Sergei Bobrovsky gets shutout, Panthers top Hurricanes to take 3-game lead in East final

Bobrovsky stopped 32 shots for his first playoff shutout, and the Panthers blanked the Carolina Hurricanes 1-0 on Monday night. Bobrovsky is now 10-1 in his last 11 appearances and has been almost perfect in the last eight games. “We’re happy with the ‘W,’ we’re happy with the win, but the next game is going to be a big game,” Bobrovsky said. This marks the 205th time that a team has taken a 3-0 series lead in NHL playoff history. The Panthers are 2-0 when taking the first three games of a series; the Hurricanes are 0-5 when dropping the first three.