After a dismal 5-0 loss in Game 2, another sweep appears more likely than not now that the Hurricanes have lost six straight playoff games to the Panthers.

The defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers are rolling. The Carolina Hurricanes are reeling. Sam Bennett scored one of his two goals in Florida's three-goal first period, Sergei Bobrovsky made 17 saves and the Panthers beat the Hurricanes 5-0 on Thursday night to take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference final.

Taking a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference Final, the Florida Panthers put forth another dominant road effort in a 5-0 win over the Carolina Hurricanes at Lenovo Center on Thursday. From a Game 7 win in Toronto to stealing two in Raleigh, not a bad business trip.

The reigning-champion Panthers will take on the emergent Hurricanes in the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs' Eastern Conference Final. Tickets have been selling fast for every game of this series, which should be one of the best of the postseason.

After a 5-0 loss to the Panthers on home ice in Game 2, the Hurricanes have now lost 14 straight Eastern Conference Final games.

At each Stanley Cup Playoff game inside the Lenovo Center, the Ladies Of The Hurricanes meet in the concourse outside of Section 108. Season ticket member Mary Kolesar said it makes her drive from Rocky Mount to Raleigh that much more exciting. "It's just whole different level of community," Kolesar said.

The Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes meet in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Final in the Stanley Cup Playoffs Thursday in Raleigh.

Carolina Hurricanes forward Taylor Hall and Florida Panthers defenseman Seth Jones have gone from playing for a rebuilding team in Chicago to battling in the Eastern Conference final.

Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour said his players have to be smarter about retaliating against the Florida Panthers' trademark agitation.