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  • New York Islanders vs Carolina Hurricanes – Round 2 – Game 3 Recap

    New York Islanders vs Carolina Hurricanes – Round 2 – Game 3 Recap

    Game Recap:

    Carolina came out of the gate fast and furious. Taking a quick lead in the first and dictating a lot of the actions in period one. With the exception of a bad penalty in which the Islanders Devon Toews would get his first of the playoffs, it was a spotless period for the Hurricanes.

    The second period saw a lot of back and forth action with each team getting a goal and a penalty. But the Islanders couldn’t find the extra gas to pull away in this one. Which played right into Carolina’s game plan.

    The third period Captain clutch Justin Williams would come through and Teuvo Teravainen, along with Sebastian Aho would come through with goals of their own to make it 5-2 and a 3-0 series lead.

     

    Lineups:

    New York

    NYI

    Defence

    Carolina

     

    GameDay:

     

     

    First Period:

    Carolina Goal – 6:41 – Teuvo Teravainen (4) assisted by Jaccob Slavin (11) and Dougie Hamilton (4)

    Carolina Penalty – 7:03 – Warren Foegele, 2 minutes for High Sticking

    NYI PP Goal – 8:20 – Devon Toews (1) assisted by Josh Bailey (2) and Jordan Eberle (4)

    Carolina Penalty – 10:25 – Brock McGinn, 2 minutes for Hooking

    NYI Penalty – 16:12 – Casey Cizikas, 2 minutes for Holding

    End of 1st – NYI – 1       CAR – 1

    Shots              10               12

    Faceoffs         10/20           10/20

    Hits                8                  17

    PP                 0/1                 0/1

     

    Second Period:

    Carolina Penalty – 9:51 – Justin Faulk, 2 minutes for Hooking

    Carolina Goal – 11:58 – Justin Faulk (1) assisted by Warren Foegele (3) and Jordan Staal (4)

    NYI Goal – 14:13 – Josh Bailey (4) assisted by Tom Kuhnackel (4)

    NYI Penalty – 17:09 – Casey Cizikas, 2 minutes for Interference

    End of 2nd – NYI- 2        CAR- 2

    Shots               20                 26

    Faceoffs        18/40           22/40

    Hits                18                  15

    PP                   1/3                  0/2

    Third Period:

    Carolina Goal – 10:15 – Justin Williams (2) assisted by Sebastian Aho (4)

    Carolina Goal – 19:02 – Teuvo Teravainen (5) assisted by Brett Pesce (5) and Jaccob Slavin(12)

    Carolina EN Goal – 19:55 – Sebastian Aho (3) assisted by Lukas Wallmark (4)

    End of 3rd – NYI – 2         CAR – 5

    Shots              30                   38

    Faceoffs      24/58             34/58

    Hits              28                    25

    PP                 1/3                   0/2

     

     

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  • Game Recap-Rnd. 2-Game 3: Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

    Game Recap-Rnd. 2-Game 3: Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

    Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

    Game Recap:

    Line Ups:

    Colorado Avalanche

    San Jose Sharks

     

    First Period Highlights:

     

    Second Period Highlights:

     

    Third Period Highlights:

     

     

    Final Stats:    COL 2   –   SJ 4

    Shots:                 27           31

    Hits:                   41           20

    Face Offs:          28           28

    Power Play:     0/4           0/4

     

    Next Up:

    Game 4 – San Jose Leads 2-1

  • Boston Bruins vs Columbus Blue Jackets – Round 2 – Game 3 Recap

    Boston Bruins vs Columbus Blue Jackets – Round 2 – Game 3 Recap

    Game Recap:

    Bruins came to play in the first period of game three. Throwing the body around and clogging up the neutral zone, it looked like we’d see a classic Bruins game. But then tides changed with about 7 minutes to go in the 1st period. Columbus started to control play and throw their body around. With a few minutes left Boone Jenner beamed down the ice and undressed the Bruins defense and scored to give the Jackets a 1-0 heading into the intermission.

    Columbus picked right back up where they left off in the 1st period. Controlling the play and throwing their weight around. Matt Duchene added his 5th on the powerplay on a costly penalty by Brad Marchand. But with forty seconds to go in the 2nd period DeBrusk would come right up the middle and look to score. But the Ref waived the play dead and called it no goal. Refs decided to go upstairs to make sure and Goal-Review board called it a goal on a continuation.

    The third period would bring some serious pressure from the Bruins but they couldn’t beat Sergei Bobrovsky, as the Blue Jackets held on for a 2-1 series lead.

     

    Lineups:

    Bruins 

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Marcus Johansson

    Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Karson Kuhlman

    Sean Kuraly — Joakim Nordstrom — Noel Acciari

     

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

    Matt Grzelcyk — John Moore

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Steven Kampfer

    Injuries: Connor Clifton

     

    Columbus

    Artemi Panarin — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Olivier Bjorkstrand

    Ryan Dzingle — Matt Duchene — Cam Atkinson

    Alexandre Texier — Nick Foligno — Josh Anderson

    Riley Nash — Boone Jenner — Brandon Dubinsky

     

    Zach Werenski — Seth Jones

    Dean Kukan — David Savard

    Scott Harrington — Adam Clendening

     

    Sergei Bobrovsky

    Joonas Korpisalo

    Scratched: Alexander Wennberg,

    Injuries: Ryan Murray, Markus Nutivaara, Adam McQuaid

     

    GameDay:

     

    First Period:

    Columbus Penalty – 11:17 – Nick Foligno, 2 minutes for Slashing

    Columbus Goal – 18:37 – Boone Jenner (1) assisted by Riley Nash (2) and Scott Harrington (4)

    Boston Penalty – 19:04 – Torey Krug, 2 minutes for Tripping

    End of 1st – BOS – 0       CBJ – 1

    Shots              12               10

    Faceoffs         9/22           13/22

    Hits                8                  17

    PP                 0/1                 0/1

     

    Second Period:

    Boston Penalty – 10:49 – Brad Marchand, 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Columbus PP Goal – 12:42 – Matt Duchene (5) assisted by Nick Foligno (2) and Cam Atkinson (5)

    Boston Goal – 19:20 – Jake DeBrusk (2) assisted by David Krejci (5) and Karson Kuhlman (2)

    End of 2nd – BOS- 1        CBJ- 2

    Shots               22                 27

    Faceoffs        21/39           18/39

    Hits                21                  38

    PP                   0/1                  1/2

     

    Third Period:

    Columbus Penalty – 11:18 – David Savard, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Boston Penalty – 11:35 – Patrice Bergeron, 2 minutes for Tripping

    End of 3rd – BOS – 1         CBJ – 2

    Shots              37                   34

    Faceoffs      27/58             31/58

    Hits              28                    53

    PP                 0/2                   1/3

     

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  • Round 2 – St. Louis Blues v. Dallas Stars – Game 3 Recap

    Round 2 – St. Louis Blues v. Dallas Stars – Game 3 Recap

    St. Louis Blues v. Dallas Stars

    Series Tied 1-1

     

    Game Recap (Provided by @aew328123 Aryan):

    The St. Louis Blues came out with a much faster start than in Game 2, with Jaden Schwartz opening the scoring. While Alexander Radulov was able to tie the game at 1 for the Dallas Stars on a great play on the power play, the Blues seemed like they were in control of the game.

     

    The second period brought more of the same, but the tide seemed to be tilting in Dallas’s favor, but the Blues’ third line had an amazing shift, with great plays by Vince Dunn and Robert Thomas to set up an easy tap in for Tyler Bozak.

     

    The fireworks really started in the third, with teams trading quick goals. Andrew Cogliano scored to tie the game at 2, but Alex Pietrangelo followed that up with another goal to give the Blues a late 3-2 lead. However, Alex giveth, Alex taketh away as a poor clearing attempt directly set up Dallas’s third goal. Fortunately Pat Maroon knocked down featherweight Esa Lindell, and sniped the game winning goal. Game 4 is slated for Wednesday at 930 PM eastern in Dallas.

     

    Lineups:

    St. Louis Blues:

    Jaden Schwartz — Ryan O’Reilly — Vladimir Tarasenko

    Brayden Schenn — Oskar Sundqvist — David Perron

    Pat Maroon — Tyler Bozak — Robert Thomas

    Robby Fabbri — Ivan Barbashev — Alexander Steen

    Carl Gunnarsson — Alex Pietrangelo

    Jay Bouwmeester — Colton Parayko

    Vince Dunn — Robert Bortuzzo

    Scratched: Joel Edmundson, Michael Del Zotto, Sammy Blais, Zach Sanford, Mackenzie MacEachern, Chris Thorburn, Jared Coreau

     

    Dallas Stars:

    Jamie Benn — Tyler Seguin — Alexander Radulov

    Jason Dickinson – Roope Hintz — Mats Zuccarello

    Andrew Cogliano — Radek Faksa — Blake Comeau

    Mattias Janmark — Justin Dowling — Jason Spezza

    Esa Lindell — John Klingberg

    Miro Heiskanen — Roman Polak

    Taylor Fedun — Ben Lovejoy

    Ben Bishop

    Anton Khudobin

    Scratched: Tyler Pitlick, Valeri Nichushkin, Gavin Bayreuther, Joel Hanley, Brett Ritchie, Landon Bow, Julius Honka

    Injured: Jamie Oleksiak (lower body), Marc Methot (lower body), Martin Hanzal (back), Stephen Johns (upper body)

     

    First Period:

    Blues Goal – 1:27 – Jaden Schwartz (6) from Colton Parayko (5) and Ryan O’Reilly (4)

    Stars Penalty – 13:11 – Jamie Benn 2 minutes for Tripping

    Blues Penalty – 15:36 – Jay Bouwmeester 2 minutes for Tripping

    Stars PPG – 17:12 – Alexander Radulov (5) from Jason Spezza (2) and Justin Dowling (2)

     

    End of 1st – STL – 1       DAL – 1

    Shots              10                11

    Faceoffs         08                12

    PP                  0/1                 1/1

     

    Second Period:

    Blues Penalty – :57 – Jay Bouwmeester 2 minutes for Delay of Game

    Blues Goal – 8:30 – Tyler Bozak (2) from Robert Thomas (2) and Vince Dunn (3)

    Blues Penalty – 16:10 – Carl Gunnarsson 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Blues Penalty – 16:29 – Robert Bortuzzo 2 minutes for Cross Checking

    Stars Penalty – 16:29 – Esa Lindell 2 minutes for Embellishment

     

    End of 2nd – STL – 2        DAL- 1

    Shots               25                 21

    Faceoffs          17                 29

    PP                   0/1                  1/4

     

    Third Period:

    Stars Penalty – 12:07 – Roman Polak 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Stars SHG – 13:06 – Andrew Cogliano (2) from Mattias Janmark (1)

    Blues Goal – 14:24 – Alex Pietrangelo (1) from Jay Bouwmeester (4) and Jaden Schwartz (2)

    Stars Goal – 15:52 – Tyler Seguin (3) from Miro Heiskanen (2) and Mats Zuccarello (4)

    Blues Goal – 18:22 – Pat Maroon (2) from Jay Bouwmeester (5) and Tyler Bozak (3)

    Blues Penalty – Colton Parayko 2 minutes for Delay of Game

     

    End of 3rd – STL – 4         DAL – 3

    Shots              34                   31

    Faceoffs        27                    45

    Hits               28                     29

    PP                 0/2                    1/4

     

    Next Up:

    Game 4 – St. Louis Leads 2-1

     

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  • Game Recap- Round 2 – Game 2: Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

    Game Recap- Round 2 – Game 2: Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

    Game Recap:

    Tonight resumes play of this best of 7 series between the Colorado Avalanche & San Jose Sharks. The Sharks previously won game one on Friday night by a score of 5-2 to take an early 1-0 series lead. In the first. San Jose would get on the scoreboard first as Evander Kane would put in the rebound off a Brent Burns shot from the point in front of the net. That would be the only goal for the first period. San Jose Sharks will take a 1-0 lead after the first period.

    In the second period, the Avalanche score twice to take the lead. The Avs first goal came off of a deflection by Gabriel Landeskog on a shot from the point by Tyson Barrie. Colorado’s second goal came from Tyson Barrie as he skated towards the right circle and blasted it past Sharks Goalie Martin Jones. At the end of two periods, the Colorado Avalanche would take a 2-1 leading going into the third period.

    Colorado would add onto their lead in the third period. Matt Nieto added his third goal of the playoffs. Nieto put the puck in the back of the net on his backhand on a very gritty type of effort. However, San Jose would get back to within one goal as Brent Burns lifted the puck over Avalanche goalie Phillip Grubauer’s glove hand. The Avalanche would add an empty net goal by Nathan MacKinnon. Except, San Jose got back within one on a Power Play goal by Brent Burns with ten seconds left in the game. Unfortunately, it was too late for the Sharks to tie the game up. Colorado would go onto win 4-3. The Avalanche evened up the series with the Sharks at one game a piece going into game three.

    Line Ups:

    Colorado Avalanche

    San Jose Sharks

    First Period Highlights:

    Second Period Highlights:

    Third Period Highlights:

    Final Stats:

    COL- 4    SJ-3

    Shot:            32          32

    Hits:             28          25

    Face Offs:  48.4%   51.6%

    Power Play: 0/2       1/3

    Next Up:

    Game 3: Tuesday April 30th, 2019 @ 10pm EST

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  • 2019 NHL Playoffs: Round 2 Game 2: Hurricanes Pull Off Another Road Victory

    2019 NHL Playoffs: Round 2 Game 2: Hurricanes Pull Off Another Road Victory

    Game 2 of the second round between the New York Islanders and the Carolina Hurricanes took place today on nationwide TV, on NBC. The Islanders were looking to tie up the series before it heads back to Raleigh, while the Hurricanes were looking to extend their series lead.

    The game started off well for the Islanders, as a little over halfway in the first period, the Isles would grab the lead. The goal would come from Matthew Barzal, and it would be his first of the playoffs. The puck would bounce off of Jaccob Slavin’s stick and beat Petr Mrázek and go into the net. Then, the Islanders would then finish off the period with a 1-0 lead.

    There would be no scoring between the two teams in the second period. The Islanders outshot the Hurricanes 13-9 in the period. Also, only two penalties were called in the period, both going against the Islanders, in which their penalty kill were successful in killing off the penalties.

    In the third period, the Hurricanes would nab a quick goal 17 seconds into the period. It came from Carolina hot man, Warren Foegele, who shot the puck from the right circle beating Robin Lehner. It would be Foegele’s fifth goal of the playoffs.

    Shortly after, slightly over a minute into the period, the Hurricanes would grab another quick goal. This time it came from Nino Niederreiter, it would be his first goal of the playoffs, and it could not come at a better time.

    The Hurricanes would then hold on to win the period and the game, and take a 2-0 series lead heading back to Raleigh.

     

    Things to note, that Petr Mrázek went down injured in the second period and it was Curtis McElhinney who would come on in relief. The Hurricanes were dealt another injury as Saku Maenalanen would depart from the game early. Also Trevor van Riemsdyk left the game early as well.

     

    3 Stars of the Game

    Third Star: Matthew Barzal

    Second Star: Warren Foegele

    First Star: Nino Niederreiter

     

    Boxscore

    https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/car-vs-nyi/2019/04/28/2018030222#game=2018030222,game_state=final

     

    Game 3 of the series will be at PNC Arena in Raleigh on May 1st at 7p on NBCSN.

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  • Columbus Blue Jackets vs Boston Bruins – Round 2 – Game 2 Recap

    Columbus Blue Jackets vs Boston Bruins – Round 2 – Game 2 Recap

    Game Recap:

    Bruins came to play in the first period of game two. Controlling the majority of possession and capitalizing on their only powerplay opportunity courtesy of Matt Grzelcyk 1st of the playoffs.

    Columbus jumped right back into the mix courtesy of Artemi Panarin who scored twice in the 2nd frame, while David Pastrnak scored for Boston in between the two Panarin goals.

    The third period would bring some back and forth play but no goals. Just back and forth which would lead us to overtime again for the 2nd period.

    The overtime would be back and forth all period with Rask making some brilliant saves and Bobrovsky doing the same. But nobody could find the back of the net. Second OT will bring the next opportunity.

    In the second overtime, the Blue Jackets would get a powerplay and capitalize on a rebound goal from Matt Duchene to tie the best of 7 series at one and head back to Boston.

    Lineups:

    Bruins 

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Marcus Johansson

    Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Karson Kuhlman

    Sean Kuraly — Joakim Nordstrom — Noel Acciari

     

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

    Matt Grzelcyk — John Moore

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Steven Kampfer

    Injuries: Connor Clifton

     

    Columbus

    Artemi Panarin — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Olivier Bjorkstrand

    Ryan Dzingle — Matt Duchene — Cam Atkinson

    Alexandre Texier — Nick Foligno — Josh Anderson

    Riley Nash — Boone Jenner — Brandon Dubinsky

     

    Zach Werenski — Seth Jones

    Dean Kukan — David Savard

    Scott Harrington — Adam Clendening

     

    Sergei Bobrovsky

    Joonas Korpisalo

    Scratched: Alexander Wennberg,

    Injuries: Ryan Murray, Markus Nutivaara, Adam McQuaid

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    Columbus Penalty – 6:29 – Josh Anderson, 2 minutes for Interference

    Boston PP Goal – 7:50 – Matt Grzelcyk (1) assisted by Charlie McAvoy (4) and David Krejci (4)

    Boston Penalty – 20:00 – Brad Marchand, 2 minutes for Cross Checking

    End of 1st – CBJ – 0       BOS – 1

    Shots              6               9

    Faceoffs         8/23           15/23

    Hits               18                  15

    PP                 0/1                 1/1

    Second Period:

    Columbus Goal – 1:03 – Artemi Panarin (3) assisted by Seth Jones (5) and Cam Atkinson (3)

    Boston Goal – 2:01 – David Pastrnak (3) assisted by Charlie Coyle (2) and Marcus Johansson (3)

    Boston Penalty – 6:36 – Zdeno Chara, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Columbus Penalty – 7:37 – Josh Anderson, 4 minutes for High Sticking

    Columbus Goal – 8:01 – Artemi Panarin (4) assisted by Seth Jones (6)

    End of 2nd – CBJ- 2        BOS- 2

    Shots               19                 13

    Faceoffs        23/45           22/45

    Hits                36                  30

    PP                   1/2                  1/3

    Third Period:

    Columbus Penalty – 10:48 – Cam Atkinson, 2 minutes for Tripping

    End of 3rd – CBJ – 2         BOS – 2

    Shots              26                   21

    Faceoffs      27/58             31/58

    Hits               42                    35

    PP                 1/2                   1/4

    Overtime Period 1:

     Boston Penalty – 10:48 – Charlie McAvoy, 2 minutes for High Sticking

    End of OT – CBJ – 2         BOS – 2

    Shots              36                   31

    Faceoffs      35/81             46/81

    Hits               49                    42

    PP                 1/3                   1/4

    Overtime Period 2:

    Columbus Goal – 3:42 – Matt Duchene (4) assisted by Artemi Panarin (5) and Cam Atkinson (4)

    End of OT – CBJ – 3         BOS – 2

    Shots              41                   31

    Faceoffs      36/85            49/85

    Hits               49                    42

    PP                 2/4                  1/4

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  • St. Louis Blues – Dallas Stars Game 2 Recap

    St. Louis Blues – Dallas Stars Game 2 Recap

    The Blues and Stars had an eventful first period, with Roope Hintz scoring early to make it 1-0:

    Suffice it to say, the Blues should not have allowed this goal.

    Dallas extended their lead to 2-0 on a goal by Miro Heiskanen:

    Suffice it to say, the Blues should not have allowed this goal, redux.

    While Colton Parayko cut the lead to 2-1, the Stars put away much hope of a comeback with Mattias Janmark helping Dallas reclaim a 2 goal lead:

    Suffice. It. To. Say…well, you know.

    The Blues played rather poorly in the second but managed to keep the score at 3-1. Jaden Schwartz scored early in the third to give the Blues some life, but St. Louis’s complete, and honestly baffling, inability to do anything on the power play (0/5 today), quelled any thoughts of a comeback, as Hintz added his second as an empty netter with 3 seconds left.

    Game 3 is slated for 8PM Eastern in Dallas, Monday night.

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  • Game Recap-Round 2-Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

    Game Recap-Round 2-Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

    Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

     

    Tonight began Game 1 of the Western Conference semi-finals between the Colorado Avalanche and San Jose Sharks. Each team come off of recent emotional playoffs series victories in Round one over their respective opponents. In the first period the Colorado Avalanche got on the board first on a goal by Gabriel Bourque as he put in the rebound from a Cale Makar shot from the point. About a little over twelve minutes later, San Jose would tie the game on a Gustav Nyquist goal as he put in the loose puck in the back of the net. After the first period, the game would be tied 1-1.

    Colorado would start off the scoring in the second period as Colin Wilson deflected in yet another goal on a set play pass from Mikko Rantanen and Nathan MacKinnon on the Power Play. However, San Jose would go on to take over the rest of the game. San Jose would get goals from Joe Thornton, Kevin LeBlanc, Brett Burns, & would add an empty net goal in the third period by Timo Meier. San Jose would win Game 1 by a final score of 5-2 and take the early series advantage of 1-0. These two teams face off again Sunday night at 7:30 pm eastern standard time!

    First Period Highlights:

     

    Second Period Highlights:

     

    Third Period Highlights:

     

    Final Stats:  COL-2  SJ-5

    Shots:              28       27

    Hits:                28        26

    Face Offs:      50%     50%

    Power Play:  1/3       0/1

     

    Next Up:

    San Jose leads the series 1-0

    *Game 2: Sunday April 28th, 2019 @ 7:30pm EST

     

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  • 2019 NHL Playoffs: Round 2 Game 1: Hurricanes Steal Game 1 In OT

    2019 NHL Playoffs: Round 2 Game 1: Hurricanes Steal Game 1 In OT

    The second round of the playoffs began yesterday; however, for these two Metropolitan division rivals, their first game was tonight. It was the first game for the Islanders since April 16th, when they swept the Pittsburgh Penguins. For the Hurricanes, the last game that they played was Wednesday in DC, when they defeated the Washington Capitals in double overtime. The last time that these two teams played against each other though, was all the way back on January 8th. Which saw the Hurricanes come out victorious in that game.

    Game 1 took place at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, and it saw a tightly contested match with great defensive play on both sides and great goaltending from both teams. In the first period, saw great back and forth action from both teams, but unfortunately, no one was able to find the back of the net. The Islanders outshot the Hurricanes 11-9 though.

    In the second period, we saw much of the same as the first period, great back and forth action from both teams. Again, unfortunately there was no scoring between both teams. However the shot count in the second period was even, with both teams registering 12 shots on goal.

    In the third period, we got more of the same as the first two periods. There was no scoring, as I’m sure all of the fans stress levels went up a few notches as the game would head to overtime. It was the Hurricanes who outshot the Islanders in the third period 10-6.

    Also, through three periods of play, both teams penalty kills went perfect. The Hurricanes penalty kill was 5 for 5, and the Islanders penalty kill went 3 for 3.

    In overtime, there were no penalties called on either team. There also wasn’t much shooting going on in the third period either, as the Islanders outshot the Hurricanes 2-1. Everything from both teams was on lockdown. Then four minutes into overtime, a shot came from Nino Niederreiter, which bounced off the back boards and landed on Jordan Staal’s stick. He took a shot which beat Robin Lehner to give the Hurricanes the 1-0 victory in OT and a 1-0 lead in the series.

    This was some absolutely incredible hockey and I hope that there is more to come with this series.

     

    3 Stars of the Game

    Third Star: Petr Mrázek

    Second Star: Robin Lehner

    First Star: Jordan Staal

     

    Boxscore

    https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/car-vs-nyi/2019/04/26/2018030221#game=2018030221,game_state=final

     

    Game 2 action will be this Sunday at 3p on NBC.

     

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