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Carolina Hurricane They stopped elimination and avoided being avoided as they defeated the Florida Panthers 3-0 at Amerant Bank Arena on Monday night.
With victory, the Hurricane is now on the trail Panthers 3-1 in the top 7 series. The Hurricanes lost their previous 15 Eastern Conference Finals games before Monday’s victory.
They were swept in 2009, 2019 and 2023, dropping the first three games of this match against the Panthers.
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Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Frederick Andersen #31 and defensive man Brent Burns (#8) will celebrate the fourth fourth term of the NHL Hockey Cup Eastern Conference Finals with the Florida Panthers on Monday, May 26, 2025 in Sanris, Florida. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Logan Stankoven gave the Hurricanes the first lead in the series when he filled his wrist shot past Panthers goalkeeper Sergei Bobrovsky midway through the second term.
Stankoven gave credit to Alexander Nikishin.
“It all starts with him,” Sternkuven said of Nixin’s pass. “A great play by him.”
Carolina Hurricanes defensive man Alexander Nixin, #21, and Florida Panthers Center Jesper Bocvist, #70, will chase the puck into the second half of the fourth period of the NHL Hockey Stanley Cup Eastern Conference Finals in Sanris, Florida on Monday, May 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Hurricane goalkeeper Frederick Anderson started games 1 and 2 and was pulled in his favour of Peterkochetkov for Game 3.
“We had some really tough shots that looked easy tonight,” Brinder Amore said of Anderson. “That’s when you know he’s really on the ride.”
The Hurricanes sealed the victory with a pair of empty net goals at the end of the game as Sebastian Aho and Jordan Stall scored to secure a victory in the waning minutes of the third term.
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Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Frederick Andersen #31 will deflect a goal shot in the second period of the fourth period of the NHL Hockey Tanley Cup Eastern Conference Finals against the Florida Panthers on Monday, May 26, 2025 in Sunrise, Florida. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
“They’re trusting them… they were good,” Panthers manager Paul Maurice said.
The Panthers were short on loss as Sam Reinhart, Nike Miccola and Aji Greer weren’t all playing.
The Panthers have another opportunity to clinch and move on to the next one Stanley Cup Final He will take on the Hurricane in Game 5 at Lenovo Center in Raleigh, North Carolina at 8pm Wednesday.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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