Knowing the Hurricanes would want to come out with their best effort of the series, the Panthers instead made sure they were aggressors in the first period on Thursday, racing out to a 3-0 lead on goals from Gustav Forsling, Matthew Tkachuk and Bennett.

The Florida Panthers will be without one of their best players in Sam Reinhart for Game 3 against the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night.

It’s cliche to say that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts, but in this instance, it’s a great example of exactly that.’

Florida Panthers forward Sam Reinhart is day-to-day and will not play Saturday night in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final against the Carolina Hurricanes,

The rat-throwing tradition dates back to the Panthers’ third season as an NHL franchise. Ahead of Florida’s home opener in 1995-96, forward Scott Mellanby spotted a rat running through the team’s locker room. Mellanby then took his stick and slapped the rat, sending it flying into a wall and killing it.

Things have worked out very well for Jones, who singed some bridges on his way out of Chicago but now finds himself on the verge of the Cup Final mere months later.

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

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