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The National Hockey League today confirmed the matchups, dates, starting times and broadcast information for the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs Conference Finals. The Eastern Conference Final will feature the Florida Panthers versus the Carolina Hurricanes and will begin Tuesday,

The reigning Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers wasted no time snatching home-ice advantage in the Eastern Conference final.

The Panthers methodically jumped on the Hurricanes, immediately ripped away home-ice advantage, and played with an edge befitting their status as reigning Stanley Cup champions.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Scott Morrow made his Stanley Cup Playoff debut for the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final against the Florida Panthers at Lenovo Center on Tuesday. The 22-year-old rookie defenseman had been paired with Shayne Gostisbehere at the morning skate.

The Hurricanes arrive in the final four with some rest, as they have had a couple of quick series to get to this point. After eliminating the New Jersey Devils in five games in Round 1, Carolina beat up the Washington Capitals, the team that finished with the best record in the East during the regular season, in five games.

The 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs are half over, 12 of the 16 teams to qualify for the postseason already have been eliminated. Among those knocked out include the Winnipeg Jets, who won the Presidents’ Trophy as top regular-season team, and the Washington Capitals, who finished atop the Eastern Conference this season.

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