RALEIGH, N.C. — Carter Verhaeghe broke a tie off a feed from Aleksander Barkov with 7:39 left and the defending champion Florida Panthers advanced to their third straight Stanley Cup Final ...

Carter Verhaeghe’s goal keyed the Florida Panthers’ 5-3 win in Carolina Wednesday night for a 4-1 East-finals series win -- and a third straight trip to the Stanley Cup Finals.

With their season on the line, the Carolina Hurricanes found a way to play their best hockey. Frederik Andersen returned to the net and stopped 20 shots for his fifth career playoff shutout, Logan Stankoven got the only goal Carolina needed and the Hurricanes won their first NHL Eastern Conference finals game in nearly 20 years by beating the Florida Panthers 3-0 on Monday night.

The Florida Panthers are headed back to the Stanley Cup Final for the third ... in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Final to defeat the Carolina Hurricanes, 5-3. With the home crowd behind them ...

The last time a Hurricanes team hoisted the Stanley Cup was in 2006. Carolina faced off against Edmonton in that year's championship series. After the Hurricanes built a 3-1 series lead ...

The late-game tussle between Florida's Brad Marchand and Carolina's Shayne Gostisbehere stood out from the Panthers' 5-2 win in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final.

The Carolina Hurricanes find themselves in must-win territory as they face elimination against the Florida Panthers in Game 4 tonight.