It only took 19 years, but the Carolina Hurricanes have finally won a Conference Final game again.
The Hurricanes forced a Game 5 with a 3-0 win against the Florida Panthers on Monday night.
Logan Stankoven, the central piece of the deadline-day Mikko Rantanen, scored the game-winning goal with a blocker-side snipe on Sergei Bobrovsky off the rush. It was the rookie’s fifth goal and eighth point this post-season.
Sebastian Aho scored an empty-net goal with just over two minutes remaining to seal the win for the Hurricanes.
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With the Panthers still pushing with the net empty, Eric Staal scored his first goal of the series and his second of the post-season.
Mark Jankowski thought he doubled the lead for the Hurricanes earlier in the third period just after killing a penalty, but the Panthers successfully challenged for offside, and it was overturned.
Game 5 shifts back to Carolina, who will face elimination once more.
