SUNRISE — By the time Brad Marchand came crashing down the left side and turned Anton Lundell’s pass into the sixth goal of the night, the Florida Panthers already had broken Carolina again, already turned a tight game into a celebration for the third straight time in the Eastern Conference Final.

A five-goal flurry in the third period swayed the game to the Panthers, who remain on track to defend their Stanley Cup championship.

SUNRISE, Fla. — Niko Mikkola and Aleksander Barkov each scored twice, and the Florida Panthers scored five goals in a nine-minute span of the third period to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-2 on Saturday night and move one win from a third consecutive trip to the Stanley Cup Final.

Granlund, acquired from the San Jose Sharks with defenseman Cody Ceci on Feb. 1, has nine points (five goals, four assists) in 15 games including his first career hat trick in Game 4 of the second round against the Winnipeg Jets.

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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.

Sometimes a best-of-seven series can behave like a marathon with too many twists and turns and hills to count. And other times, it’s strange how a fan’s thoughts can shift from elation to devastation about a series in a matter of,

Keepers of The Stanley Cup have become very careful about how the iconic trophy is handled by the winning team.