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00:00Chris as we look at our one game last night in Carolina game number two of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Canes and the writing Stanley Cup champs in the Florida Panthers and it's a story that's been very similar the last few years for Florida against Carolina in this exact round the Panthers take game number two and a 2-0 series lead with a 5-0 win last night in Raleigh.
00:26Of course Chris it was Florida who swept Carolina two years ago to get to the Stanley Cup Final. They have taken both games so far in this year's rendition of the Eastern Conference Finals on road ice. What has Florida figured out to have Carolina's number in the Eastern Conference Finals?
00:44Yeah and they seem to have everybody's number in the Eastern Conference I mean they're on the verge of going back to the Stanley Cup Final for the third straight season and sometimes you just have a team's number you know I think about Toronto and Ottawa when we discussed that opening round the Senators had always had issues with the Maple Leafs but yeah it's just the way that the Florida Panthers play and it's extremely impressive.
01:05I mean this is a Carolina team that leads all teams in the playoffs in shot attempts at 5-5 they've been among the leaders in that category over the last three or four seasons they control the pace they put a lot of pucks towards the goal but at home when you're down 1-0 in the series they had two shots on 12 attempts in the first period at 5-5.
01:25They had four shots in the second period on 13 attempts so six shots on goal at 5-5 for a team that just generates so much you have to give a lot of credit to the Florida Panthers they're just so deep guys I don't think enough people talk about Sergey Boroski but we've been talking about the Panthers here on the show for the past few weeks and what they can bring to the table and last night you saw some of their other guys who had been quiet like Carter Verhage pick up three points all of a sudden he has 13.
01:49Sam Bennett nine goals now tied with Miko Rantan for the most in the playoffs Kachuk who nobody's really healthy at this time of the season but hadn't played since four nations face off didn't really look himself in the opening two rounds all of a sudden you know he has eight points he's chipped in here that trio last night was fantastic then you look at their third line Luce Durene and Marciana Lindell 35 points in 14 games in the playoffs 11 goals from your third line they're just extremely deep I'm not surprised that they're up to
02:19nothing in the series and they're going to be a juggernaut in the final yeah five to nothing last night I mean lights out first period three to nothing here but Boroski only had 17 saves last night to come away with the shutout which certainly is disparaging here for the home team just trying to get back into it but as we look forward in the series it's not over you got to win four games in a seven game set here to move on to the Stanley Cup final if we look at the FanDuel sportsbook right now the odds certainly in Florida's favor here Chris minus 670 as a price point the dog price on the Hurricanes is plus 470 I'm going to ask you
02:48this the chances Carolina can come back and also what does Carolina have to do to get back into the series to sort of flip that mojo yeah I mean they'll have to say discipline for sure they can't put the Panthers on the power play Sam Reinhardt left last night's game we'll see his status moving forward that would be a big loss for the Florida Panthers although we're talking about how deep they are they're going to need better goaltending right Frederick Anderson was essentially perfect over the the first two rounds of the series but again it to me when I watch these two
03:18teams play in Carolina you know cruise to the third round it there's a difference between the Atlantic Division and the Metro Division there's a lot of good teams in the Atlantic you know a lot of people were picking Tampa Bay to go on a run Florida took care of them Leafs push them to seven but you know Carolina kind of cruise through the first couple of rounds with no disrespect to Washington and a banged up Devils team so they're going to need better goaltending they're going to need their big guys to show up like Andre Sveshnikov who had a couple careless turnovers in the opening period
03:48from Gustav Forsling so yeah it's basically going to have to be perfect Donnie to get this done you're right they're not out of it I'm kind of counting them out of it if you want to back them it has to be game three right they were a good road team this season they've been a good road team they're well coached again they're very sound at five and five they're going to have to be perfect but if they're going to have if they're going to get back in this thing it's going to have to be game three on the road in Florida yeah the champs head back home to sunrise tomorrow
04:18favorite to take that commanding 3-0 series lead you saw it there in the graphic for the Eastern Conference Finals the most likely outcome as the odds makers on FanDuel see it is Florida pulling off the quick four game sweep at a plus 200 price now it's not minus money but it is the shortest option the Panthers swept the Canes in 2023 in the Eastern Conference Finals in fact Chris as we saw last night the Hurricanes losing their second consecutive game here in the Eastern Conference Finals
04:4814 straight losses for Carolina in the Conference Finals round 09 2019 and 2023 as we alluded to the Hurricanes swept in the Eastern Conference Finals