2023-05-17 13:10:38
Carolina and Florida, two territories far from the traditional nurseries of North American hockeybut whose franchises will be present in the penultimate step in the fight for the Stanley Cup. Even so, nobody can say that they have usurped their position in the final of the eastern conference, the Hurricanes have won their division, the Metropolitan, and have been one of the teams that have performed best in the regular season. for his part the Panthers may have reached the postseason with a final sprint resolved with a carom of resultsbut with the count to zero at the start of the first round, They have brought out a potential that was missed during the course from October to Apriland that was paid in their flesh by two teams that aspired to everything this season and have found the end of their path against those from Sunrise.
They meet for the first time in a tie, but It is not the first time they have played a conference final, although in seasons already distant in the memory, Carolina in 2006 and Florida in 1996, and both agreed to the grand final, in which the Canes did champion. One of the two will get it again.
Carolina Hurricanes: the value of the team
Many were the doubts generated by the Carolina Hurricanes before starting the postseason, injuries, especially that of Andrei Svechnikov Once the deadline for the transfer of players had passed, it left a leak on paper in the attack of the Canes. Already started the season, the top six suffered another blow with the injury of Teuvo Teravainen. Well to all that the Canes have survived and have reached the conference final and also with the role of favorites.
And certainly the casualties weigh, but even more has weighed the direction of Rod Brind’Amour from the benchwhich has marked in each and every one of the men who wear the eye of the hurricane on their chests a pressing attitude and a forecheck to steal all the pucks possible as close to the rival goal and shoot without respite.
That has been the plan, and if something works, you don’t have to look for changes, let alone one step away from the grand finale. As icing on the cake, those from Raleigh have recovered Frederik Andersen, and as has happened throughout the regular season, even if he has a bad day, he still has two other competent goalkeepers like the veteran Antti Raanta y Pyotr Kochetkov.
Florida Panthers: looking for one more blow
Your arrival at wild card had a point of fortune that crowned the final effort to get it, but this season, Paul Maurice has justified the hiring after the dismissal of Andrew Brunette when finished swept by Tampa Bay when it seemed the year of those of Sunrise. It could be said that fate brought us the playoffs that we expected from the cats in 2022 to this present 2023.
The Hurricanes have already been warned, Florida has already buried two legitimate Stanley Cup contenders, Boston Bruins y Toronto Maple Leafs, so they will not have the surprise factor to face this third candidate who is aware of the damage he can receive from rivals who also know very well what they are playing.
Undoubtedly a main factor for there to be a team from Florida again, in this case from the south, in the final, will be the performance of Sergei Bobrovsky.
His numbers against Boston when he had to leave after the first starts of Alex Lyon, They weren’t very bright, but against Toronto was a wall that star players were unable to break down like Matthews, Tavares or Marner.
At this point in the competition, the details decide, and the goals are the cornerstone in the playoffs, and all the more so the further we advance in the competition table.
PP% (power play effectiveness), PK% (effectiveness penalty killing), GF/P (goals scored per match), GC/P (goals against per game), Ranking (league position in said statistic)
Previous confrontations
In the two games played in 2022, strong local victories and leaving a clean sheet for each of the teams. More recent is the confrontation they had on April 13 in which the Panthers played for access to the wild card with the need to win, but they were beaten at home. Fortunately, Pittsburgh’s loss at home to Chicago got them into the top 16 and now they are on the verge of the grand finale.
It is the first time that both franchises have come face to face in the playoffso the winner will take the lead in the particular stat.
09/11/2022 Florida Panthers 3-0 Carolina Hurricanes
30/12/2022 Carolina Hurricanes 4-0 Florida Panthers
13/04/2023 Florida Panthers 4-6 Carolina Hurricanes
Calendar and schedules
Party 1: Carolina Hurricanes – Florida Panthers (19 mayo 02:00)
Party 2: Carolina Hurricanes – Florida Panthers (21 mayo 02:00)
Party 3: Florida Panthers – Carolina Hurricanes (23 mayo 02:00)
Party 4: Florida Panthers – Carolina Hurricanes (25 mayo 02:00)
*Party 5: Carolina Hurricanes – Florida Panthers (27 mayo 02:00)
*Party 6: Florida Panthers – Carolina Hurricanes (29 mayo 02:00)
*Party 7: Carolina Hurricanes – Florida Panthers (31 mayo 02:00)
*If necessary (Spanish peninsular time (CET)
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