Overview
- Carter Verhaeghe scored the decisive goal off an Aleksander Barkov feed with 7:39 remaining to break a 3-3 tie in Game 5.
- After falling behind 2-0, Florida responded with three second-period strikes from Matthew Tkachuk, Evan Rodrigues and Anton Lundell.
- Florida closed the series 4-1, sweeping all three games in Raleigh and improving to an 8-3 road mark in this postseason.
- Sergei Bobrovsky made 20 saves, including a key stop on Carolina’s late power play, and Sam Bennett sealed the win with an empty-net goal.
- The Panthers will face either the Edmonton Oilers or Dallas Stars in the Stanley Cup Final, with Edmonton holding a 3-1 lead in that series.