RALEIGH, N.C. -- For the Carolina Hurricanes , it was the end of their season in a Game 5 loss in the Eastern Conference finals. For the Florida Panthers , it was just another Wednesday.

The Panthers advanced to their third straight Stanley Cup Final with a 5-3 victory that saw them rally from a 2-0 first-period deficit, have Carter Verhaeghe score the winning goal with 7:39 left in regulation, and kill off a Hurricanes power play with three minutes left and Carolina's goalie pulled.

It was a thrilling and intense playoff game, one that Florida coach Paul Maurice said had "all the elements that make our sport great." But the celebration was business as usual for the defending Stanley Cup champions.

They congratulated goalie Sergei Bobrovsky but bypassed any raucous on-ice jubi

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