Price and value. That's what this Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals comes down to.

Florida has played once in eight days. Carolina has played once in nine days. But the last game these two teams played was this past Thursday night/early Friday morning in Carolina. It went within 12 seconds of going into a fifth overtime.

The road underdog Panthers won it.

Now there's a huge randomness factor with the teams not just playing only once in more than a week, but how they react to that epic four overtime game. Florida is on house money leading 1-0 in the series. The Hurricanes have to be down both physically and more important emotionally. They have little time to regroup. And the pressure is all on them.

I see this game as a toss-up. So getting this nice plus price on the Panthers makes sense.

The Panthers have more than proven themselves on the road in the postseason winning seven of eight away playoff games. They are on a seven-game road win streak having defeated the Bruins three consecutive times in Boston and Maple Leafs three times in a row in Toronto entering this series.

Florida is 13-3 in its last 16 road contests. The Panthers also have beaten the Hurricanes six of the past eight times.