Panthers suffer a huge blow early in Game 3

We're just 20 minutes through Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final and things are heating up already. And I'm not evening talking about the action on the ice...

No, I'm talking about this absolutely savage chirp from a Carolina Hurricanes fan who called out Florida Panthers forward Nick Cousins for his pitiful playoff beard.

Check it out:

Hey bud, you call that a playoff beard!?!?

LOL

On a more serious matter though for the Panthers, it looks like they've lost the services of captain Aleksander Barkov... at least temporarily.

Barkov took a heavy hit along the sideboards late in the 1st period and left the ice. He hasn't played a shift since and is not on the bench for the second period.

Stay tuned. Official confirmation on Barkov's status to come.