Carolina will look to stave off elimination for the second straight game, while Florida hopes to punch its ticket to the Stanley Cup Finals. On Monday, the Carolina Hurricanes finally got their first win of the NHL Eastern Conference Finals via a 3-0 win over the Florida Panthers.

The Florida Panthers eliminated the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night and will head to the Stanley Cup Final for the third year in a row.

The Florida Panthers will reportedly have two key contributors healthy as the team looks to win the Stanley Cup for a second consecutive year.

NHL.com's fantasy staff continues to cover the latest trends and storylines in the League through the lens of NHL EDGE puck and player tracker stats. Today, we provide three advanced stats insights on the Eastern Conference Final series between the Carolina Hurricanes and Florida Panthers.

The Carolina Hurricanes avoided being swept in the Eastern Conference finals on Monday night, and beat the Florida Panthers 3-0 to keep their season alive.

The Carolina Hurricanes host the Florida Panthers on Wednesday night in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference final series.

The Florida Panthers beat the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals. Buy gear here.

If you want to be there, last-minute tickets are still available for all seven hypothetical Hurricanes-Panthers Eastern Conference Finals games. At the time of publication, the lowest price we could find on tickets in Raleigh was $127 including fees on Vivid Seats.

TORONTO — A second-period scoring blitz, another outstanding game in net for Sergei Brobrovsky and the Florida Panthers are back in the conference finals ... Florida to the Eastern Conference ...

Richard Rossi, who turns 101 years old this weekend, felt honored to be called a hero at Game 4 of the Florida Panthers Eastern Conference Finals

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