Forsling’s OT Blast Lifts Panthers Past Reigning Stanley Cup Champion Hurricanes 1-0
- On Tuesday, Gustav Forsling scored with five seconds left in overtime as the Florida Panthers opened the season with a 1-0 win over the reigning Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh.
- Before the game, Carolina raised its Stanley Cup championship banner, marking only the third time in more than 80 years that the two previous league champions met to open a season.
- Jacob Markstrom and Brandon Bussi held up in net, with Markstrom stopping 15 shots and Bussi making 19 saves before surrendering the decisive overtime goal.
- Both teams went 0-for-13 on power plays, while eleven players were charged with penalties during a tightly contested regulation period.
- Forward Brady Tkachuk made his Florida debut during the win, recording two penalty minutes as the major offseason acquisition begins integrating with the Panthers.
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The NHL returned to action on Wednesday night, Estonian time. The defending champion Carolina Hurricanes had to admit a 1-0 advantage over the Florida Panthers.
The NHL champions Carolina Hurricanes opened the new season with a loss. They fell 0-1 in overtime at their home arena in Raleigh to the Florida Panthers, champions from the 2024 and 2025 seasons. Swedish defenseman Gustav Forsling gave the visitors the victory with 4.3 seconds left in overtime.
Panthers Take Down Champion Hurricanes To Begin NHL Regular Season - Regional Media News
(Undated) - The NHL regular season is in full swing. The Panthers spoiled the Hurricanes' Stanley Cup banner raising with a 1-0 overtime win from Raleigh. Elsewhere, the Bruins earned a shutout victory of their own following a 3-0 win at TD Garden. The Stanley [...]
Florida defeated Carolina 1–0 in overtime.
LOS ANGELES. It was a prestigious meeting already in the premiere. The reigning Stanley Cup champions Carolina Hurricanes against the revenge-hungry top team Florida Panthers, who won the championship title in 2024 and 2025. It was a low-scoring heavyweight meeting, where two Swedes made the difference. Gustav Forsling scored the only goal of the match with five seconds left in overtime. And Jacob Markström kept a clean sheet in his comeback for…
NEW YORK. The Swedish Florida Cats got off to a dream start to the new NHL season. Gustav Forsling became a sudden death hero and Jacob Markström kept a clean sheet in his comeback to the club where his professional career began sixteen years ago. – It was very fun to score that goal, says “Gus” to Sportbladet after the 1-0 victory against the reigning champions Carolina.
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