Brad Marchand has 12 points in as many games through the Stanley Cup Playoffs — something that doesn't surprise his former Bruins teammate.

Anyone who has been invested in the National Hockey League over the years knows that, as the seasons pile on, the game evolves.

As we enter the penultimate playoff round here in the spring of 2025, four teams have usurped 10 of the last 12 Conference Final berths, and those four remain again this season.

Todd Cordell is targeting a goal with his Brad Marchand odds spotlight for Game 1 between the Panthers and Hurricanes.

Three years ago, Florida advanced past the first round for the first time in decades. Much of that roster remained intact for the following season, and that’s when the Panthers shocked the hockey world and marched all the way to the Stanley Cup Final as an eight seed.

They have been fully immersed in the Panther way for about 10 weeks now, receiving a crash course of how to play the team’s grind-it-out style that frustrates opponents before being fully thrust into Florida’s latest playoff run.

The Florida Panthers trail 2-0 in their second-round series against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The series returns to Sunrise, Florida, for Games 3 and 4, and the

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman was honest about the Panthers' rising success since Vinnie Viola bought the team in 2014.