3 Keys: Hurricanes vs. Bruins, Game 2 of Eastern First Spherical
No. 5 Hurricanes vs. No. 4 Bruins
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Boston leads supreme-of-7 series, 1-0
The Boston Bruins and Carolina Hurricanes will search to immediate alter for the 2nd half of an unexpected support-to-support in Game 2 of the Eastern Convention First Spherical at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on Thursday.
Bruins heart Patrice Bergeron scored 1: 13 into the 2nd past regular time for a 4-3 discover in Game 1, which turned into rescheduled for 11 a.m. ET Wednesday. The sport turned into at the foundation space for 8 p.m. ET Tuesday but postponed when Game 1 of a valuable-spherical series between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Columbus Blue Jackets went accurate into a fifth past regular time in Toronto, the Eastern hub city, earlier that day.
Hurricanes ahead Justin Williams and defenseman Sami Vatanen are sport-time decisions after being ruled unfit to play Game 1. As half of the NHL Return to Play Thought, a crew is no longer licensed to utter player distress or illness records.
Carolina has misplaced five straight video games within the Stanley Cup Playoffs to Boston, including a four-sport sweep within the 2019 Eastern Convention Final, when it turned into outscored 17-5.
Listed below are 3 keys for Game 2:
1. Bruins first line trending upward
David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand and Bergeron mixed for six features (two targets, four assists) in Game 1. Pastrnak and Bergeron each and every had one unbiased and one support for Boston; Marchand had two assists.
In three spherical-robin video games all the device through the Stanley Cup Qualifiers, these three were held to one support from Bergeron in opposition to the Lightning on Aug. 5. The Bruins scored four targets in three losses to the Philadelphia Flyers, Washington Capitals and Lightning.
With the head line clicking, Boston matched that four-unbiased whole Wednesday.
“We’re confident,” Bergeron mentioned. “We needed to place whatever turned into slack us within the past.”
2. Who starts in opposition to Rask?
Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour and Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy each and every mentioned they would possibly per chance well per chance exercise two goalies all the device through the series. That turned into ahead of Game 1 went accurate into a 2nd past regular time at some point soon ahead of Game 2.
It is conceivable the Hurricanes turn to James Reimer, but they haven’t ruled out sticking with Mrazek, who made 36 saves in 81: 13 of Game 1.
“I believed Petr turned into actual,” Brind’Amour mentioned. “He saved us in there. … He is without a doubt a probability because he’s been dialed in.”
Boston goalie Tuukka Rask will initiate up again after making 25 saves in 80: 52.
“He felt dazzling,” Cassidy mentioned. “Became there a broad selection of put on to the level the place recovery would require more than 24 hours or 30 hours? I don’t mediate so.”
3. Fixing the energy play
The Hurricanes are 2-for-17 on the man-motivate within the postseason and didn’t discover on each and every of their three probabilities Wednesday.
The Bruins own did no longer discover on their 13 energy plays. They were 0-for-4 in Game 1 and allowed Brock McGinn to discover shorthanded at 4: 59 of the 2nd interval.
“We’ll dash past it and select a search at to definitely price the mandatory adjustments,” Cassidy mentioned. “We’re slack on the energy play. We’re going to own to simplify it.”
Hurricanes projected lineup
Andrei Svechnikov — Sebastian Aho — Teuvo Teravainen
Ryan Dzingel — Vincent Trocheck — Martin Necas
Warren Foegele — Jordan Staal — Brock McGinn
Nino Niederreiter — Morgan Geekie — Jordan Martinook
Jaccob Slavin — Dougie Hamilton
Brady Skjei — Joel Edmundson
Jake Gardiner — Haydn Fleury
Petr Mrazek
James Reimer
Scratched: Trevor van Riemsdyk, Clark Bishop, Steven Lorentz, Max McCormick, Jake Bean, Roland McKeown, Anton Forsberg, Alex Nedeljkovic
Unfit to play: Brett Pesce, Justin Williams, Sami Vatanen
Bruins projected lineup
Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak
Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Ondrej Kase
Reduce Ritchie — Charlie Coyle — Anders Bjork
Joakim Nordstrom — Sean Kuraly — Chris Wagner
Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy
Torey Krug — Brandon Carlo
Matt Grzelcyk — Jeremy Lauzon
Tuukka Rask
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: Trent Frederic, Jack Studnicka, Par Lindholm, Zach Senyshyn, John Moore, Urho Vaakanainen, Jakub Zboril, Maxime Lagace, Dan Vladar, Karson Kuhlman, Connor Clifton
Unfit to play: None
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Cassidy mentioned the Bruins’ lineup would remain the the same if each person looks to be healthy.