Games 1 and 2 do not do the Carolina hurricane method. Not only are they down 2-0 in the series, but the Florida Panthers are outperforming 10-2 in tally in these two matches.
Are there any pushbacks in South Florida games 3 and 4?
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Matchup Notes
Florida Panthers’ Carolina Hurricane
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The Panthers, who took a 2-0 lead in the series, are -700 to win this round on every ESPN bet, and the hurricane is +425. Florida’s Stanley Cup odds are the shortest of the final four with +120, but Carolina is +1100. The Panther with the shortest conn smythe odds is Alexander Barkov (+1200). The top candidates for Carolina by odds are the three-way tie between Andrei Svechnikov, Sebastian Ajo and Seth Jarvis (+6000).
The Panthers have a plus 18 goals difference in the final four road playoff games. This surpasses the 1978 Montreal Canadiens (+17), and is the highest target difference in the four road game span in Stanley Cup playoff history. 43 goals in nine road playoff games are the most goals in the first nine road games of one playoff year in the history of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The old record is 41, set by the 2022 Colorado Avalanche.
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Seven Florida defensive men scored goals this postseason (Gustav scored in the first 1:17 of Game 2.
Sam Bennett’s nine goals This postseason is his best career in a single playoff year (in 2024, his previous high was seven years old). This is also the shyness of the Panthers franchise record for one playoff year goal set by Matthew Tokachuk in 2023 and coincided with Carter Werhege in 2024.
Sergei Bobrovsky wrote his third shutout of this postseason.
This was the 14th straight loss in the Hurricane meeting final. Extends the record for most losses in the round before the Stanley Cup final (conference final or Stanley Cup semi-finals) in the Stanley Cup playoff history.
A 5-0 loss in Game 2 was the worst home shutout loss in Whaler/Hurricane Stanley Cup playoff history. The worst before was a 4-0 loss to the New Jersey Devils in 2001 and the Bruins in 2019. A total of 17 shots of cane at goal is tied to the third fewest in the franchise’s postseason history.
Canes goalkeeper Frederik Andersen averaged 1.57 goals and a .936 save percentage against the Devils, then 1.19 GAA and .937 SV% against the capital. Through two games with the Panthers, he has 5.54 GAA and .750 SV%.
Aho (29 points), Svechnikov (22), Jarvis (21) and Shayne Gostisbehere (21) led the Hurricanes in scoring in regular season away games. Unfortunately for Carolina, it was the only game on the Games 3 and 4 site Amerant Bank Arena that left it blank 6-0.
Scoring Leader
GP: 14 | G: 9 | A: 4
GP: 12 | G: 4 | A: 8
