Matthew Tkachuk scored a power-play goal with 4.9 seconds left, and the host Panthers earned their first trip to the Stanley Cup Final in 27 years.
SUNRISE, Fla. — Matthew Tkachuk scored a power-play goal with 4.9 seconds left, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 36 shots to cap off a brilliant series, and the Florida Panthers earned their first trip to the Stanley Cup Final in 27 years by beating the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Wednesday night to win the Eastern Conference title in a sweep.
Ryan Lomberg and Anthony Duclair had the other goals for Florida, which swept a series for the first time in franchise history. Matthew Tkachuk, celebrating after scoring a first-period goal, also netted the game-winning goal in the third period of the Panthers’ Stanley Cup berth-clinching win over the Hurricanes in Game 4.Jesper Fast seemed like he might have saved the season for Carolina, getting a tying goal with 3:22 left in regulation. Paul Stastny and Teuvo Teravainen had the first two goals of the night for the Hurricanes, while Brady Skjei and Jordan Martinook each had two assists.
The tone was set early. Duclair scored 41 seconds into the contest, and not even a minute later Florida’s Sam Bennett delivered a hard hit — but clean, in the sense that it drew no penalty — to Carolina’s Jaccob Slavin behind the Hurricanes’ net.
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