The Hurricanes erase a 3-0 deficit and jump on Islanders.
The Carolina Hurricanes overcame a 3 goal deficit and defeated the New York Islanders, 5-3 to take a 2-0 lead in their playoff series.
The Canes dominated possession time and total shots taken but could not light the lamp until midway through the second period. After that, it was almost all Carolina.
The Hurricanes took 110 total shots compared to 28 for New York. They managed 39 shots on goal, had 39 shots blocked, and missed the net 32 times.
The home team had 13 shots on goal in the decisive third period compared to one for the visitors.
After falling behind 3-0, Teuvo Teravainen scored the first of five straight off a nifty pass by Jake Guentzel on the powerplay.
Seth Jarvis made it 3-2 when he scored with just over nine minutes left in the third. At this point, it seemed like Carolina was on a continual powerplay because they held the puck in the New York zone for minutes at a time.
Brind’Amour called timeout and pulled Andersen from goal with about three minutes left in the game. Shortly after, Andrei Svechnikov found Sebastian Aho at the side of the net and Aho tipped it in much to the delight of a delirious crowd.
With the score tied at three, Jordan Martinook stole the puck behind the net and sent it to the net for the game-winner.
The goal was just nine seconds after the Aho goal.
The Islanders were definitely shell-shocked and were frustrated as they started with some late hits and cheap shots to close it out.
They took exception to Jake Guentzel’s empty netter and things got worse from there.
By time the final horn went off, they were called for six misconducts in the last minute. Carolina had three of their own, including one by Guentzel, who got one for mouthing off apparently.
The Islanders had never blown a three goal lead previously in their playoff history, (81-0).
Game three in New York on Thursday night should be interesting.
Game Notes:
- Martinook and Slavin led the way with five shots on goal each.
- Jarvis had a goal and two assists which led the team.
- The team had a minimum of five shots that hit the pipes and stayed out. Jarvis’ goal also hit the post, but went in. It is certainly a game of inches.
- The team won 59% of their faceoffs.
- Each team had 27 hits. After having seven hits on Saturday, Staal had a team high four.
Game Summary – https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20232024/GS030142.HTM
Event Summary – https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20232024/ES030142.HTM