Alex Nedeljkovic stopped all 24 shots and Vincent Trocheck and Martin Necas each totaled a goal and an assist in the Carolina Hurricanes 3-0 shutout of the Florida Panthers.
With its fifth straight win over the Panthers, the Hurricanes ascended to the top of the Discover Central Division, while the Cats tumbled to third.
Sebastian Aho opened the scoring with the only goal Carolina would need at the 14:31 mark of the first period, just seven seconds after Matt Kiersted went to the penalty box for hooking. An offensive zone faceoff win by Eric Staal started the play that saw Dougie Hamilton go to Andrei Svechnikov, who went down low to Trocheck and then across to Aho for the bullet one-timer from the right circle.