“What I take from it is we won three, but it doesn’t take three to win a series,” Panthers star winger Matthew Tkachuk said. “That’s the simplest answer I’ve got. We need one more, and it’s the hardest one to win.”

The Florida Panthers are on the brink of advancing to their third consecutive Stanley Cup Final. Florida put together a five-goal third period to defeat the Carolina Hurricanes, 6-2, in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final.

Clamping down on defense and erupting on offense in the third period, the Panthers pulled away for a 6-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final. The win gave Florida a 3-0 series lead and a chance to clinch a second straight Stanley Cup Final appearance on home ice.

The Panthers are finding their stride at the right time as they continue to run away with the Eastern Conference Finals.

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The Florida Panthers have a chance to push the Carolina Hurricanes to the brink as they take a 2-0 lead into Saturday night’s Game 3 of the NHL Eastern Conference Finals.

Florida lost forward Eetu Luostarinen to a game misconduct penalty after he sent Carolina’s Jackson Blake into the boards late in the first period of Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals.

“After you see it up close, you realize there’s a reason for it,” said forward Brad Marchand, who spent years trying to solve Bobrovsky as an opponent. “He competes so hard every day. He’s probably the most dedicated player that I’ve ever played with.