{"id":36960,"date":"2025-05-18T12:01:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T12:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/36960\/"},"modified":"2025-05-18T12:01:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T12:01:12","slug":"nhl-issues-eastern-conference-finals-update-before-maple-leafs-panthers-game-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/36960\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Issues Eastern Conference Finals Update Before Maple Leafs-Panthers Game 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Carolina Hurricanes<\/a> are through to the Eastern Conference Final, eliminating<\/a> the\u00a0Washington Capitals<\/a> in five games and securing their second trip to the NHL\u2019s final four in the last three seasons.<\/p>\n

Now, the Hurricanes wait for the outcome of Game 7 between the\u00a0Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> and\u00a0Florida Panthers<\/a> to find out who their opponent will be.<\/p>\n

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Toronto will host Game 7 at Scotiabank Arena on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. ET. The Maple Leafs\u00a0are 12-15 all-time in Game 7s.\u00a0Florida, meanwhile, enters Sunday with a 3-1 record in Game 7s, including 2-0 on the road.<\/p>\n

Nearly midnight on Saturday, the NHL announced<\/a> the dates and times for both conference finals matchups.<\/p>\n

In the Eastern Conference, the Hurricanes will host Game 1 of the conference finals<\/a> only if Florida beats Toronto in Game 7. If the Maple Leafs advance, then Carolina will open the series on the road.<\/p>\n

If the Toronto Maple Leafs advance (all times ET):<\/p>\n

Game 1: Carolina at Toronto – Tuesday, May 20 \u2013 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Game 2: Carolina at Toronto – Thursday, May 22 \u2013 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Game 3: Toronto at Carolina – Saturday, May 24 \u2013 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Game 4: Toronto at Carolina – Monday, May 26 \u2013 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Game 5: Carolina at Toronto – Wednesday, May 28 \u2013 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Game 6: Toronto at Carolina – Friday, May 30 \u2013 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Game 7: Carolina at Toronto – Sunday, June 1 \u2013 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

If the Florida Panthers advance:<\/p>\n

Game 1: Florida at Carolina – Tuesday, May 20 \u2013 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Game 2: Florida at Carolina – Thursday, May 22 \u2013 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Game 3: Carolina at Florida – Saturday, May 24 \u2013 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Game 4: Carolina at Florida – Monday, May 26 \u2013 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Game 5: Florida at Carolina – Wednesday, May 28 \u2013 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Game 6: Carolina at Florida – Friday, May 30 \u2013 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Game 7: Florida at Carolina – Sunday, June 1 \u2013 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

\"Florida<\/p>\n

Florida Panthers forward Sam Bennett (9) tries to carry the puck between Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitchell Marner (16) and forward Auston Matthews (34) at Scotiabank Arena. John E&period; Sokolowski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes lost<\/a> their regular-season series against both the Maple Leafs and the Panthers, putting together the same 1-2-0 record.<\/p>\n

That said, Carolina was able to beat Florida on the road. The Hurricanes could only beat Toronto while playing a home game in Carolina.<\/p>\n

No matter the final matchup, the Eastern Conference Final will begin on Tuesday, May 20, at 8 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

Related: Justin Bieber’s Bold Message to Auston Matthews After Maple Leafs Force Game 7<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: Logan Thompson Assigns Blame for Capitals’ Elimination<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The\u00a0Carolina Hurricanes are through to the Eastern Conference Final, eliminating the\u00a0Washington Capitals in five games and securing their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[532,29,8769,2217,4220,5,4,63,66,109],"class_list":{"0":"post-36960","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-auston-matthews","9":"tag-carolina-hurricanes","10":"tag-conference-finals","11":"tag-eastern-conference","12":"tag-eastern-conference-final","13":"tag-hockey","14":"tag-nhl","15":"tag-panthers","16":"tag-toronto","17":"tag-washington-capitals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/114528733321573362","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}