After losing the first two games of the Eastern Conference Final at home, the Carolina Hurricanes need to look at the first period of Game 3 on Saturday and start from there. They’re going to go on the road and they’re going to have to play a gritty road game. They can do it. They have the players.

The Florida Panthers battled in a seven-game series with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the second round, but its been shear dominance so far against the Carolina Hurricanes.

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Florida and Carolina hooked up in the 2023 Eastern Conference final, and it took four overtimes for the Panthers to win the opening game in Raleigh.

The Carolina Hurricanes received a hint of good news of Friday. Head coach Rod Brind’Amour shared that forward Seth Jarvis is expected to play in Game 3 despite leaving Game 2 early with an apparent injury, per Sportsnet’s Eric Engels. Brind’Amour added that defenseman Sean Walker, who also left Game 2 early, will be “iffy” for Saturday’s matchup.

Taylor Hall of the Carolina Hurricanes delivers strong admission about the Eastern Conference Final in the 2025 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs against Brad Marchand’s Florida Panthers.

After Game 1 against the Panthers, the Hurricanes were resolute in their philosophy. After Game 2, not so much.

The Hurricanes have now lost 14 consecutive Eastern Conference Final games dating back to 2009. While Rod Brind'Amour was a player on the team and Jordan Staal was on the other bench as a Penguin at the time, it still hangs over the franchise heading into Game 3.