All indicators pointed to the Florida Panthers ending off the Carolina Hurricanes in Recreation 4, however the Canes stored the collection rolling with a 3-0 win on Monday.
Will the Panthers end the story in Recreation 5? Or will the Hurricanes ship the festivities again to South Florida once more?
Listed here are matchup notes heading into Wednesday’s Recreation 5 from ESPN Analysis, in addition to betting intel from ESPN BET:
Extra on Recreation 4: Recap | Grades
Matchup notes
Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes
Recreation 5 | 8 p.m. ET | TNT
The Panthers’ odds to win the collection are actually -1600, adjusted from -5000 heading into Recreation 4. The Hurricanes’ odds have shifted to +750 (adjusted from +1500) after their win. The Panthers’ odds to win the Cup are actually +105 (beforehand -110), whereas the Canes’ are actually +1800. Sergei Bobrovsky is the main Conn Smythe candidate on this collection at +200, adopted by Aleksander Barkov (+800).
Recreation 4 was the Canes’ first win within the spherical since Recreation 7 of the 2006 Jap Convention finals towards the Buffalo Sabres, snapping a 15-game convention finals shedding streak. It was the longest shedding streak in NHL playoff historical past for a staff within the spherical previous the Stanley Cup Ultimate. The Hurricanes are actually 4-4 all-time in Recreation 4s when trailing 3-0 in a best-of-seven collection.
Frederik Andersen made 20 saves for his fifth profession playoff shutout, his second with the Hurricanes. He joins Cam Ward (4), Kevin Weekes (two) and Petr Mrazek (two) as goaltenders with a number of playoff shutouts in Whalers/Hurricanes Stanley Cup playoffs historical past.
Carolina’s Logan Stankoven scored playoff objective No. 5 within the second interval. He joins Erik Cole (six in 2002) and Warren Foegele (5 in 2019) as the one rookies in Whalers/Hurricanes historical past to attain a minimum of 5 objectives in a single Stanley Cup playoffs 12 months.
Sebastian Aho scored an empty-net objective within the third interval, his thirty second profession playoff tally. That extends his personal franchise report for profession objectives within the Stanley Cup playoffs.
The Panthers had been shut out for the second time this postseason; each video games had been at dwelling — the opposite occasion was Recreation 6 of the second-round collection towards the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Florida went 0-4 on the facility play in Recreation 4, and the staff is now 0-8 with the person benefit within the final two video games of this collection after going 4-for-5 in Video games 1 and a couple of.
Although he hasn’t scored a objective prior to now two video games, Sam Bennett has a team-leading 9 this postseason. That’s two shy of the franchise report in a single playoff 12 months, at present held by Matthew Tkachuk (2023) and Carter Verhaeghe (2024).
Scoring leaders
GP: 16 | G: 6 | A: 9
GP: 14 | G: 5 | A: 9
