The Carolina Hurricanes dictated the style of play to down the Florida Panthers and stay alive in the Eastern Conference finals. Game 4 highlights:

NHL Game recap for the Carolina Carolina Hurricanes vs. Florida Florida Panthers game on May 26, 2025. Follow every play as it happens throughout the NHL season on CBS Sports and the CBS Sports app.

Carolina's last win in the ECF came on June 1, 2006, in Game 7 against the Buffalo Sabres when then-captain Rod Brind'Amour scored the game-winner to send the Hurricanes to the Stanley Cup Final, which they won over the Edmonton Oilers.

The Carolina Hurricanes avoided a series sweep in the Eastern Conference Final, defeating the Florida Panthers by the final score of 3-0 in Game 4 on Monday night.

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.

Carolina has run into the Florida Panthers, who are showing everyone that they are serious about defending the 2024 Stanley Cup title. Florida has won all three games by an aggregate score of 16-4. Can the Canes pull off a historic comeback from down 3-0,

Clamping down on defense and erupting on offense in the third period, the Panthers pulled away for a 6-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final. The win gave Florida a 3-0 series lead and a chance to clinch a second straight Stanley Cup Final appearance on home ice.

Florida Panthers center Jesper Boqvist (70) reacts after a play against the Carolina Hurricanes in the third period of Game 4 during the Eastern Conference final of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs at Amerant Bank Arena on Monday, May 26, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla. Photo by Matias J. Ocner [email protected] It will not be a sweep.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- — The defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers are rolling. The Carolina Hurricanes are reeling. Sam Bennett scored one of his two goals in Florida's three-goal first ...

Taking a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference Final, the Florida Panthers put forth another dominant road effort in a 5-0 win over the Carolina Hurricanes at Lenovo Center on Thursday. From a Game 7 win in Toronto to stealing two in Raleigh, not a bad business trip.