Florida Panthers Gus Forsling and Niko Mikkola speak before their team flies home after beating the host Carolina Hurricanes 5-0 in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals on Friday, May 23, 2025, in Raleigh, N.C.
The Panthers, who hold a 2-0 series lead after outscoring the Hurricanes 10-2, are in the ECF for the third straight year.
Game 3 of the best-of-7 series is Saturday in Sunrise at 8 p.m. (TNT)
Six of Florida’s nine playoff wins have come on the road, and the Panthers have outscored Toronto and Carolina 17-4 over the past three wins.
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Thursday, the Panthers took a 1-0 lead when Gus Forsling scored on the first shot of the night. Matthew Tkachuk and Sam Bennett scored to make it 3-0 going into the second.
Bennett got his second to make it 4-0, with Sasha Barkov closing it out. Carter Verhaeghe had three assists; Tkachuk had a 3-point night.
Sergei Bobrovsky got his third shutout of the playoffs with 17 saves.
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