#4 Nashville Predators v. #1 Carolina Hurricanes – Game 2
Hurricanes Lead Series 1-0
Game Recap:
Back in Carolina for game two, both the Hurricanes and the Nashville Predators would play in a penalty filled period that would see Sebastian Aho score on the Canes second powerplay opportunity to take the 1-0 lead. The Predators would get four opportunities on the powerplay, but would squander all four chances as the Canes would play with a high tempo to give the Preds difficulties when on the man advantage.
Come the second period both teams would still continue to play undisciplined hockey as they would combine for seven penalties with Nashville getting the majority of the powerplay opportunities. However, the Preds would continue to squander their chances due the Canes excellent penalty killing. The Predators would outshoot the Hurricanes 15 to 10 in the period, but they couldn’t get any in the net to tie the game as the Canes took the 1-0 lead into the second intermission.
Then in the third period the Canes would give the Preds their seventh powerplay of the game, but once again the Canes would not allow the Preds to capitalize on the opportunity. In the final minute of the game Aho would hit the empty net for his second of the game and then Warren Foegele would bank a pass off of a Predators defender to give the Hurricanes the 3-0 victory and the 2-0 series lead as the series will shift over to Nashville on Friday.
Lineups:
Nashville Predators:
Filip Forsberg — Ryan Johansen — Viktor Arvidsson
Brad Richardson — Mikael Granlund — Luke Kunin
Matt Duchene — Erik Haula — Eeli Tolvanen
Yakov Trenin — Colton Sissons — Tanner Jeannot
Roman Josi — Ryan Ellis
Mattias Ekholm — Alexandre Carrier
Matt Benning — Erik Gudbranson
Juuse Saros
Pekka Rinne
Scratched: Nick Cousins, Rocco Grimaldi, Tyler Lewington, David Farrance, Michael McCarron, Jeremy Davies, Rem Pitlick, Mathieu Olivier, Dante Fabbro, Calle Jarnkrok
Injured: Luca Sbisa (lower body), Mark Borowiecki (upper body)
Carolina Hurricanes:
Andrei Svechnikov — Sebastian Aho — Teuvo Teravainen
Nino Niederreiter — Vincent Trocheck — Martin Necas
Warren Foegele — Jordan Staal — Jesper Fast
Jordan Martinook — Steven Lorentz — Brock McGinn
Brady Skjei — Dougie Hamilton
Jake Bean — Brett Pesce
Jake Gardiner — Jani Hakanpaa
Alex Nedeljkovic
Petr Mrazek
Scratched: Morgan Geekie, Max McCormick, Drew Shore, Roland McKeown, Maxime Lajoie, James Reimer, Jaccob Slavin
Injured: Cedric Paquette (lower body)
First Period:
NAS Penalty – 2:02 – Erik Haula 2 minutes for Roughing
NAS Penalty – 7:17 – Mattias Ekholm 2 minutes for Tripping
CAR PPG – 8:03 – Sebastian Aho (1) from Andrei Svechnikov (1) and Dougie Hamilton (1)
CAR Penalty – 8:47 – Vincent Trocheck 2 minutes for Roughing
CAR Penalty – 13:04 – Dougie Hamilton 2 minutes for Interference
CAR Penalty – 15:59 – Sebastian Aho 2 minutes for High Sticking
CAR Penalty – 19:03 – Jordan Staal 2 minutes for Interference
| End of First | NAS – 0 | CAR – 1 |
| Shots | 9 | 10 |
| Faceoff Wins | 13 | 10 |
| Hits | 15 | 17 |
| Powerplay | 0/4 | 1/2 |
Second Period:
NAS Penalty – 4:16 – Ryan Johansen 2 minutes for Roughing
CAR Penalty – 4:16 – Andrei Svechnikov 2 minutes for Roughing
CAR Penalty – 8:34 – Brett Pesce 2 minutes for Holding
NAS Penalty – 9:38 – Viktor Arvidsson 2 minutes for Interference
NAS Penalty – 12:03 – Matt Benning 2 minutes for Roughing
CAR Penalty – 12:03 – Jordan Martinook 2 minutes for Roughing
CAR Penalty – 16:37 – Nino Niederreiter 2 minutes for Hooking
| End of Second | NAS – 0 | CAR – 1 |
| Shots | 24 | 20 |
| Faceoff Wins | 24 | 19 |
| Hits | 32 | 36 |
| Powerplay | 0/6 | 1/3 |
Third Period:
CAR Penalty – 9:24 – Warren Foegele 2 minutes for Delay of Game
CAR ENG – 19:07 – Sebastian Aho (2) from Brett Pesce (3)
CAR Goal – 19:32 – Warren Foegele (1) from unassisted
| End of Third | NAS – 0 | CAR – 3 |
| Shots | 32 | 31 |
| Faceoff Wins | 32 | 29 |
| Hits | 37 | 52 |
| Powerplay | 0/7 | 1/3 |
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