Florida Panthers win 2nd straight Eastern Conference title

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SUNRISE, Fla. -- Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 23 shots, Sam Bennett and Vladimir Tarasenko scored, and the Florida Panthers are headed to the Stanley Cup Final for the second consecutive year after beating the New York Rangers 2-1 on Saturday night.

The Panthers -- who lost the Cup finals to Vegas last year -- won the Eastern Conference finals in six games. Florida will face either Edmonton or Dallas for the Cup; the title series is set to start June 8.

"It's so special. There's so much buy-in and so much hard work," Florida forward Matthew Tkachuk said on the ice after the trophy presentation. "There's so much commitment to playing the right way, and I just the…