The Carolina train kept rolling and next it was Jarvis leading the charge. It’s nice for us to contribute offensively.” Sometimes you just get lucky and it goes in. “I saw a lane and I just tried to get it through. “It was nice to find the back of the net,” Pesce said. The Hurricanes struck first, and has been the case all season, it was the blueline getting it done.Īfter a dominant offensive shift, Jordan Staal cleanly won a faceoff back to Brett Pesce who walked the line and let one fly through heavy traffic that Akira Schmid never saw. “We got kind of away from it, but the way we started really set it.” “We fed off the energy in the building which is always nice and I think we started in a way that set the tone for the rest of the game and even the second,” said Seth Jarvis. Through 20 minutes, the Canes had outshot the Devils 10-1, outchanced them 18-7 and outscored them 2-0. The first period really set the tone for the rest of the game. He didn’t have to be too good early, but then he made some big saves as the game went on.

Freddy had a great game to close out the last series and again, talking to Paul, we felt we could go either way, but let’s keep riding him at least for the start and see how he feels after the game. “We’ve got a couple of guys that we can go with,” said coach Rod Brind’Amour. It was the complete package for Carolina as the game featured five different Hurricanes goal scorers, a chased netminder, big hits and stifling defense on top of a stellar performance by Frederik Andersen who was getting his second straight start.

The Hurricanes dominated the Devils, giving them no space nor time to work with and took the first game of the series with ease. If there were any concerns about how the Carolina Hurricanes were going to match up against the New Jersey Devils’ speed, the first 10 minutes of Game 1 Wednesday night put those fears to rest.

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