On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez(@Mandoman12) brought in Jacob Winans(@JacobWinans8) for another edition of Winans Wednesday. The two break down the Panthers' 5-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final. The Panthers were risk profile was pretty high when it came to getting their defense to jump up in the play, but thankfully early stops by Sergei Bobrovsky was able to make stops right before Carter Verhaeghe capitalized on the power play. The Panthers were able to capitalize on Carolina's mistakes as veteran Jordan Staal heard footsteps from Evan Rodrigues, which resulted in a giveaway that ended up in the back of the net, along with a delay of game penalty in the third that resulted in another power play goal. The Hurricanes only gave up two on the penalty kill in the playoffs before Tuesday night, and the Panthers matched it in one game. Also, the Canes' rush defense was number one going into the ECF, but the Panthers scored a big goal in the second period to get to a two-goal lead as Niko Mikkola avoided the forecheck, jumped into the offense and had a beautiful set up to AJ Greer to make it 3-1. Things got ugly as Bobrovsky was bumped into multiple times on the night, including on two consecutive shifts by the Hurricanes, and Brad Marchand finished a check late on Shayne Gostisbehere, and as Gostisbehere tried to clear the Carolina zone, he shot the puck into Marchand (which he later admitted was on purpose), and the gloves came off. Florida continued to get into their opponents head, and were able to do it to what people consider one of the most disciplined teams in the NHL. Florida was able to hold lines 2-4 of Carolina to nine total shots of their 33 as the Panthers were able to manage the multiple shots that were coming from the point. The guys give their three stars of the game and their moment where they knew the game was won. We discuss all of this and more on today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast: Your Team, Every Day.

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