With the cap set to go up, there are three players that they could acquire in free agency to hopefully join Marner in Raleigh this summer.

He made an outstanding pad save to deny William Carrier bursting down the middle after accepting an Eric Robinson pass at 11:08. Then at the 16-minute mark, Bobrovsky shut down Jackson Blake’s 1 ...

Sebastian Aho capitalized twice on turnovers to keep the Hurricanes alive, at least for now, as Carolina tries to force Game 6. Florida's had no response in the first 20 minutes.

The Hurricanes found themselves in penalty trouble again later in the first period, at 11:21, with William Carrier receiving checking penalty and had to kill off the Panthers power play. Carolina ...

Carolina returns to full strength. Sergei Bobrovsky also made a nice short-handed save for Sebastian Aho, looking for the hat trick. Carolina's William Carrier with his second penalty of the night ...

Another Sebastian Aho goal after another Panthers turnover, this time by Niko Mikkola. Aho uses Mikkola as a screen as he scores at 18:54. Hurricanes power play A.J. Greer is called for interference.

Carolina Hurricanes' William Carrier (28) gets pushes into Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky (72) by Dmitry Kulikov (7) during the second period of Game 1 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup ...

Sebastian Aho scored for the Hurricanes, but not the one on the team. The Islanders' identically-named player accidently put the puck in his own net.