Carolina finally suffer their first loss of the regular season at the hands of the officials of this game, but the win is credited to the Florida Panthers. While there were a lot of calls that were just missed or phantom calls, Carolina did not deserve to win this game either. They have struggled a lot in the last 3 or 4 games, and it just came to a head in this loss to the Panthers.
Carolina’s slow start allowed the Panthers to jump ahead 4-0 at the end of the first period and never really have to worry from there.