Paul Maurice and the Florida Panthers are sitting fairly of their Japanese Convention Finals sequence in opposition to the Carolina Hurricanes.
They at present possess a 3-0 stranglehold and might sweep away Carolina for the second time in three years. Not like their matchup in 2023, this 12 months has been an absolute beatdown. The Panthers have outscored the Hurricanes by a mixed 16-4 margin and have had their means bodily all sequence lengthy.
Regardless of how one-sided it has been to this point, the job just isn’t completed, and head coach Paul Maurice is aware of that. The veteran bench boss is effectively conscious that the fourth win in a playoff sequence is at all times the toughest, so he expects a determined effort from Carolina on Monday evening.
Crew reporter Jameson Olive shared a few of Maurice’s pre-game feedback on X (previously Twitter).
“They have full desperation on their facet. We have got full need on our facet,” Maurice stated.
Paul Maurice signed a multi-year contract extension with the Florida Panthers in the beginning of the 2024-25 season, although the small print of stated deal weren’t revealed.
Paul Maurice supplied a number of lineup updates forward of Recreation 4
The Florida Panthers had a number of query marks in regard to their lineup heading into Recreation 4.
Sam Reinhart, Niko Mikkola, and AJ Greer have been all game-time calls, coping with respective accidents. Paul Maurice gave the replace throughout his pregame media availability that every one three gamers shall be sidelined on Monday evening.
Crew reporter Jameson Olive shared it on X.
“Reinhart, Mikkola, and Greer are all out for Recreation 4. If the sequence continues, Maurice says he expects they’d be good to return later within the sequence. All thought-about daily,” Olive wrote.
Forwards Jesper Boqvist, Nico Sturm, and defenseman Uvis Balinskis will enter the lineup rather than the three injured Panthers. Whereas it isn’t superb for Florida to be with out a number of regulars, they’ve displayed for years now how deep of a group they’re and that anybody can contribute on any given evening.
Recreation 4 of the Japanese Convention Finals between the Panthers and Hurricanes is about to go down on Monday evening in Florida. The puck drops at 8 p.m. EST at Amerant Financial institution Enviornment.
Edited by Jackson Weber