SUNRISE, Fla. – With tonight’s 5-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes at Lenovo Center, the Florida Panthers secured their third consecutive Prince of Wales Trophy as Eastern Conference champions, defeating the Hurricanes in five games. The Panthers will compete in the 2025 Stanley Cup Final against the winner of the Western Conference Final.
Florida will enter their third consecutive Stanley Cup Final with a 12-5 record in the 2025 postseason, having won 10 of their last 11 series since the start of the first round in 2023. In the first round of the 2025 playoffs, the Panthers downed their cross-state rival, the Tampa Bay Lightning, in five games for the second consecutive year before overcoming a 2-0 series deficit against the Atlantic Division champion Toronto Maple Leafs, defeating the