Carolina is 9 of 32 (28.1%) for fourth in the postseason, while Florida is 10th at 8 of 39 (20.5%). Florida is in the NHL's final four for the third consecutive season, matching the longest run by ...

That's the kind of fate that has the 92-point Panthers heading to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 1996 with a 4-3 victory in Game 4 to complete a sweep of the Eastern Conference ...

Carter Verhaeghe broke a tie off a feed from Aleksander Barkov with 7:39 left and the defending champion Florida Panthers advanced to their third straight Stanley Cup Final, beating the Carolina ...

Carolina Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho (20) has his shot frozen by Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky (72) during the third period of Game 1 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Eastern Conference ...

FINAL: Florida Panthers beat Carolina Hurricanes, 5-3, to return to Stanley Cup Final The Florida Panthers won this won thanks to a three-goal second period, then a fiery third stanza. The ...

Carter Verhaeghe scores a go-ahead goal with 7:39 left and Florida advances to its third straight Cup Final, beating Carolina, 5-3, in Game 5. The Panthers will face Edmonton or Dallas for the title.

Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Andersen (31) deflects a shot on goal during the third period in Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Eastern Conference finals against the Florida Panthers ...

Carolina hasn't won a conference final game since Brind'Amour captained the franchise's lone Cup winner in 2006, being swept in 2009, 2019 and then two years ago — a run of 12 straight losses ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Florida Panthers were on their way to becoming the NHL's standard, headed to the Stanley Cup Final two years ago before returning to win the Cup last year.