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By Game 3, Carolina had seen a 1-1 game entering the thirdfor their 15th straight loss in a conference final going back to sweeps in 2009, 2019 and the 2023 one against these Panthers. The

on the road and avert another sweep, but they faced a long climb to accomplish the improbable.Carolina jumped to a 2-0 lead with Aho twice putting Panthers giveaways in the neutral zone into the net behind Sergei Bobrovsky. But the Panthers flurry of three goals on consecutive second-period shots — two coming in a 30-second span — erased that deficit and silenced a roaring crowd giddy by Carolina’s start.While the Hurricanes responded with Seth Jarvis’ tying goal midway through the third, the dynamic of the game had completely changed after a flurry coach Rod Brind’Amour called “a backbreaker.”

“You could just feel us — it’s just natural, the building, everything, it kind of sucked a little bit of life out of us,” he said.Carolina’s five-week playoff push had included five-game series wins against the New Jersey Devils and Washington Capitals, the latter being this year’s top seed in the Eastern Conference. Yet the Hurricanes went from going 5-0 at home in those two series to losing all three home games against the Panthers.

Carolina has won at least one postseason series in its current run of seven straight playoff appearances, though three have now ended in the Eastern final.

“We’ve had slow starts in the series, when it gets to the top four teams, they’re great teams, and having a slow start is never great,” Staal said.But Gauff wouldn’t allow it, frequently stretching points with her terrific court coverage until she could find space to hit a winner. On one particularly memorable exchange, Gauff sprinted to barely reach a drop shot, scrambled into position to block back a volley, then leaped for an overhead smash.

By the end, Gauff had more than twice as many winners as Bouzkova in the second set, 22 to 11, and also helped herself by winning the point on 11 of her 14 trips to the net.Gauff is one of five American women in the fourth round. The others are No. 3 Jessica Pegula, No. 7 Madison Keys, No. 16 Amanda Anisimova and unseeded Hailey Baptiste.

heading into Sunday., saved three match points while down 5-4 in the final set and came back to beat 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. Keys now plays the 70th-ranked Baptiste.