Tomas Nosek
  • Jalen Chatfield Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Eric Robinson Tip-In saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Off-side
  • Jordan Staal faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  • Brent Burns Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Puck Frozen - Goalie
  • Sebastian Aho faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  • Sean Walker hit Carter Verhaeghe
  • Sebastian Aho hit Dmitry Kulikov
  • William Carrier Tip-In saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Jesperi Kotkaniemi Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Sebastian Aho faceoff won against Sam Reinhart
  • Andrei Svechnikov Slap Shot Wide Right
  • Puck in Crowd
  • Giveaway by Jackson Blake
  • Giveaway by Jackson Blake
  • Brent Burns Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Brent Burns Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Puck in Crowd
  • Jordan Staal faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
  • Martin Necas hit Sam Reinhart
  • William Carrier Backhand saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Jaccob Slavin Slap Shot Wide Right
  • William Carrier Backhand saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Brent Burns hit Eetu Luostarinen
  • Icing
  • Sean Walker hit Carter Verhaeghe
  • Sebastian Aho hit Nate Schmidt
  • Jack Roslovic Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Sebastian Aho hit Anton Lundell
  • Icing
  • Jalen Chatfield hit Aleksander Barkov
  • Martin Necas Interference against Evan Rodrigues
  • TV Timeout
  • Jordan Staal faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Seth Jarvis faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Martin Necas faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  • Sam Bennett shot blocked by Jaccob Slavin
  • William Carrier hit Aaron Ekblad
  • Sebastian Aho Tip-In saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Off-side
  • Juha Jaaska faceoff won against A.J. Greer
  • Dmitry Orlov Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Juha Jaaska faceoff won against Tomas Nosek
  • Juha Jaaska hit Mackie Samoskevich
  • Jaccob Slavin Slap Shot Wide Left
  • Jordan Staal hit Eetu Luostarinen
  • Jordan Martinook hit Evan Rodrigues
  • Nate Schmidt shot blocked by Jordan Martinook
  • High Stick
  • Giveaway by Jesperi Kotkaniemi
  • Uvis Balinskis shot blocked by Jordan Martinook
  • Off-side
  • Brent Burns Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Martin Necas Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • William Carrier hit Sam Reinhart
  • Puck Frozen - Goalie
  • Sebastian Aho faceoff won against Sam Reinhart
  • Sebastian Aho Slap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Sebastian Aho shot blocked by Jack Roslovic
  • Giveaway by Jack Roslovic
  • Icing
  • Jesperi Kotkaniemi faceoff won against Tomas Nosek
  • Jackson Blake Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Brent Burns Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Giveaway by Eric Robinson
  • Puck in Netting
  • Jordan Staal faceoff won against Eetu Luostarinen
  • Martin Necas hit Eetu Luostarinen
  • Giveaway by Andrei Svechnikov
  • William Carrier hit Evan Rodrigues
  • Adam Boqvist shot blocked by Jesperi Kotkaniemi
  • Takeaway by William Carrier
  • Jordan Martinook hit Sam Reinhart
  • Jordan Martinook Slap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Icing
  • Sebastian Aho faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  • Dmitry Orlov Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • TV Timeout
  • Sebastian Aho faceoff won against Sam Reinhart
  • Martin Necas Slap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Puck in Netting
  • Sebastian Aho faceoff won against Sam Reinhart
  • Martin Necas Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Puck in Netting
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Jack Roslovic Wrist Shot Hit Left Post
  • Sean Walker Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Dmitry Orlov Slap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Jordan Martinook hit Carter Verhaeghe
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Icing
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Andrei Svechnikov Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Jackson Blake faceoff won against Tomas Nosek
  • Juha Jaaska hit Tomas Nosek
  • Puck in Crowd
  • Brent Burns Slap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Off-side
  • William Carrier hit Matthew Tkachuk
  • Dmitry Orlov Slap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Jordan Martinook Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Icing
  • Gustav Forsling shot blocked by Jaccob Slavin
  • Puck in Benches
  • Icing
  • Jesperi Kotkaniemi faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  • Hand Pass
  • Jordan Staal hit Carter Verhaeghe
  • Icing
  • Anton Lundell shot blocked by Jalen Chatfield
  • Sean Walker Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Sean Walker hit Dmitry Kulikov
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Juha Jaaska faceoff won against Tomas Nosek
  • Juha Jaaska hit A.J. Greer
  • Puck in Crowd
  • Puck in Netting
  • Jesperi Kotkaniemi faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  • William Carrier hit Eetu Luostarinen
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Jordan Staal faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  • Jordan Staal Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Jordan Staal Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Brent Burns Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Sean Walker hit Anton Lundell
  • Ty Smith Interference against Aaron Ekblad
  • Jordan Staal faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
  • Aaron Ekblad shot blocked by Jordan Martinook
  • Jesperi Kotkaniemi Slap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Jesperi Kotkaniemi Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Seth Jarvis faceoff won against Sam Reinhart
  • On-Ice Official
  • Jordan Staal hit Carter Verhaeghe
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Jesperi Kotkaniemi faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  • Giveaway by Dmitry Orlov
  • Giveaway by Dmitry Orlov
  • Sean Walker hit Eetu Luostarinen
  • Takeaway by Sean Walker
  • Eric Robinson Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Seth Jarvis Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Off-side
  • Off-side
  • Andrei Svechnikov hit Dmitry Kulikov
  • Icing
  • Matthew Tkachuk shot blocked by Jordan Staal
  • On-Ice Official
  • TV Timeout
  • Eric Robinson faceoff won against Tomas Nosek
  • Giveaway by Jackson Blake
  • Eric Robinson hit Adam Boqvist
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Jordan Staal faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Jordan Staal faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  • Jordan Staal hit Anton Lundell
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Icing
  • Jesperi Kotkaniemi Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Sean Walker Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Jaccob Slavin Goal (2) Slap Shot, assists: Jesperi Kotkaniemi (12), Sean Walker (7)
  • Giveaway by Jack Roslovic
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Jordan Staal faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  • Puck Frozen - Goalie
  • Jordan Staal faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  • William Carrier hit Evan Rodrigues
  • Sebastian Aho Backhand Above Crossbar
  • Icing
  • Jordan Staal faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  • Jordan Staal hit A.J. Greer
  • Puck in Crowd
  • Timeout - Visitor
  • Matthew Tkachuk shot blocked by Jordan Staal
  • Carter Verhaeghe shot blocked by Brent Burns
  • Anton Lundell shot blocked by Jalen Chatfield
  • Giveaway by Andrei Svechnikov
  • Matthew Tkachuk shot blocked by Seth Jarvis
  • Giveaway by Andrei Svechnikov
  • Icing
  • Timeout - Home
  • Sebastian Aho hit Sam Reinhart
  • Anton Lundell shot blocked by Dmitry Orlov
  • Sam Reinhart shot blocked by Dmitry Orlov
  • Matthew Tkachuk shot blocked by Andrei Svechnikov
  • Martin Necas Goal (15) Tip-In, assists: Andrei Svechnikov (15), Jordan Staal (11)
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