Hurricanes stave off elimination with shutout win against Panthers in Eastern Conference finals

The Carolina Hurricanes staved off elimination and avoided being swept as they defeated the Florida Panthers 3-0 on Monday night in Amerant Bank Arena.

With the win, the Hurricanes now trail the Panthers 3-1 in the best-of-seven series. The Hurricanes had lost their prior 15 Eastern Conference Final games before Monday’s win. 

They were swept in 2009, 2019 and 2023, and they dropped the first three games of this matchup against the Panthers. 

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Logan Stankoven gave the Hurricanes their first lead of the series when he buried a wrist shot past Panthers’ goalie Sergei Bobrovsky about midway through the second p...