The Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes traded compliments in the lead-up to their latest matchup, and crunching hits in the first period. They traded goals and highlight-worthy plays. The Panthers and Hurricanes, even if they wouldn’t explicitly say it, knew their meeting Wednesday in North Carolina had a chance to be a postseason preview — perhaps even an early look at the Eastern Conference finals — and they put on a playoff-type show. At the end of three back-and-forth periods, Florida scored in the final minute of regulation to force overtime and Aaron Ekblad delivered the game-winne…