The Hurricanes got goals from Brett Pesce and Seth Jarvis alongside a suffocating defensive performance in the first, allowing Carolina to jump quickly on the NJDevils en route to a win Wednesday night to start this best-of-seven series.
But they had less than 48 hours following the Game 7 clincher against the Rangers to get ready for Wednesday's puck drop. Ruff had said Tuesday he liked jumping right into a series to keep rolling.
Instead, the Devils' lone shot in the first period was a wrister from Bastian that looked more like an entry pass from the blue line before dribbling its way to Andersen at 12:15. New Jersey eventually began to establish its style in the second, but by then, the Devils were fighting uphill. "We didn't get to our game," forward Bratt said."We were a little sloppy on the puck. We were a little slow getting to pucks and supporting each other. When you're not supporting each other against a team like this ... you're not going to create that much."The Hurricanes went back to Andersen in net over Antti Raanta after Andersen got his first start of the playoffs in the Game 6 clincher against the New York Islanders. He finished with 18 saves.
The 22-year-old Schmid had been terrific in the first round, posting a 1.38 goals-against average and a .951 save percentage while posting two shutouts. But he surrendered three goals on 11 shots.Vitek Vanecek had 10 saves on 11 shots in relief, though he survived one second-period power play that saw Carolina's Sebastian Aho hit the left pos, then Jarvis follow with his own ping moments later.
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