The last time Florida and Carolina met in the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Panthers swept the 2023 series – but every game was close. After Florida's crushing 5-0 defeat of the Panthers for a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference Finals,

The Florida Panthers showed once again Thursday night that they are a team to be feared, demolishing the Carolina Hurricanes 5-0 in Game 2 to take a commanding

Some Carolina Panthers fans might have seen a headline that was truly a head scratcher. Nonetheless, the comedy writes itself. There are a number of comedic

The Florida Panthers were an unstoppable force, and the Carolina Hurricanes were a very movable object. That was the story of Game 2 on Thursday night as the Panthers walloped the Hurricanes, 5-0, to take a 2-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference final.

Carter Verhaeghe signed an eight-year extension after leading Florida with 11 goals in the 2024 postseason and 72 points in the regular season, following up that campaign with his fourth consecutive 20-goal season in 2024-25. Verhaeghe logged eight points (4-4-8) through two rounds in the 2025 postseason.

The Panthers have routed the Hurricanes and Maple Leafs in their last four playoff games, causing opposing fans to boo their own team and leave games early.

Before he scored midway through the first period of the Florida Panthers’ eventual 5-0 rout of the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference final, the star winger had gone 10 consecutive games in these Stanley Cup playoffs without a goal — a number that caught captain Aleksander Barkov and coach Paul Maurice by surprise.