The Florida Panthers eliminated the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night and will head to the Stanley Cup Final for the third year in a row.

And there was no sweep this time. The Hurricanes kept the Panthers’ offense completely bottled up for much of the game, limiting the reigning Stanley Cup champions to 12 shots through two periods.

Giving the Canes a solid chance was center Sebastian Aho, who scored the first two goals of the game, both in a similar manner. Getting to the puck as it was being cleared from the Panthers’ zone, he intercepted it and took it directly to the net where he was able to dump them both in under the arm of Bobrovsky.

The Florida Panthers have a chance to secure their third trip to the Stanley Cup Final with a win over the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 5 tonight.

The Florida Panthers trailed 2-0 after 20 minutes, but were unfazed, scoring three times in the second period and twice in the third to overwhelm the Carolina Hurricanes and reach a third-consecutive Stanley Cup Final.

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, beating the Carolina Hurricanes 5-3 on Wednesday night in Game 5.

Carolina's Logan Stankoven scored playoff goal No. 5 in the second period. He joins Erik Cole (six in 2002) and Warren Foegele (five in 2019) as the only rookies in Whalers/Hurricanes history to score at least five goals in a single Stanley Cup playoffs year.

Taking a late lead on an incredible play from their superstar captain, the Florida Panthers are once again champions of the Eastern Conference after clawing their way back from an early deficit in a 5-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 5 on Wednesday at Lenovo Center.

The Carolina Hurricanes jumped out to an early 2-0 lead off the sharp-shooting of Sebastian Aho, but the Panthers came roaring back with a surge in the second period and eventually took over the game with a 5-3 win to close out the series. It is the third straight season this team has made it to the Stanley Cup Finals.

Logan Stankoven unwound a smoldering wrist shot, buzzing Sergei Bobrovsky's right shoulder to launch a Carolina Hurricanes shutout of the Florida Panthers on Monday in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals.