Spencer Knight, the Panthers’ goaltender, stopped all 20 shots he faced, leading the Panthers to a 6-0 victory over the Hurricanes in Sunrise, Fla., completing a home-and-home series sweep.
After winning 6-3 in Raleigh on Friday, the Panthers came home and kept their strong offense going.
Aaron Ekblad, Mackie Samoskevich, Sam Bennett, Aleksander Barkov, Adam Boqvist, and Evan Rodrigues all scored for the Panthers.
Hurricanes goaltender Spencer Martin allowed five goals on 28 shots before being replaced in the third period, taking his second loss to Florida in two days.
Hurricanes’ top scorer Martin Necas failed to score for the third straight game, even though he had two chances for a breakaway in the first period.
At 14:20 of the first period, Necas broke free, but Knight blocked his wrist shot with his blocker.
Necas had another chance at 7:34 of the first period, speeding down the wing, but Knight stopped his shot again.
The Panthers thought they had scored less than three minutes into the second period, but Anton Lundell’s goal was waved off after the Hurricanes challenged and the play was ruled offside.
At 13:18 of the second period, Ekblad scored the first goal of the game, his first of the season, after taking advantage of a mispositioned Martin.
With less than one second left in the second period, Samoskevich extended the lead, finishing off a great passing play.
Just over eight minutes into the third period, Bennett scored his third goal in as many games after Eetu Luostarinen stole the puck and passed it to him in front of the net.
The Panthers then scored two goals in 11 seconds: Barkov scored on the power play, followed by Boqvist’s goal with 8:12 left in the game, which sent Martin out of the net. Yaniv Perets replaced him.
Rodrigues tipped the third shot Perets faced into the net, giving the Panthers their third power-play goal in a row.
