The Hurricanes take the 2-1 series on Jussie Jokinen’s 5th goal of the playoffs. It was a close game the entire way, but the Bruins could not maintain control of the puck coming out of their own end all night and it eventually cost them.
The entire night the Bruins shot themselves in the foot, not being able to bring the puck out of their own zone. It seemed every time they were about to go on the attack they just turned over the puck either in their own zone or in the neutral zone.
The Canes outshot the Bruins 41-23 dominating the Bruins in every zone. The Canes played on the Bruins half of the ice all night dominating the fore-check, an area the Bruins usually win.
The number one seed has put themselves in a virtual must win situation not wanting to fall behind 3-1. With the Sharks already being upset, the Bruins need a win to bolster their confidence and to show the Canes they are the Best team in these playoffs.
The worst thing you can give a weaker team is hope and the Bruins have done that. The Bruins are clearly the better team on paper, but that’s why they play the game and now the Canes have hope. Look for this to be a highly competitive series the rest of the way and count on this one going all seven games.
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