Skip to page content
Loading page

What We Learned: Florida Panthers made it look easy in Eastern Conference Final

Jim Rassol - USA TODAY Sports
NHL

You do not have to be a genius to understand what makes the Florida Panthers so successful. They have a deep and scary forward group, a very strong blue line, and solid if unspectacular goaltending.

The way they play, they are going to get like 53-plus percent of the expected goals over a long enough timeline, and they have the skill at both ends of the ice to outperform that number pretty consistently. They've been outplayed in terms of all-situations expected goals just five times in 17 games this postseason, which is a marked improvement from what they did in their last run to the Cup Final, and gives them the air of a team that really is just churning through these wins — most of them tight, admittedly — like it's not that big of a deal. No one is really built to win one-goal games beca

Premium article
Register to unlock in-depth articles and gain access to quality, exclusive coverage at EP Rinkside. Stay informed and ahead of the game—upgrade to Premium today!
Next Article