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  • ECF Game 1 – Carolina Hurricanes v. Boston Bruins

    ECF Game 1 – Carolina Hurricanes v. Boston Bruins

    Carolina Hurricanes v. Boston Bruins

    Game 1

     

    Game Recap:

    Shipping off to Boston for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals the Bruins play host to the Carolina Hurricanes for the first time since the 2009 Semi Finals, and they would also be doing it without the services of star defenseman Charlie McAvoy as he is serving a one game suspension stemming from his illegal hit to the head of Josh Anderson in Game 7 against the Columbus Blue Jackets a few nights ago. However, no McAvoy, no problem as his replacement in the lineup Steven Kampfer would step up early as he would bury his first career playoff goal off of a Marcus Johansson pass after a spectacular defensive play to create the offensive rush leading to the Kampfer goal. Then on the next shift Sean Kuraly would throw a retaliatory punch at Brock McGinn to get a two minute roughing penalty, but the Hurricanes would only need three seconds as Andrei Svechnikov would get the puck right off the faceoff and throw it on net for a Sebastian Aho redirect past Tuukka Rask to tie the game at one a piece.

     

    Going into the second period both teams would remain tied at one, but halfway through the period after the Hurricanes would get their third powerplay opportunity of the game, and fail to convert on it, it would be Greg McKegg who would drive down the wing and wrist the puck past Tuukka Rask to give the Hurricanes the 2-1 lead. However, the goal was not called a goal right away on the ice as the referee did not signal that is was a goal initially as there was also a collision that happened in the crease as well due to Steven Kampfer also cross checking McKegg into Rask after being burned by McKegg when going down the wing towards the net, but the war room in Toronto called in the goal as the replays showed the puck going into the net prior to the collision taking place.

     

    In the third period the Hurricanes would unravel a little bit in the first three minutes of the period as they would take two really bad penalties that would come to cost them as on the first powerplay opportunity of the period for the Bruins it would be Marcus Johansson knocking in a loose puck in the slot to tie the game at two a piece, then 28 seconds later on another powerplay the Bruins would score again as Patrice Bergeron would score his 6th of the playoffs to give the Bruins the 3-2 lead before the three minute mark of the third period. Then in the final three minutes of the game the Bruins would score two goals in a span of 11 seconds starting off with an empty net goal, and then a goal on a breakaway by Chris Wagner as the Bruins would put this game out of reach to win Game 1 5-2.

     

    Lineups:

    Carolina Hurricanes:

    Andrei Svechnikov — Sebastian Aho — Teuvo Teravainen

    Nino Niederreiter — Jordan Staal — Justin Williams

    Warren Foegele – Lucas Wallmark — Brock McGinn

    Jordan Martinook — Greg McKegg — Micheal Ferland

    Jaccob Slavin — Dougie Hamilton

    Brett Pesce — Justin Faulk

    Haydn Fleury — Calvin de Haan

    Petr Mrazek

    Curtis McElhinney

    Injured: Saku Maenalanen (upper body), Trevor van Riemsdyk (left shoulder)

    Scratched: Jake Bean, Patrick Brown

     

    Boston Bruins:

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — David Backes

    Marcus Johansson — Charlie Coyle — Danton Heinen

    Joakim Nordstrom — Sean Kuraly — Chris Wagner

    Zdeno Chara — Connor Clifton

    Torey Krug — Brandon Carlo

    Matt Grzelcyk — Steven Kampfer

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Zane McIntyre, Karson Kuhlman, John Moore

    Injured: Kevan Miller (lower body), Noel Acciari (upper body)

    Suspended: Charlie McAvoy

     

    First Period:

    Bruins Goal – 2:55 – Steven Kampfer (1) from Marcus Johansson (4)

    Bruins Penalty – 3:39 – Sean Kuraly 2 minutes for Roughing

    Hurricanes PPG – 3:42 – Sebastian Aho (5) from Andrei Svechnikov (2) and Jordan Staal (6)

    Bruins Penalty – 14:37 – Charlie Coyle 2 minutes for Hooking

    Hurricanes Penalty – 16:55 – Nino Niederreiter 2 minutes for Slashing

     

    End of 1st – CAR – 1       BOS – 1

    Shots              10                08

    Faceoffs         13                09

    Hits               09                  07

    PP                 1/2                 0/1

     

    Second Period:

    Bruins Penalty – 4:08 – Sean Kuraly 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Hurricanes Goal – 9:18 – Greg McKegg (2) from Jordan Martinook (4) and Micheal Ferland (1)

    Hurricanes Penalty – 16:56 – Micheal Ferland 2 minutes for Interference

     

    End of 2nd – CAR – 2        BOS – 1

    Shots               25                 18

    Faceoffs          24                 18

    Hits                 19                  17

    PP                   1/3                  0/2

     

    Third Period:

    Hurricanes Penalty – :49 – Jordan Staal 2 minutes for Boarding

    Bruins PPG – 2:26 – Marcus Johansson (3) from Brad Marchand (9) and David Krejci (7)

    Hurricanes Penalty – 2:41 – Dougie Hamilton 2 minutes for Roughing

    Bruins PPG – 2:54 – Patrice Bergeron (6) from Brad Marchand (10) and Jake DeBrusk (4)

    Hurricanes Penalty – 5:29 – Dougie Hamilton 2 minutes for Interference

    Bruins ENG – 17:47 – Charlie Coyle (6) from Brandon Carlo (2) and Sean Kuraly (2)

    Bruins Goal – 17:58 – Chris Wagner (1) from unassisted

     

    End of 3rd – CAR – 2         BOS – 5

    Shots              30                   28

    Faceoffs        31                    28

    Hits               27                     25

    PP                 1/3                    2/5

     

    Next Up:

    Game 2 – Sunday at 3p EST – BOS Leads Series 1-0

     

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  • Round 2 Game 4 Recap – New York Islanders v. Carolina Hurricanes

    Round 2 Game 4 Recap – New York Islanders v. Carolina Hurricanes

    New York Islanders v. Carolina Hurricanes

    Game 4 – CAR Leads 3-0

     

    Game Recap:

    Heading into Game 4 the Carolina Hurricanes look to complete the sweep at home as they take on a desparate New York Islanders team trying to remain alive. The Islanders would get an early break as Andrei Svechnikov would take an early high sticking penalty that would lead to a Mathew Barzal powerplay goal for quick 1-0 lead two and a half minutes into the game. However, the Hurricanes would respond on a powerplay of their own as Sebastian Aho would jam it in past Robin Lehner to tie the game at one.

     

    Going into the second period it would be the Hurricanes unleashing a storm early on as Warren Foegele, Sebastian Aho, and Teuvo Teravainen would connect on a tic, tac, toe play as Teravainen scores his sixth of the playoffs. Then Greg McKegg knocks in a loose puck in the slot area to make it 3-1 for the Hurricanes and chase Robin Lehner out of the crease and put in Thomas Greiss for the Islanders. Then after killing a Brock McGinn penalty, Jordan Staal would throw the puck into the slot area and Justin Williams would bat it out of mid air and past Greiss to make it 4-1.

     

    Coming into the third period the Hurricanes would choke up this game and kill the clock, and then Andrei Svechnikov would score his third of the playoffs to give the Hurricanes a commanding 5-1 lead. Brock Nelson would score, but it would be too little, too late as the Hurricanes would go on to defeat the islanders 5-2 to sweep the 2nd round series 4 games to none.

     

    Lineups:

    New York Islanders:

    Anders Lee — Mathew Barzal — Jordan Eberle

    Josh Bailey — Brock Nelson — Tom Kuhnhackl

    Anthony Beauvillier — Valtteri Filppula — Leo Komarov

    Matt Martin — Casey Cizikas — Cal Clutterbuck

    Nick Leddy — Thomas Hickey

    Adam Pelech — Ryan Pulock

    Devon Toews — Scott Mayfield

    Robin Lehner

    Thomas Greiss

    Scratched: Luca Sbisa, Dennis Seidenberg, Michael Dal Colle, Ross Johnston

    Injured: Johnny Boychuk (lower body), Tanner Fritz (hand), Andrew Ladd (torn ACL)

     

    Carolina Hurricanes:

    Warren Foegele — Sebastian Aho — Justin Williams

    Nino Niederreiter — Jordan Staal — Teuvo Teravainen

    Andrei Svechnikov — Lucas Wallmark — Brock McGinn

    Jordan Martinook — Greg McKegg — Patrick Brown

    Jaccob Slavin — Dougie Hamilton

    Brett Pesce — Justin Faulk

    Calvin de Haan — Haydn Fleury

    Curtis McElhinney

    Alex Nedeljkovic

    Scratched: Jake Bean, Clark Bishop

    Injured: Petr Mrazek (lower body), Trevor van Riemsdyk (upper body), Saku Maenalanen(upper body), Micheal Ferland (upper body)

     

    First Period:

    Hurricanes Penalty – 1:13 – Andrei Svechnikov 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Islanders PPG – 2:30 – Mathew Barzal (2) from Devom Toews (3) and Jordan Eberle (5)

    Islanders Penalty – 4:02 – Leo Komarov 2 minutes for Roughing

    Hurricanes PPG – 4:44 – Sebastian Aho (4) from Teuvo Teravainen (3) and Justin Faulk (4)

    Hurricanes Penalty – 6:33 – Jordan Martinook 2 minutes for Unsportsmanlike Conduct

    Islanders Penalty – 6:33 – Scott Mayfield 2 minutes for Tripping

     

    End of 1st – NYI – 1       CAR – 1

    Shots              10                05

    Faceoffs         06                08

    Hits               16                  14

    PP                 1/1                 1/1

     

    Second Period:

    Hurricanes Goal – 2:11 – Teuvo Teravainen (6) from Warren Foegele (4) and Sebastian Aho (5)

    Hurricanes Goal – 3:17 – Greg McKegg (1) from Brett Pesce (6) and Jordan Martinook (3)

    Hurricanes Penalty – 5:38 – Brock McGinn 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Hurricanes Goal – 8:51 – Justin Williams (3) from Jordan Staal (5) and Nino Niederreiter (3)

    Islanders Penalty – 9:54 – Scott Mayfield 2 minutes for Interference

    Hurricanes Penalty – 14:47 – Nino Niederreiter 2 minutes for Slashing

    Islanders Penalty – 17:40 – Casey Czikas 2 minutes for Hooking

     

    End of 2nd – NYI – 1        CAR – 4

    Shots               16                 17

    Faceoffs          15                 14

    Hits                 25                  20

    PP                   1/3                  1/3

     

    Third Period:

    Islanders Penalty – 5:02 – Leo Komarov 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Hurricanes Goal – 15:13 – Andrei Svechnikov (3) from Justin Faulk (5)

    Islanders Goal – 18:51 – Brock Nelson (4) from Scott Mayfield (2) and Devon Toews (4)

     

    End of 3rd – NYI – 2         CAR – 5

    Shots              28                   21

    Faceoffs        23                    24

    Hits               33                     28

    PP                 1/3                    1/4

     

    Next Up:

    Carolina v. Boston/Columbus – Game 1 Eastern Conference Finals

     

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