Sergei Bobrovsky made 19 saves, Florida scored three times in a 6:24 span in the second period and the Panthers routed the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-1 in Game 7 on Sunday night to advance to the Eastern Conference final.

The Drake betting curse has been well-documented in recent years, and it appears to be alive and well after the rapper let it be known that he bet $1 million on the Toronto Maple Leafs to beat the Florida Panthers Sunday night in Game 7 of their second-round playoff series.

The Florida Panthers go to the Eastern Conference Final for the third straight season in hopes of making their third straight Stanley Cup Final. Such sustained success starts with the Panthers

The Florida Panthers were on their way to becoming the NHL’s standard, headed to the Stanley Cup Final two years ago before returning to win the Cup last year. In many ways, the breakthrough moment came in the exact spot they find themselves now: in the Eastern final,

The Carolina Hurricanes know who they’re playing in the Eastern Conference Final. After the Dallas Stars won their series against Winnipeg late Saturday, 2-1 in overtime, the NHL confirmed the Eastern Conference Final between Carolina and the winner of Sunday’s Game 7 between Toronto and Florida would start on Tuesday,