SUNRISE, Fla. --Sergei Bobrovsky allowed five goals on 28 shots for the Florida Panthers in a 5-2 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes at FLA Live Arena on Thursday.
Sam Bennett and Brandon Montour scored for the Panthers. Derek Stepan scored a short-handed goal, and Antti Raanta made 20 saves on 21 shots in two periods for the Hurricanes. Each was playing his first game of the preseason. Zach Sawchenko made eight saves in the third. Stefan Noesen gave Carolina a 1-0 lead on the power play at 12:15 of the first period, and Stepan made it 2-0 at 15:50. Stepan, a 32-year-old forward, is in training camp on a professional tryout contract. Justin Robidas extended the lead to 3-0 at 2:32 of the second period before Bennett cut it to 3-1 at 3:25. Vasily Ponomarev made it 4-1 on the power play at 6:08. Jack Drury pushed it to 5-1 on a redirection at 8:25 of the third period. Montour scored on a backhand around Sawchenko at 11:27 for the 5-2 final.
