Aleksander Barkov and Niko Mikkola each scored twice, and Sergei Bobrovsky made 23 saves for the Florida Panthers in a 6-2 win against the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final at Amerant Bank Arena on Saturday.
The Panthers are on the brink of returning to the Stanley Cup Final for the third straight season.
Brad Marchand also scored, and Jesper Boqvist, in the lineup for injured forward Sam Reinhart, had a goal and two assists. Florida scored five goals in 9:08 in the third period and became the sixth team in NHL history to score five or more goals in each of the first three games of third-round series.
Seth Jarvis and Logan Stankoven scored for the Hurricanes, who lost their 15th consecutive…