<p>SUNRISE, Fla. — Sebastian Aho scored two short-handed goals and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Florida Panthers 4-2 on Thursday night. </p>
<p>Nino Niederreiter and Jordan Martinook also scored, Alex Nedeljkovic made 30 saves, and Martin Necas had three assists. The Hurricanes have won six consecutive games against the Panthers this season. </p>
<p>Aleksander Barkov scored twice for Florida, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 25 shots. The Panthers lost for the first time at home in eight games.</p>
<p>The teams will finish the two-game set Saturday. </p>
<p>Trailing 3-2, the Panthers were on a 6-on-4 power play in the final minute, but Aho’s empty-net goal made it 4-2 with 15.2 left. </p>
<p>Barkov’s second goal came during a 5-on-3 power play. Barkov’s shot from the slot beat Nedeljkovic with 7:58 left in the third to cut it to 3-2. </p>
<p>Aho scored his first short-handed goal to stretch the Hurricanes’ lead to 3-1. The Panthers turned the puck over at their blue line and Carolina got behind the defense and took advantage of a two-on-none, passing back and forth between Necas and Aho as the skated in. Aho put the puck into an open net with 1:52 left in the second.</p>
<p>Niederreiter’s power-play goal gave the Hurricanes a 2-1 lead with 8:51 left in the second.</p>
<p>Barkov gave the Panthers a 1-0 lead when his shot from the right circle bounced off the post and crossed the goal line at 6:22 of the first.</p>
<p>Martinook tied it 14 seconds into the second when he poked in a rebound from in front that bounced off the skate of a defenseman and into the net. </p>
<p>MILESTONE</p>
<p>Florida’s Keith Yandle played his 914th consecutive NHL game, tying Garry Unger for second-most consecutive NHL history.</p>
<p>ATTENDANCE</p>
<p>The Panthers cap attendance at 25% of capacity. 4,683 were at Thursday’s game. </p>
