Carolina 5, Boston 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Where: PNC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina
Referees:
Dan O'Rourke, Brian Pochmara
Linesmen:
Ryan Galloway, Mark Shewchyk
Attendance:
18880
By Field Level Media
Sebastian Aho and Nino Niederreiter each scored twice and third-string goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov made 30 saves as the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Boston Bruins 5-2 Wednesday night in Raleigh, N.C.
Jesper Fast also scored, Tony DeAngelo had three assists and Jaccob Slavin added two for the Hurricanes, who took a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference first-round playoff series. Game 3 is scheduled for Friday night in Boston.
Patrice Bergeron scored twice for the Bruins and Linus Ullmark stopped 29 of 33 shots.
The Hurricanes have outscored the Bruins 10-3 through the first two games after sweeping the three-game, regular-season series by a 16-1 margin.
Kochetkov, who had three previous games of NHL experience, got the call when Antti Raanta, who was already starting for the injured Frederik Andersen, left 7:47 into the game after a collision with David Pastrnak.
Kochetkov didn't look like a playoff newcomer, even getting coincidental slashing penalties with Boston's Brad Marchand late in the second period.
The Hurricanes took the lead at 13:03 of the first after a Boston turnover in its own end. Jordan Staal worked the puck along the boards and fired a cross-ice pass to Fast for a one-timer from the left faceoff circle.
Aho made it 2-0 at 15:30 of the period, redirecting DeAngelo's shot from the point past Ullmark.
The Hurricanes increased the lead to 3-0 on a power-play goal at 1:10 of the second, with Aho blasting a one-timer from the top of the left faceoff circle.
The Bruins pulled within 3-1 as Bergeron found the puck in a scrum in front of the net on the power play and tallied on a backhander at 14:57.
The Hurricanes regained their three-goal advantage at 18:52 of the period, as Niederreiter poked a loose puck over the goal line with the man advantage.
The Bruins made it 4-2 at 12:21 of the third as Charlie McAvoy's shot from the right point went off Bergeron's skate and into the net.
Niederreiter closed the scoring with an empty-netter at 19:19.
Defenseman Hampus Lindholm, the Bruins' big trade-deadline acquisition, left the ice after taking a thunderous hit from the Hurricanes' Andrei Svechnikov behind the Boston net with 2:49 left in the second period and didn't return.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Boston |
|
Carolina |
Patrice Bergeron 2 |
Points |
Tony DeAngelo 3 |
Patrice Bergeron 2 |
Goals |
Sebastian Aho 2 |
Brad Marchand 1 |
Assists |
Tony DeAngelo 3 |
Patrice Bergeron 1 |
Power Play Goals |
Sebastian Aho 1 |
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
Linus Ullmark .879 |
Save Percentage |
Antti Raanta 1.000 |
Linus Ullmark 29 |
Saves |
Pyotr Kochetkov 30 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
Boston
|
38 |
2 |
1-5 |
7-9 |
28 |
27 |
Carolina
|
34 |
5 |
2-9 |
4-5 |
18 |
33 |
Upcoming Games
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Carolina will play their next game on the road against Boston. The Hurricanes have a W/L % of .698 after a win and .607 after a loss.
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Boston will play their next game at home against Carolina. The Bruins have a W/L % of .542 after a win and .742 after a loss.