SUNRISE — By the time Brad Marchand came crashing down the left side and turned Anton Lundell’s pass into the sixth goal of the night, the Florida Panthers already had broken Carolina again, already turned a tight game into a celebration for the third straight time in the Eastern Conference Final.

A five-goal flurry in the third period swayed the game to the Panthers, who need one more win to return to the Stanley Cup Finals.

It looks like the Florida Panthers will appear in the Stanley Cup Final for the third straight season. Paul Maurice's squad has jumped out to a 2-0 lead over the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference Final.

Niko Mikkola and Aleksander Barkov each scored twice, and the Florida Panthers scored five goals in a nine-minute span of the third period to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-2 on Saturday night and move one win from a third consecutive trip to the Stanley Cup Final.

The Florida Panthers use a third-period barrage to beat the Carolina Hurricanes and move inches away from the Stanley Cup Final.

The Panthers' new tradition plays on Marchand's reputation as a "rat" -- but the celebration can trace its roots back almost 30 years.

Things have worked out very well for Jones, who singed some bridges on his way out of Chicago but now finds himself on the verge of the Cup Final mere months later.

NHL referee Chris Rooney hopes to return to the Stanley Cup playoffs after suffering a black eye in a high stick accident during Game 7 between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida