The Carolina Hurricanes are proof that if you can just get to the playoffs, there's no limit on how far you can go.The Hurricanes swept the New York Islanders with a 5-2 victory at Raleigh, North Carolina, Friday night to advance to an Eastern Conference final meeting against the winner of the series between the Boston Bruins and Columbus Blue Jackets. They relied heavily on defense, goaltending and hustle to offset the modest attack.They will play physical and try to frustrate the Bruins, but they just can’t hang with the high-end talent of the B’s provided they show a little more urgency and competitiveness than they have during the round robin.On the other hand, a B’s loss would put them against a Carolina team that absolutely dominated the New York Rangers in the qualifying round. Share. The Hurricanes are a deep, young and very talented roster with young scorers like Sebastian Aho (3 goals and 8 points in 3 games vs. the Rangers), Andrei Svechnikov (3 goals and five points vs. the Rangers) and Teuvo Teravainen up front, and Jaccob Slavin and Sami Vatanen on the back end with the hope that ex-Bruins D-man Dougie Hamilton may return at some point in the first round as well.The Hurricanes were a top-10 power play team during the regular season and had one of the best offensive groups in the NHL. Last year’s playoff run ended when the Islanders got swept by the Hurricanes in the second round. playoffs Flyers vs. Islanders playoff preview Philadelphia needs top scorers to emerge, New York counts on defense in Eastern Second Round NHL.com @NHLdotcom 12 seed Montreal Canadiens.As the Bruins players themselves had discussed, there is no preferred first-round adversary while knowing every team is going to be a quality opponent.“We do sit and talk as a group every and whether it’s the first or the fourth seed, it does not matter who you are going to be playing…it’s going to be tough,” said Torey Krug in a zoom call with NBC Sports Boston earlier this week.


By Joe Haggerty August 08, 2020 1:30 PM. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference and face off against an admittedly solid Islanders team. Associated Press Aug 25, 2020, 9:51 AM EDT. They are a significantly improved team compared to the group that the Bruins ushered out of the Eastern Conference Finals with a sweep a year ago, and they added big pieces Vatanen and Vincent Trocheck at the trade deadline.Clearly, the goaltending is still an area to exploit with the Hurricanes, but they are also coming off a playoff series where Petr Mrazek played the best hockey of his career while posting a .940 save percentage in two starts. Mail To. Tweet. And they went even further in 2002 (Stanley Cup Final) and 2006 (championship). The rest was all Hurricanes, as Islanders starting goalie Robin Lehner was pulled for Thomas Greiss.-The power play, a weakness coming into the game at an 8.8% success rate, connected in the first period on a Sebastian Aho goal.-The Hurricanes showed their depth by getting goals from three lines.-Brind'Amour and his team dealt with a first-period surge after Trotz switched up his lines.-Backup goalie Curtis McElhinney, forced into action when Petr Mrazek was hurt in Game 2, was strong again with 26 saves.-Andrei Svechnikov and Jordan Martinook looked good in their second games back from injury. Share this: Click to share on … Friday started with the Pittsburgh Penguins as a possible first-round opponent as well for Boston, but that went out the window once they were eliminated by the No. That series is tied 2-2 with Game 5 in Boston on Saturday night.To recap: The Hurricanes have four playoff trips since 2002 and reached the conference final all four times. That being said we’re working our way into that playoff mode of hockey and trying to get our head wrapped around it.”In all honestly, it’s clear the Bruins should want to win on Sunday vs. the Capitals, clinch the No. Combined, James Reimer and Mrazek had an amazing .955 save percentage in the three wins over the Rangers in the qualifying round, but neither one is a clear-cut No. They take pride in being known as the And now they'll be rested before the Eastern Conference final begins.© 2020 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC.


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