Bolstered by a pair of power-play goals, the Florida Panthers cruised to a 5-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final at Lenovo Center on Tuesday.

Aaron Ekblad gets the puck near the net and wrists in a goal to give Florida a 2-0 lead.

The reigning Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers wasted no time snatching home-ice advantage in the Eastern Conference final.

Ekblad made it a 2-0 game after Jordan Staal attempted to stick handle and lost control of the puck in his own zone. Evan Rodrigues scooped up the loose puck and found Ekblad, who snapped a shot from ...

Carter Verhaeghe and Aaron Ekblad scored tone-setting first-period goals while Sergei Bobrovsky remained strong in net as the ...

The Panthers scored two goals in the first period against a Hurricanes team that allowed just three goals in the final three ...

The Florida Panthers improved to 6-2 on the road this postseason with a 5-2 win at Carolina Tuesday in Game 1 of the NHL’s ...

Carter Verhaeghe and Aaron Ekblad scored two tone-setting first-period goals while Sergei Bobrovsky remained strong in net as ...

Once the face of the Florida Panthers’ blue line, Ekblad’s career took a dramatic turn this spring when he became the first NHL player in seven years to be suspended for violating the league’s ...

Raleigh, North Carolina will be rocking tonight for Game 1 of the NHL Eastern Conference Finals between the Florida Panthers ...

A blockbuster trade proposal has the Toronto Maple Leafs acquiring superstar defenseman Erik Karlsson from the Pittsburgh ...