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
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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