Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes NHL Predictions

2025-05-20 • Lenovo Center

Carolina Hurricanes 2 - 5 Florida Panthers

🚨 Upset Loss (53% underdog)

Win Probability

CAR: 53.3%

FLA: 46.7%

Expected Goals

CAR: 2.85

FLA: 3.17

Total Goals

Median: 6.3

Over 5.5: 56%

Over 6.5: 44%

CAR

Frederik Andersen - 5-9-2 | 0.865 SV% | 3.38 GAA

FLA

Sergei Bobrovsky - 17-9-1 | 0.888 SV% | 2.80 GAA

Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats. Confirmed goalie row used when available; otherwise current projected starter is shown.

Team	Goalie	SA	Saves	GA	SV%	xGA	HD Faced	GSAx
CAR	Frederik Andersen	20	15	5	75.0%	1.44	0	-3.56
FLA	Sergei Bobrovsky	33	31	2	93.9%	3.26	1	1.26

SA uses shots on goal plus goals. xGA, high-danger faced, and GSAx use modeled scoring attempts against. GSAx is xGA minus goals against.

Model accuracy in this matchup: 48% • CAR at home vs FLA: 4-10

Date	Score	Winner	Model Pick
2026-09-29	CAR 0 - 1 FLA	FLA	CAR
2026-01-16	CAR 9 - 1 FLA	CAR	CAR
2025-12-23	CAR 2 - 5 FLA	FLA	CAR
2025-12-19	FLA 4 - 3 CAR	FLA	CAR
2025-05-28	CAR 3 - 5 FLA	FLA	CAR

Period	Team	Shots	High Danger	xG
1	CAR	14	0	1.17
1	FLA	10	0	0.41
2	CAR	18	0	0.72
2	FLA	12	0	0.65
3	CAR	25	1	1.38
3	FLA	7	0	0.38

Shots are modeled attempts: shots on goal, goals, and missed shots. Blocked shots are excluded. High danger is xG >= 0.20.

Prediction Result

❌ Incorrect

Confidence: 53.3%

Total Goals

Actual: 7.0

Expected: 6.0

Score Breakdown

Carolina Hurricanes 2 - 5 Florida Panthers

Expected: 2.9 - 3.2