May 29 (UPI) -- The Florida Panthers trailed 2-0 after 20 minutes, but were unfazed, scoring three times in the second period and twice in the third to overwhelm the Carolina Hurricanes and reach a third-consecutive Stanley Cup Final.
Forwards Sam Bennett, Matthew Tkachuk, Anton Lundell, Evan Rodrigues and Carter Verhaeghe scored in the 5-3 Eastern Conference finals finale triumph Wednesday in Raleigh, N.C. Panthers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky made 20 saves in Game 5 of the best-of-seven game series.
Panthers forward Sam Reinhart and Aleksander Barkov logged two assists apiece.
"We're comfortable in these situations," Panthers forward Brad Marchand told reporters. "When you've been through it before and you've gone all the way, you see the different way that momentum swings can happen throughout a game and how you can take advantage of that.
"Even when they got that goal in the third, it didn't faze us at all. We just kept pushing. It's just the believe in the room that we can come back in any situation."
