Matthew Tkachuk's goal with 4.3 seconds remaining put the Florida Panthers into the Stanley Cup Final after a sweep of the Carolina Hurricanes.
Bill Zito then put together a team that at first looked like it might not make the playoffs but surged down the stretch and was better suited for postseason play once it clinched.in a summer blockbuster. He gave up 115-point scorer Jonathan Huberdeau and top-two defenseman MacKenzie Weegar in the deal. Zito also hired coach Paul Maurice to get the Panthers playing better defense..
Tkachuk and Panthers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky are front-runners for the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. Bobrovsky didn't enter the playoffs until Game 4 of the first round, which he lost. But he has gone 11-1 since andon a breakaway in the final seconds of regulation of Game 5. He has a 2.21 goals-against average and a .935 save percentage.
Bobrovsky had his streak of allowing two or fewer goals end at eight games on Wednesday, but he finished with 36 saves. He stopped 63 stops in the four-overtime Game 1, stopped 37 shots in Game 2 and had a 32-save shutout in Game 3.Carolina's top defenseman Jaccob Slavin left 87 seconds into the first period after a big hit by Florida's Sam Bennett. Slavin hit his head on the boards and then on the ice. He tried getting up but fell again and was helped to the dressing room.
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