It’s do-or-die time for the Carolina Hurricanes as Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final (ECF) is a must-win to avoid going down 3-0 in the series. Thankfully for the Hurricanes, they have won three times on the road during the 2025 NHL Playoffs.

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The Carolina Hurricanes are in massive desperation mode as they get set for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final. Carolina finds itself down 2-0 in the series

Knowing the Hurricanes would want to come out with their best effort of the series, the Panthers instead made sure they were aggressors in the first period on Thursday, racing out to a 3-0 lead on goals from Gustav Forsling, Matthew Tkachuk and Bennett.

Taylor Hall of the Carolina Hurricanes delivers strong admission about the Eastern Conference Final in the 2025 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs against Brad Marchand’s Florida Panthers.

The Hurricanes have now lost 14 consecutive Eastern Conference Final games dating back to 2009. While Rod Brind'Amour was a player on the team and Jordan Staal was on the other bench as a Penguin at the time, it still hangs over the franchise heading into Game 3.

Everybody in the NHL goes to the penalty box at some point — even the Hurricanes’ perennial Lady Byng Trophy candidate Jaccob Slavin. They feel more than shame for those two minutes, especially in the playoffs.