RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — This time, the Carolina Hurricanes took a chance on shutting out the New York Islanders on their home ice.
On Tuesday night, the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the New York Islanders 6-3 for their first win. -A five-game round of NHL playoff series.
The Hurricanes lost in double overtime last weekend, missing a chance to sweep the Islanders, but twice held a two-goal lead going into the final 20 minutes tied 3-3.
“They kept coming, and we had to play really well to win this series,” Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour said.
This earned the Hurricanes a matchup with the Presidents Trophy-winning New York Rangers in the second round.
Drury took control of a dribbled puck by Jean-Gabriel Pageau and sent it past Semyon Varlamov and into the blocker's side at 4:36 of the third for his first goal of his postseason career. Then, after winning a faceoff, the Hurricanes threw the puck forward toward the corner. However, as Varlamov went behind the net to play the puck, it took an unexpected ricochet, hit the left post and bounced forward into the crease.
With Varlamov trying hard to get back to the front of the net, Norsen charged in and buried the net, giving Carolina a 5-3 lead at 4:44.
This was ultimately enough for the Hurricanes to defeat the determined Islanders, making them the first team to win at least one playoff series in six consecutive postseasons since Detroit won from 1995-2000. .
“They play the right way and play hard, but we got the job done,” said Drury, who played third-line center for this game after starting the series as a fourth-line winger. Ta. “I think we stayed resilient and had a good comeback in the third.”
Carolina took a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series, but missed a decisive opportunity with a double-overtime road loss on Saturday. This set up a familiar scenario from last year in which the Islanders won Game 5 here and extended the first round series before being eliminated in six games.
This time, Carolina closed out the game even after a tense atmosphere entered the final 20 minutes. But by the end, Seth Jarvis added the clincher with an empty-netter at 18:21 to end the game, leaving Hurricanes fans in jubilant cheers.
“I don't want to say we let the gas out, but we knew we let them crawl again in the second. … We have a lot of good veterans,” Jarvis said. Ta. They made sure we knew what was at stake and came out third and executed. ”
Norsen's bizarre goal captured some of the wild action that included New York's Casey Cizikas scoring on an unprotected net in the final seconds of his second goal. Carolina goaltender Frederik Andersen stumbled as he scrambled to his right after the stoppage and simply fell out of the crease.
Carolina hit the post with two points in the first 3 1/2 minutes and led by two twice, but coach Patrick Roy said his team was “dominated” early on, losing 21-4. However, the Islanders stormed back and Zikas scored to tie the score at 3 going into the final period.
“I really thought that was the turning point in the game. Then we had a few bad bounces…and we had chances,” Roy said.
Teuvo Teravainen and Andrei Svechnikov scored on Carolina's first shot, and Evgeny Kuznetsov scored on a penalty shot. He slowly slid in and took a shot before evading Varlamov, who went for a poke check. 1 point lead in the first inning.
Mike Riley and Brock Nelson also scored for the Islanders, who won eight of their last nine games and clinched a playoff spot late in the regular season. This followed a coaching change in January that saw them fire coach Lane Lambert and bring in Roy.
According to BetMGM Sportsbook, Carolina entered the playoffs as the favorite to win the Stanley Cup, but the Islanders lost all the way to the Hurricanes. That included outscoring Carolina for much of the Game 1 loss and blowing a 3-0 lead in the final three minutes of Game 2 by allowing a game-tying goal and a game-winning goal nine seconds apart. It will be done.
Ultimately, another impossibly quick burst helped finish off the Islanders.
“I'm not saying we should have won the series,” Roy said. “I'm saying I could easily go home and play Game 6 right now. Instead, it's over. So I felt empty because I thought I did so much better than what I got. There is.”
Carolina defenseman Tony DeAngelo, who was sidelined by a lower-body injury to Brett Pesce in Game 2, suffered an upper-body injury late in the game after taking an uncalled slash. I left. The Brind'Amour newspaper said DeAngelo was undergoing X-rays but had no other updates.
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