I’m not being disrespectful to the other teams I’ve coached, but the team here is just the best team I’ve ever coached. It’s not really that close.’

The Florida Panthers scored five goals in the third period to take a 3-0 series lead against the Carolina Hurricanes. Highlights from Game 3.

The Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes meet in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Final in the Stanley Cup Playoffs Wednesday in Raleigh, N.C.

For the second time in their last three home games, the Panthers were shut out, the latest a 3-0 blanking in Game 4 against the Carolina Hurricanes.

But the Panthers should feel confident entering enemy territory. Florida had no problem in the first two games of this series, winning 5-2 and 5-0. Monday's win for the Hurricanes broke a truly ...

Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky (72) loses his helmet during the third period in Game 6 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff series against the Toronto Maple Leafs, Friday, May 16, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) AP

Florida Panthers forward Carter Verhaeghe has a nose for the hockey puck. That nose has a penchant for scoring series-clinching goals like the one he rifled to

The Panthers offense could not find the back of the net, getting shut out for the second time in the playoffs in a Game 4 loss to the Hurricanes.