Panthers beat Hurricanes 5-3, advance to Stanley Cup Final
Florida entered the night with a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series and avoided a return trip to Sunrise by finishing the job on the road.
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Florida entered the night with a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series and avoided a return trip to Sunrise by finishing the job on the road.
The Florida Panthers get their second chance to close out the Carolina Panthers in the Eastern Conference final on Wednesday night.
The Hurricanes won their first Eastern Conference finals game in 20 years on Monday night to stave off elimination.
Sam Bennett scored one of his two goals in Florida's three-goal first period.
Sergei Bobrovsky held up with 31 saves, including during a stretch in which the Panthers failed to get a shot on goal for more than 15 minutes spanning the second intermission.
The reigning Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers meet the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference final for the second time in three seasons.
Florida will now face the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night.
A spot in the NHL's final four is at stake Sunday night in Toronto.
The Toronto Maple Leafs kept their season alive by beating the Florida Panthers 2-0 in Game 6 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series.
Sergei Bobrovsky made 31 saves, three Florida defensemen scored and the Panthers routed the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-1 on Wednesday night to take a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series.
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 23 shots for a playoff shutout as the Florida Panthers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-0 in Game 4.
Brad Marchand scored on a deflected shot at 15:27 of overtime and the Florida Panthers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 on Friday night to cut their deficit in the Eastern Conference semifinal series to 2-1.
Mitch Marner scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period and the Toronto Maple Maple Leafs beat the Florida Panthers 4-3 to take a 2-0 lead in their second-round playoff series.
William Nylander scored twice in the first period before adding an assist as Toronto built a big lead before holding on to beat the Florida Panthers 5-4 in the opener of the second-round series.
Sometime during Round 1 of the Toronto-Ottawa series, Maple Leafs fans joined in unison and began chanting.
