Florida Panthers Aaron Ekblad and Sam Bennett speak before their team plays host to the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals on Saturday, May 24, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale.
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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13 Comments
That reporter is feeling good right now
First time is see genuine laugh outa bennet!
What were they laughing about? 😂
👍👍🤝🤝✌✌💪💪😺😺🏆🏆
I'm a Leaf fan saying I would not have been mad had Bennett answered the first question by simply saying "We're not the Leafs".
whats so funny ekblad
where they laughing at the dude coughing in the back lol
It always seems that the bigger the game the looser the guys are. They never seem to get nervous about an upcoming game!
🐀, Benny, and Ekky will resign with the boys. This group is tight.
these guys are loose as a goose
SIGN SAM NOW ….he becomes a free agent in June. I know Bill Zito will keep Sam (and us Panther fans) happy.
We just cone and go to work EVERY DAY!!
SIGN BENNY PLEASE YESTERDAY !!!