The Carolina Hurricanes and Florida Panthers play in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Semifinals at PNC Arena on Thursday, May 22, beginning at 8 p.m. ET on TNT. The Panthers are up 1-0.

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Hurricanes vs. Panthers Betting Lines

• Favorite: Hurricanes (-135)
• Underdog: Panthers (+114)
• Over/under: 5.5

Hurricanes vs. Panthers Quick Facts

• Carolina has combined with its opponent to score more than 5.5 goals in 48 of 93 games this season.
• So far this season, 52.6% of Florida’s games (50/95) have had more goals than Thursday’s over/under of 5.5.
• These two teams combine to score 6.2 goals per game, 0.7 more than the total set for this match.
• The 5.5 goals per game these two clubs are conceding this season are 0.0 more than the 5.5-goal over/under set for this match.

Hurricanes Stats, Moneyline & Leaders

Hurricanes Season Stat Insights

• The Hurricanes’ 266 goals this season make them the ninth-best scoring team in the NHL.
• Carolina is ranked 10th in league play for the fewest goals against this season, having allowed 230 in total (2.8 per game).
• The team has the league’s ninth-best goal differential at +36 this season.
• The 46 power-play goals Carolina has recorded this season (on 246 chances) rank 20th in the NHL.
• The Hurricanes rank 25th in the league with an 18.7% power-play conversion rate this season.
• Carolina’s offense has netted 10 shorthanded goals this season (fourth among all teams).
• The Hurricanes have a league-leading 83.61% penalty-kill percentage this season.
• The Hurricanes’ players win 52.7% of their faceoffs to rank sixth in the NHL.
• Carolina has a 10.2% shooting percentage as a squad, ranking 22nd in the league.
• The Hurricanes have yet to shut out an opponent this season, averaging 17.2 hits and 11.6 blocked shots per game.

Hurricanes Moneyline

• Through 85 games as the moneyline favorite this season, Carolina has won 52 of those games.
• In 77 games with moneyline oddds shorter than -135, the Hurricanes have 50 wins.
• The moneyline odds imply that Carolina has a 57.4% chance of winning this contest.

Hurricanes Leaders

• Sebastian Aho: 29 goals and 45 assists
• Seth Jarvis: 32 goals and 35 assists
• Andrei Svechnikov: 20 goals and 28 assists
• Pyotr Kochetkov: 27-16-3 record, .897 save percentage, 121 goals conceded

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Panthers Stats, Moneyline & Leaders

Panthers Season Stats Insights

• The Panthers’ 246 total goals (three per game) rank 15th in the NHL.
• Florida has conceded 2.7 goals per game, and 223 total, the seventh-fewest among all league teams.
• Their +23 goal differential ranks 11th in the league.
• Florida has scored 56 power-play goals this season, which are the ninth-most in the NHL (on 235 chances).
• The Panthers have the league’s 11th-ranked power-play conversion rate of 23.83%.
• Florida has recorded 12 shorthanded goals.
• The Panthers’ 10th-best penalty kill rate is 80.42%.
• The Panthers win 49.5% of their faceoffs. That’s the 20th-ranked rate in the NHL.
• Florida’s collective 9.5% shooting percentage ranks 28th in the league.
• The Panthers have not shut out an opponent this season. They average 29.7 hits and 12.1 blocked shots per game.

Panthers Moneyline Insights

• This season the Panthers have 10 wins in the 18 games in which they’ve been an underdog.
• Florida has won five of its seven games when it is the underdog by +114 or longer on the moneyline.
• The moneyline in this outing implies a 46.7% chance for the Panthers to win.

Panthers Leaders

• Sam Reinhart: 39 goals and 42 assists
• Aleksander Barkov Jr.: 20 goals and 51 assists
• Matthew Tkachuk: 22 goals and 35 assists
• Sergei Bobrovsky: 33-19-2 record, .906 save percentage, 130 goals conceded

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