GameDay Caterwaul: Florida Panthers Open Forum

• WHO: Carolina Hurricanes (6-11-3/15P) at Florida Panthers (7-6-6/20P)
• WHEN: 7:30 p.m. ET (LBC GameThread at 7ish)
• WHERE: BB&T Center - Sunrise, FL (purchase single game tickets)
• HOW TO WATCH: Fox Sports Florida (FLA); Fox Sports Carolina (CAR)
• HOW TO LISTEN: WQAM 560 (FLA); WCMC 100.3 (CAR)
• ENEMY INTEL: Canes Country
• FLA IN SEASON SERIES: Game 1 of 3 (0-0)
• ALL-TIME VS CAR/HFD: 41W-43L-11T 9OTL 2 SOL 293GF 295GA
• PLAYER STATS: Panthers / Hurricanes

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Florida's last game: 4-1 home loss to Minnesota Tuesday. Shawn Thornton scored his first goal of the season. That's about the size of it.

Who was hot for the Cats: Thorny achieved the feat in just 7:25 TOI. Dmitry Kulikov picked up the lone assist, making him the only Panthers player to finish with a plus-minus rating better than zero (+1). The blue line trio of Aaron Ekblad, Erik Gudbranson & Kuli each recorded 3 shots on goal.

Carolina's last game: 4-3 regulation loss to the Avs in Denver Saturday. The Hurricanes carried a 3-1 lead into the second period, thereby awakening Colorado's Nathan MacKinnon and Gabe Landeskog (3 & 2 assists, respectively). Blew the eventual tie with 1:35 remaining in the final frame on Zach Redmond's second goal of the game. Carolina is 1-5 in their last six contests.

Who was hot for the Canes: John-Michael Liles, Nathan Gerbe and Andrej Nestrasil paced the CAR offense in the first, with Jeff Skinner chipping in 2 assists.

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