The defending Stanley Cup champion Panthers opened the series by scoring five goals in each game and exposing the Hurricanes in a way that hadn't been done by another team this po

Aleksander Barkov and Niko Mikkola each scored twice, and Sergei Bobrovsky made 23 saves for the Florida Panthers in a 6-2 win against the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final at Amerant Bank Arena on Saturday. The Panthers are on the brink of returning to the Stanley Cup Final for the third straight season.

The Carolina Hurricanes and Edmonton Oilers are one win away from advancing to the conference final, thanks to Game 4 victories.

The second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs continued on Monday with a pair of Game 4s. Here are takeaways from the two games as the Carolina Hurricanes and Edmonton Oilers each moved one win away from advancing to their respective conference finals.

Pyotr Kochetkov will replace Frederik Andersen as the Hurricanes starting goalie for Game 3 against the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena on Saturday (8 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, SN, TVAS, CBC).

The 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs field is down to the final four. The Carolina Hurricanes and Florida Panthers face off in a rematch of the 2023 Eastern Conference finals, while the Western Conference finals are a return bout from 2024 between the Dallas Stars and Edmonton Oilers.

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The second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs are over, so it’s once again time to offer our series predictions. In the second round, we went 1-1 with <a href=" Western picks, and we’re back to offer up our projections for the Western Conference final.

The NHL’s final four is set. What comes next? Our picks for Panthers-Hurricanes, Oilers-Stars, Stanley Cup champion and Conn Smythe winner.