The defending champion Florida Panthers are up 1-0 in the Eastern Conference finals because they did something against the Carolina Hurricanes that no other team had done in this year’s playoffs.
Hurricanes goalie Frederik Andersen gave up five goals and Carolina yielded two power-play goals in the same game for the first time in the 2025 postseason.
Carolina will try to get back on track on Thursday night and tie the best-of-seven series at home. To do that, the Hurricanes will have to end a 13-game losing streak in the conference finals that dates to 2009.
Here’s what to know about Game 2 between the Carolina Hurricanes and Florida Panthers, including game time and broadcasting and streaming information:
What time is Hurricanes vs. Panthers NHL playoff game?
Game 2 of the Carolina Hurricanes-Florida Panthers series is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday in Raleigh, North Carolina.
How to watch Hurricanes vs. Panthers NHL playoff game: TV, stream
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Location: Lenovo Center (Raleigh, North Carolina)
TV: TNT
Stream: Sling TV, Max
Mark Jankowski injury update
Hurricanes forward Mark Jankowski is “a good option” for Game 2, coach Rod Brind’Amour said. He left Game 1 of the second round against the Washington Capitals with an injury.
Jalen Chatfield injury update
Hurricanes defenseman Jalen Chatfield skated Thursday morning after missing the past two games with an undisclosed injury. If Chatfield can’t go, Brind’Amour indicated he would lean toward having Scott Morrow over Alexander Nikishin in the lineup.
‘He understands our game a little better because he’s been playing it for a year,’ Brind’Amour said of Morrow.
Panthers’ second-round win costly to Maple Leafs president
Toronto Maple Leafs president Brendan Shanahan won’t have his contract renewed after the team fell short again in the playoffs.
The Maple Leafs have a nine-year playoff streak under Shanahan, who was hired in 2014, and reached the second round this season for the second time since 2004. They won the first two games against the Florida Panthers in the second round. But they lost the series in seven games. Games 5 and 7 were 6-1 blowout losses at home.
‘It was determined that a new voice was required to take the team to the next level in the years ahead,’ MLSE President and CEO Keith Pelley said in a statement on Thursday.