SUNRISE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers’ first home game in the Eastern Conference finals since 1996 started with a montage of everyone on the roster.
Each player’s photo flashed across the big screen for a few seconds, with his nickname plastered beneath it, and the crowd cheered for everyone. No ovation was bigger than Sergei Bobrovsky’s and the star goaltender, who has rewritten the narrative on his Panthers career in the last month by finally living up to his gargantuan contract, saved his best performance for his newly adoring fans Monday in Game 3 of the East finals.
Florida is one win away from the Stanley Cup Finals after Bobrovsky shut out the Carolina Hurricanes for a 1-0 win in Sunrise.
