The Carolina Hurricanes continued their Florida road trip on Thursday night, kicking off a two-game set against the Florida Panthers.
Entering the game, the Hurricanes simply had the Panthers’ number, sporting a 5-0-1 record in what had been a hectic, closely fought six-game battle between the clubs in the 2021 season.
Their seventh head-to-head matchup followed the same dramatic script.
A very disjointed first period from both teams led to a litany of penalties, starting with an early hooking penalty on Nino Niederreiter that was quickly followed up by a fight between Jordan Martinook and Ryan Lomberg after a minor collision between the two at the Florida blue line.