The Florida Panthers take their six-game winning streak to Carolina on Tuesday night and you better believe it will be put to the test against the Hurricanes.

Although Carolina is coming off a split in its past two series against Chicago and Dallas, the Hurricanes got a big piece of their team back on Sunday as goalie Petr Mrazek returned.

Playing in his first game since Jan. 30 due to a thumb injury, Mrazek made 28 saves as he shutout the Stars 1-0.

Per NHL stats, Mrazek became just the sixth goalie in the modern era to record a shutout in each of his first three wins of a season.

This will be the first time the Panthers have faced Mrazek this season — and Carolina won three of the first four meetings.

“It felt good to be back,” Mrazek said. “It has been a long journey.”

Tuesday kicks off a road trip which will definitely challenge the mettle of the Panthers.

Not only does Florida play Carolina twice, but it also visits Dallas and Tampa Bay for two-game series as well.

Florida, Tampa Bay or Carolina is going to win the Central Division this season.

This road trip — the longest of the season for the Panthers — will go a long way in determining whether they are able to win the third divisional title in franchise history.

The Panthers’ special teams will most definitely be tested over the next few weeks as Carolina has the NHL’s top power play (29.1 percent success rate).

Tampa Bay (26.2, third) and Dallas (25, sixth) are right up there.

“Tough, tough trip,” coach Joel Quenneville said Sunday evening following Florida’s 3-0 win against Columbus.

”All important games against the best teams in our division. So, let’s fine tune it as we go along. This is an extensive trip and let’s have some fun on it by doing the right things.

“Hopefully, we get off to a positive start. That’s the objective. I don’t want to look further than the one game.”

MARCHMENT SIGNED

The Panthers announced Monday that forward Mason Marchment had signed a one-year extension with the team.

Florida originally acquired Marchment in a deal with Toronto for Denis Malgin before last season’s trade deadline.

Marchment finished last season at AHL Springfield getting in six games before the shutdown.

This year, Marchment made the team out of training camp on the taxi squad. He made his Panthers debut on Feb. 5 against Detroit before going back to taxi.

Upon his second promotion on Feb. 25, he has been a mainstay in the lineup either playing on the fourth line or, as has been the case on numerous occasions, moving up to the top line.

Marchment has two goals and seven points in his 22 games to date.

“Mason has taken full advantage of his opportunity this season,” GM Bill Zito said in a statement.

“In his first full NHL season, he has proven himself to be a versatile forward who provides our team with a combination of size, skill, and character. We are excited for Mason to take the next step in his career with our organization.”

KOLYACHONOK STARTS AHL CAREER IN SYRACUSE

Defenseman Vladislav Kolyachonok, Florida’s second round pick in 2019, is starting his North American pro career with AHL Syracuse after his KHL season with Dinamo Minsk ended.

Kolyachonok spent two seasons in the Ontario junior Hockey League most recently with the Flint Firebirds, but was loaned to the KHL this season so he could play in his hometown.

In 46 games with Minsk, Kolyachonok had a goal with six points.

Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes 

PROJECTED FLORIDA PANTHERS LINES

FLORIDA FORWARDS

19 Mason Marchment — 16 Sasha Barkov — 23 Carter Verhaeghe

11 Jonathan Huberdeau — 21 Alex Wennberg — 70 Patric Hornqvist

77 Frank Vatrano — 55 Noel Acciari — 74 Owen Tippett

83 Juho Lammikko — 27 Eetu Luostarinen 

FLORIDA DEFENSEMEN

42 Gus Forsling — 52 MacKenzie Weegar

3 Keith Yandle — 7 Radko Gudas

6 Anton Stralman — 61 Riley Stillman

8 Matt Kiersted

FLORIDA GOALIES

72 Sergei Bobrovsky

60 Chris Driedger

Scratches: F Brett Connolly, D Markus Nutivaara, F Ryan Lomberg

Injured: F Anthony Duclair (shoulder); D Aaron Ekblad (left leg)

Taxi squad: D Kevin Connauton, F Aleksi Heponiemi, D Brady Keeper, G Spencer Knight, G Philippe Desrosiers

Traded on Friday: F Vinnie Hinostroza (Chicago)

Florida power play (29/126 23% — 11th in NHL)

Florida penalty kill (95/117 81.2% — 11th in NHL)

PP1: Sasha Barkov, Jonathan Huberdeau, Patric Hornqvist, Alex Wennberg, Keith Yandle

PP2: Frank Vatrano, Noel Acciari, Mason Marchment, Carter Verhaeghe, Gustav Forsling

PROJECTED CAROLINA HURRICANES LINES

CAROLINA FORWARDS

37 Andrei Svechnikov — 20 Sebastian Aho — 71 Jesper Fast

48 Joran Martinook — 16 Vincent Trocheck — 88 Martin Necas

21 Nino Niederreiter— 11 Jordan Staal — 13 Warren Foegele

18 Cedric Paquette — 78 Steven Lorentz — 28 Max McCormick

CAROLINA DEFENSEMEN

74 Jaccob Slavin — 19 Dougie Hamilton

76 Brady Skjei — 22 Brett Pesce

4 Hayden Fluery — 24 Jake Bean

CAROLINA GOALIES

34 Petr Mrazek

39 Alex Nedeljkovic

Carolina power play (32/110 29.1% — 1st in NHL)

Carolina penalty kill (98/119 82.3% — 9th in NHL)

PP1: Jordan Staal, Sebastian Aho, Vincent Trocheck, Dougie Hamilton, Andrei Svechnikov

PP2: Jesper Fast, Warren Foegele, Nino Niederreiter, Brett Pesce, Martin Necas