SUNRISE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers will have to wait at least another two days to make their plans for another trip to the Stanley Cup Final.
Instead, they’ll be preparing for another game in the Eastern Conference Final after a lackluster 3-0 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 4 at Amerant Bank Arena on Monday.
Missing energy and urgency against a desperate Hurricanes team trying to avoid a sweep in the best-of-7 series, the Panthers were a bit off throughout the night. A costly mistake led to Logan Stankoven’s goal at 10:45 of the second period, and Carolina added late empty-net goals from Sebastian Aho and Jordan Staal to send the series back to Lenovo Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, for Game 5 on Wednesday…