Aleksander Barkov sustained a lower-body injury for the Florida Panthers in the first period of their 1-0 win in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final against the Carolina Hurricanes at FLA Live Arena on Monday.
Even as the Carolina Hurricanes swarmed the Florida Panthers net, at times, even as they pumped 32 shots on Sergei Bobrovsky, it never felt as if one was going to go in. The goalie seemed calm back there, composed, ready for anything and everything, ready to create magic.
Jesperi Kotkaniemi s destruction of his stick on his way back to the visiting locker room, captured by TNT s cameras, encapsulated exactly what the Carolina Hurricanes are feeling after another frustrating night shooting pucks at Florida Panthers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky.