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Game 1 Caterwaul: Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes

The Florida Panthers will take on the Carolina Hurricanes tonight at PNC Arena as the two red-hot teams open the Eastern Conference Final in Raleigh. The upstart Cats stunned the Boston Bruins in seven games in the first round before grinding out an impressive five-game win over the Toronto Maples Leafs to gain a final four berth for the first time since 1996. Metropolitan Division-winning Carolina dispatched the New York Islanders in six games in round one and took care of the inexperienced New Jersey Devils in five games to advance. The Hurricanes won the regular season series two games to one. Florida shut out Carolina 3-0 on November 9 before getting blanked 4-0 in Raleigh on December 30. The Hurricanes won the third meeting by a 6-4 count in a sloppy affair in the regular season finale for both teams at FLA Live Arena. Sergei Bobrovsky did not play in any of the games against Carolina this season.

  • WHEN: 8:00 p.m. ET
  • WHERE: PNC Arena – Raleigh, NC
  • ON THE TUBE: TNT, CBC, TVAS
  • ON THE DIAL:  560 WQAM (D/B), 1230 The Gambler (PB), Thunder 100.3 (Keys)
  • SOCIALS: #TimeToHunt, #LetsGoCanes, #FLAvsCAR, @LitterBoxCats, LBC FaceBook
  • ENEMY INTEL: Canes Country
  • FLA IN SERIES: The Cats went 1-2 versus Carolina in the regular season
  • LAST MEETING: CAR 6, FLA 4 – (Recap) 4/13/23
  • NEXT MEETING: May 20, 2023
  • PROJECTED STARTERS: Sergei Bobrovsky (7-2 .918/2.82 0SO) vs Frederik Andersen (5-0 .931/1.80 0SO)
  • PLAYER STATS: Florida / Carolina

2023 IIHF World Championship (Wednesday results)

Group A

  • United States 4, Austria 1
  • Finland 5, France 3

Group B

  • Latvia 2, Norway 1
  • Canada 5, Kazakhstan 1

Today’s games (NHL Network)

Group A

  • Hungary vs Sweden  9:20 a.m.
  • Denmark vs Germany 1:20 p.m.

Group B

  • Czechia vs Slovenia 9:20
  • Switzerland vs Slovakia 1:20 p.m.

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