{"id":469002,"date":"2025-05-22T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T12:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=469002"},"modified":"2025-05-21T20:38:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T00:38:49","slug":"nhl-predictions-game-2-florida-panthers-vs-carolina-hurricanes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/05\/22\/nhl-predictions-game-2-florida-panthers-vs-carolina-hurricanes\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Predictions: Game 2 Florida Panthers vs Carolina Hurricanes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome back to another NHL Predictions. Each day our writers here at\u00a0Last Word on Hockey<\/em>\u00a0look at the games and give in-depth analysis. Our team breaks down the key matchups, storylines, and stats, then makes predictions based on how they might play out. For this edition, we will look at the\u00a0Florida Panthers<\/a>\u00a0taking on the\u00a0Carolina Hurricanes<\/a> in this series-opening Game 2 of their Eastern Conference Final series.<\/a> Don\u2019t forget to check out more\u00a0NHL Predictions,<\/a>\u00a0as our writers continue this series throughout the 2025 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs.<\/p>\n

NHL Predictions<\/h2>\n

Florida Panthers vs Carolina Hurricanes<\/h3>\n

Series Head-to-Head: Panthers 1-0 Hurricanes<\/h4>\n

Time:\u00a0<\/strong>8 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)<\/p>\n

TV:<\/strong> TNT; TruTV; Max; CBC; Sportsnet; TVAS<\/p>\n

We’ve got Game 2<\/a> of the Eastern Conference Final series between the Panthers and the Hurricanes. Florida took care of business in the series-opener with a 5-2 victory. Sergei Bobrovsky<\/a> made 31 saves as “Playoff Bob” made another appearance. Carter Verhaeghe<\/a> totaled a goal and an assist for the Panthers.<\/p>\n

It was the familiar refrain of the Hurricanes losing a Game 1. Carolina has lost 13 straight games in an Eastern Conference Final series. Seth Jarvis<\/a> generated a pair of assists for the Hurricanes in the first game.<\/p>\n

Let’s take a look at the stats and storylines heading into Game 2 in this round of NHL predictions.<\/p>\n

The Panthers Story<\/h4>\n

Florida didn’t look like it went through the rigors of a seven-game series against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Panthers appeared like they didn’t need rest against a Hurricanes squad.<\/p>\n

Bobrovsky will draw the start and is looking to repeat his performances from the first game. There were times in the Toronto series that he was inconsistent. However, Bobrovsky at his peak can be a problem.<\/p>\n

Eetu Luostarinen<\/a> is the team’s leader in points with 13. However, there are seven other players that have double-digit points so far this post-season.<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes Story<\/h4>\n

Carolina has struggled mightily in the Eastern Final in recent memory. The Hurricanes yielded five of the first six goals of the game before getting a late consolation marker from Jackson Blake<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Frederik Andersen<\/a> has been great most of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. However, he had troubles in Game 1 dealing with the Panthers lineup. Carolina will have to find a way to deal with scoring depth of Florida.<\/p>\n

Jarvis leads the team in points this post-season with 12. Sebastian Aho<\/a> is second with 11 while Andrei Svechnikov<\/a> has eight goals and 10 points.<\/p>\n

Prediction<\/h3>\n

Florida has all the momentum and is playing like the defending Stanley Cup champions that it is. Depth scoring has been great for the Panthers and the Hurricanes will need to be able to take advantage of having the final change.<\/p>\n

Carolina will be looking to end its dubious streak in the Eastern Final. However, Florida is just playing too well at this time.<\/p>\n

Prediction: Panthers win 4-3.<\/em><\/p>\n

Prop Bets of the Night<\/h3>\n

We close out NHL predictions with some prop bets of the night. The over\/under for this game is 5.5 and the Panthers’ scoring prowess has the over as the play for this game.<\/p>\n

As for individual props, take Sam Reinart to get a goal in this game for Florida. On the Carolina side of things, go with Aho to get a point in this game.<\/p>\n

Main photo by: James Guillory-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

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Welcome back to another NHL Predictions. Each day our writers here at\u00a0Last Word on Hockey\u00a0look at the games and give in-depth analysis. Our team breaks down the key matchups, storylines, and stats, then makes predictions based on how they might play out. For this edition, we will look at the\u00a0Florida Panthers\u00a0taking on the\u00a0Carolina Hurricanes in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":469009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,6,4547,4548,4524],"tags":[8133,6010,1825,6255,188,352,4491],"class_list":["post-469002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hurricanes","category-panthers","category-hockey","category-nhl","category-nhl-predictions","tag-2025-stanley-cup-playoffs","tag-carolina-hurricanes-predictions","tag-eetu-luostarinen","tag-florida-panthers-predictions","tag-frederik-andersen","tag-sergei-bobrovsky","tag-seth-jarvis"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":469010,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469002\/revisions\/469010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}