Hurricanes brought wind, but Florida brought claws, chaos, and a 2-0 series lead.
Date: May 22, 2025
Location: Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise, Florida
Final Score: Panthers 4, Hurricanes 1
Series: Panthers lead 2-0
Someone call Animal Control — because these Panthers are officially out of pocket.
Game 2 wasn’t just a win for Florida. It was a full-on territorial flex. From the first puck drop, the Panthers pounced like they’d just been told the Hurricanes insulted their mothers and their slap shots. And once again, Carolina found itself skating uphill in a thunderstorm… except the thunderstorm had fangs and a goal horn.
Matthew Tkachuk was out there stirring chaos like it was a family recipe. Sergei Bobrovsky? Basically put up a “Do Not Disturb” sign in his crease. Meanwhile, Florida’s forecheck came in like a caffeinated freight train — relentless, noisy, and borderline illegal in several time zones.
The ‘Canes? They had moments. A few power plays, a spicy wrister here, a scrappy rebound there. But that Florida pressure was suffocating. Like “trying to breathe in a sauna while being chased by angry cats” suffocating.
Now the Panthers head to Carolina with a 2-0 series lead and the swagger of a team that knows what time it is — and it ain’t nap time.
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