The Panthers certainly know what that's like. As Maurice brought up, they had that demoralizing loss in Game 4 of last season's Cup Final when they should have been riding a wave of momentum from opening the series with three straight wins and being on the brink of a championship.

Not much went right for them in Game 3 on Monday night, a 6-1 blowout loss that put them down 2-1 in the series after taking the opener at home.

The Panthers have not been dominant at home this postseason with just a 4-3 record, but they did win the franchise's first championship in last year's Stanley Cup Final in Game 7 on home ice.