Well, it was going to happen sometime.
The Carolina Hurricanes took a perfect 9-0 record to South Florida, and the Florida Panthers made sure that their former division rivals wouldn’t move onto Tampa with a double-digit winning streak to start their season.
Florida blitzed Carolina with a barrage of early goals and rode their hot start to a — win, becoming the first NHL team with ten wins in 2021-22.
Carolina’s penalty issues carried over from their game in Chicago in the early stages of their Saturday-night showdown.
Jaccob Slavin took a tripping penalty less than a minute into the game, accounting for his second minor penalty of the season, twice as many as he took all of last season.