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The Boston Bruins fell hard in game one in Raleigh against the Carolina Hurricanes. The fundamentals got away from the Wild Card team and cost them big.

They need to take it back to the basics and remember what it took to get to the postseason. In the simplest way, the Bruins just need to figure it out. If they have a repeat of tonight’s time in the penalty box, they could be heading back to Boston down 0-2. It was the 11-12-13 line that was ultimately invisible throughout sixty. The “what-aboutism” game is not one I like to play but the stakes are a lot higher during the postseason. There were flashes of hope but the Canes were able to hold their ground.

Foligno, 34, has not won a Cup, but he is a gamer, and that is crucial this time of year.

The Bruins went to the Cup Final in ‘19, fell but one win short of a championship. There will be only so many more playoff games, so many more chances for a Cup. Foligno had that top of mind when he considered contract offers over the summer. The playoffs haven’t defined Nick Foligno’s career. “In the playoffs, if you can have games like that, wear down their D, it has an effect over Game 1, Game 2, Game 3 … so that’s what we expect out of him, physicality, good puck management, O-zone possession time for the line … that would be ideal.” Foligno has pitched in, particularly during games, to relieve some of that pressure. Captain Patrice Bergeron and his primo left winger, Brad Marchand, are the key voices in the room. Truth be told, the Bruins thought they were getting more than the 2-11—13 Foligno put up in the regular season. Carolina, is damage control, keeping the speedy forwards under control and off the scoresheet. The Bruins knew they were not getting Foligno in his prime. Yet this time of year, when there are 16 games to win over two months, is why the Bruins hired on Foligno last summer as a free agent. “I’m not going to put too much pressure on myself and say I’m some sort of playoff savior, but I like these games that mean something.” RALEIGH, N.C. — The playoffs haven’t defined Nick Foligno’s career.

As the Bruins trudged through their power play drought at the end of the regular season, the caveat always was that David Pastrnak wasn't there.

That logic seemed to hold up when the Bruins scored two power-play goals in the penultimate game of the regular season against Buffalo with Pastrnak back in the lineup. Hopefully, it’s better Wednesday because we have to get some life from it. I thought the first couple we did get some looks.

With Raanta filling in for Hurricanes starter Frederik Andersen, who's missed the last seven games due to a lower-body injury, Boston came firing right away. It ...

I think playoff hockey is about hanging around the net and finding a way to score. With Game 1 behind them, the Bruins look ahead to Game 2, where Andersen could possibly return. “Well, we have to [play better on the power play]. We can’t rely on our power play against the No. 1 PK, but it does have to give us some juice,” Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said. Halfway through the third, Boston went on the power play for the third time in the evening. “I thought we controlled play in the first period, the first 35 minutes of the game. “It would’ve been nice to see that go in but a couple inches the other way it doesn’t even hit the post. “It was just can we create those second chances and can we hang around the net to get some bounces our way. Hall chose not to play the “what if” game. Minutes later, Hall had a golden opportunity to tie the game up. They had nothing to show for it though, and the score remained 0-0 until the 16:28 mark in the second period when Hurricanes forward Seth Jarvis tipped in his teammate Jaccob Slavin’s shot to give Carolina a 1-0 lead. Bruins forward Taylor Hall thought his squad played the way they wanted to up until those two late-second period goals. With Raanta filling in for Hurricanes starter Frederik Andersen, who’s missed the last seven games due to a lower-body injury, Boston came firing right away.

Seth Jarvis and Nino Niederreiter scored second-period goals while Antti Raanta was strong in net to help the...

North Carolina men’s basketball coach Hubert Davis was the siren sounder for the third. Taylor Hall scored for Boston early in the third to cut the deficit to 2-1, beating Raanta between the circles after a feed from Erik Haula from a battle behind the net. “Whatever goalie's in there for us, you've got to fight to find pucks in this series. It came when Jaccob Slavin one-timed the puck into traffic. In fact, Carolina never led in either of those first two series in 2019 and 2020. “It was working nicely, but it's only one game, one win.”

Game 1 of Hurricanes-Bruins with Carolina beating Boston, 5-1, at PNC Arena in Raleigh NC. Antti Raanta made 35 saves and Vincent Trocheck had a goal and ...

We had a couple of opportunities and were able to cash in.” Jarvis tipped the puck down and through Ullmark’s pads and the place was very loud. But the Canes struck on a rush into the Bruins zone. “He was really good,” Jarvis said. When Vincent Trocheck backhanded the puck past goalie Linus Ullmark, it was 4-1 and Andrei Svechnikov’s late empty-netter made it 5-1. Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said there would be animosity in the series, and it crept into it early.

In four games this season, the Bruins have not held the lead against Carolina. By Steve ConroyBoston Herald.

When Lindholm was with McAvoy, the upside was that it freed up one of them to join the attack, usually McAvoy. On the Bruins’ lone goal on Monday, McAvoy was behind the Carolina net and won a battle that led to Hall’s goal. CASSIDY ON his decision to go back with Ullmark as opposed to rookie Jeremy Swayman: “He had a great run here coming into the playoffs and we’re not going to judge him on one game. “We haven’t had many games or shifts together, but just watching him from the bench and just over the past couple of years, he’s a guy that I have a lot of respect for in his game,” said Carlo. “I feel I’m pretty familiar with how he plays the game from watching him. There’s not a lot of time and space, so we have to support better, just talk and play down there. We were inches off on a couple of chances and opportunities early on. I think we have lot play with it more in their zone and make them work and wear them down that way. They could have, and probably should have taken the first lead in the game when they pounced on the Canes in the first 10 minutes. Bear down a little bit more, make sure we hit the net when we do have chances when we have guys going there. So there’s a little bit of that involved. And the Canes are not a team you want to be chasing. So it might up Lindy’s minutes a little bit in certain situations, it’s that time of year. CASSIDY WILL go with the same lineup for Game 2, including returning Linus Ullmark to the net.

"We were ready to play. We just couldn't put anything in the net early on," coach Bruce Cassidy said of the Bruins' performance in Game 1.

You don’t want to sell the farm with 15 minutes left in the game to tie it up. It wasn’t a monumental difference in the teams. “We always seem to outshoot teams,” Hall said of the Bruins’ 36-24 advantage. Even when they advanced over the blue line, the Hurricanes had negated enough of their speed. 4. Conversely, the Bruins were late to arrive in Raanta’s face for screens and collecting loose change. Their emphasis is between the dots and in front of the net. 3. The Hurricanes were excellent at getting bodies in front of Ullmark. Jarvis and Andrei Svechnikov outmanned Hampus Lindholm prior to the first goal. By the time Niederreiter was in his windup, Bergeron had too much space to travel to close down the lane. Taylor Hall charged around the Carolina net and tried to connect with Erik Haula in the slot. We got Hall’s goal late because of that, but we won the original battle below the goal line and got them out from the slot. They had their chances, from Craig Smith off the rush to Derek Forbort in the high slot to four shots on an opening power play. 1. Seth Jarvis made a nice play to deflect Jaccob Slavin’s point shot past Linus Ullmark for the game’s first goal in the second period.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Linus Ullmark will make his second straight start for the Boston Bruins against the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference First Round at PNC Arena on Wednesday (7 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN360, TVAS2, BSSO, NESN).

Grzelcyk was a minus-3 with two blocked shots and Carlo was minus-2 with two blocks in Game 1. "He had a great run coming into the playoffs and we're not going to judge him on one game," Boston coach Bruce Cassidy said Tuesday. "It was his first playoff game. "I think with everything that goes on within a series, no matter what happens, could be injuries, you just have to continue to move forward, so that's the way that we pursue the game. They were apart only when Lindholm missed seven games in April because of a lower-body injury. You can still keep them as a pair since they're always together." Everybody is trying to pull on the rope the same way so that's all we're really focused on."

Boston Bruins' Brad Marchand (63) tries to control the puck with Carolina Hurricanes' Jesper Fast (71) nearby during the first period of Game 1 of an NHL ...

When Lindholm was with McAvoy, the upside was that it freed up one of them to join the attack, usually McAvoy. On the B’s lone goal Monday, McAvoy was behind the Carolina net and won a battle that led to Hall’s goal. “We haven’t had many games or shifts together, but just watching him from the bench and just over the past couple of years, he’s a guy that I have a lot of respect for in his game,” said Carlo. “I feel I’m pretty familiar with how he plays the game from watching him. There’s not a lot of time and space, so we have to support better, just talk and play down there. Cassidy on his decision to go back with Ullmark as opposed to rookie Jeremy Swayman: “He had a great run here coming into the playoffs and we’re not going to judge him on one game. We were inches off on a couple of chances and opportunities early on. Bear down a little bit more, make sure we hit the net when we do have chances when we have guys going there. And the Canes are not a team you want to be chasing. So there’s a little bit of that involved. They could have, and probably should have taken the first lead when they pounced on the Canes in the first 10 minutes. So it might up Lindy’s minutes a little bit in certain situations, it’s that time of year. Griz has played a lot of hockey with McAvoy, they’re a good pair, so no concerns there for me for that chemistry.” The end result was yet another loss to a hungry, surging team that has now established it has the B’s number.

Ullmark, Raanta to start in goal as Boston and Carolina kick off first round.

I think that the goalie who is going to adjust to whatever they're going through the quickest will probably be better tonight. Sometimes you see young guys step up that haven't been in playoffs and they take control of the situation and sometimes it's the veterans. "That's the great thing about playoffs is it's a new season, now when you're playing for all the marbles you see the guys step up that can play at this level and this pace and you see the regular season players," said Marchand. "There's different situations that arise all the way through and different ways to manage them. While both teams have been through the playoff paces in recent years, neither of their starting goaltenders have ever started a postseason game. They brought that work mentality to the group and this is the year they're seeing the pay off. "Well, I think it helps when you have adversity to know that that's going to come, you've got to play through it, focus on the next shift or next game, whatever it is," said Cassidy. "But I think Carolina has some now, has built that over the years, maybe not the first go around we played them, but they've been right there every year now for three or four years.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes are coming off their best regular season in franchise history along with another division title and the ...

“Some of that was a while ago, and I think our team’s in a much better place than when we played them earlier in the year. Carolina enters the postseason having won six straight, scoring four or more goals in five of those. At the same time, it’s a new story, new team.” Bruins captain and longtime No. 1 center Patrice Bergeron can become an unrestricted free agent after 18 seasons with the team. The Hurricanes have gone from a nine-year playoff drought to four straight postseason appearances for the first time since the former Hartford Whalers relocated to North Carolina in 1997. They have won at least one postseason series each time, starting with reaching the Eastern Conference Finals in 2019. “It’s something that doesn’t happen often. This year’s Hurricanes have franchise records of 54 wins and 116 points. I’m proud of that.” “Obviously it hurts that your season ends and some other team gets to end your season. “They know at the end of the day, we’re going to be judged on how things go in the playoffs,” coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “They know at the end of the day, we’re going to be judged on how things go in the playoffs.”

With the NHL playoffs starting Monday, the Bruins look to show off their attack against the Carolina Hurricanes...

NY, AZ, CO, CT, IA, IL, IN, MI, NJ, PA, TN, VA, WV only. NY, AZ, CO, CT, IA, IL, IN, MI, NJ, PA, TN, VA, WV only. Must be 21+. AZ, CO, IA, IL, IN, LA, MI, NJ, NY, PA, TN, VA, WV, WY only. 21+. New customers only. 21+. New customers only. Carolina is a terrific hockey club and has home-ice advantage, but the wrong team is favored in this best-of-7 series. Since Jan. 1, the Bruins have gone 37-16-3 with a +33 goal differential and a league-leading 57.5% expected goals rate. New customers only. Raanta is a fine backup and posted a .912 save percentage and a +8.5 GSAx in 28 games. For years the Bruins have been the NHL’s premier defensive outfit; this season was no different. Additionally, no team allowed few shots on goal at 5-on-5 than the Bruins. For the first time in quite a bit, the Boston Bruins will enter a postseason tournament as an outsider.

David Pastrnak has the best odds among Bruins players to win the Conn Smythe Trophy at +5000 which is 30th overall and strangely behind Pyotr Kochetkov, ...

But I think the slight edge comes more from both teams’ new goaltending situations and the Canes’ core having a few more seasons of experience than they did the last time these two teams met. Who are the experts taking? Rangers in the second round. The politics and sports analytics site projects every team’s odds of advancing after each game is completed. Can they even make it out of the first round? Can the Bruins make a deep run in the playoffs?

Bruins-Hurricanes lineups: Projected lines, pairings, goalies for Game 1 originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Bruins fell 5-1 to the Carolina ...

He posted a .895 save percentage in April. Goalie This first-round matchup begins Monday night at PNC Arena, where the Hurricanes lost twice during the Bruins' 2019 Eastern Conference Final sweep.

The Bruins won't be the only team going with a playoff rookie in goal Monday night, as the Hurricanes will counter Linus Ullmark with veteran netminder ...

In net for three starts against the Bruins during the regular season, Andersen went a perfect 3-0-0 and stopped all but one of 99 shots faced. The 32-year-old Raanta, meanwhile, will get the call in net after a 2021-22 season that included a 15-5-4 record and .912 save percentage, and went 3-0-1 with a .906 save percentage in four starts following Andersen’s injury. Raanta’s first career playoff start comes with Hurricanes starter Frederik Andersen still unavailable to a lower-body injury, and could come as a huge boost to the Bruins given Andersen’s domination over the Bruins this past season.

I think Brad will look at this season and there will be some highs and a few lows,” said Cassidy. “Offensively, it didn't end as well as he'd have liked it ...

I think this year was the year they got everyone on the team to be able to buy in and they got the right personnel. We also had a 2-on-1 late with Smitty and Freddy. If we make the play they do (a Vincent Trocheck-to-Teuvo Teravainen goal that made it 3-1), who knows, right?” “I wasn’t going to go down and cause a scene or anything,” said Wagner. “Once I realized I was going to be down there for a while, I think I kind of embraced it and it helped me mentally get through it. Frederic and Smith had a 2-on-1 in the third period but Antti Raanta easily turned away Smith’s shot. “Overall, that game was a good memory, aside from the last 10:37 or whatever when I blocked the shot. For a lot of Bruins fans, Chris Wagner was out of sight and out of mind after the scrappy winger was sent down to Providence at the end of the training camp. “Their coaching staff the last few years has started to implement a game and style that takes a few years to build and I think they finally got the personnel on board throughout their whole team to be able to play that way consistently each night,” said Marchand. “When you have a couple of guys who aren’t willing to do it, or don’t fit the system, then it takes time to replace them and you’re not going to be a dominant team until you can find them. The B’s completed the sweep of the Hurricanes, but Wagner missed the Stanley Cup Finals. “I think Brad will look at this season and there will be some highs and a few lows,” said Cassidy. “Offensively, it didn’t end as well as he’d have liked it to, but I don’t think that will bother him. And I definitely have a new appreciation for it after riding around on a bus for 70 games. “I felt a lot better the last four or five games where I was,” said Marchand. “There’s a lot of stuff behind the scenes. While the goal-scoring hasn’t been there, Marchand’s game was coming on at the end of the season.

Are we about to watch Patrice Bergeron's final Stanley Cup playoff run with the Bruins? The team captain's future is anything but clear as Boston starts the ...

The veteran forward tallied 65 points (25 goals, 40 assists) in 73 games. Bergeron is 36 years old and in the final year of his contract. I believe in my heart that he does. It’s just a matter of how long he wants to continue to do it. We’re hopeful that he does. He wanted to keep his focus on helping the Bruins win.

Barring any last-minute surprises, the Bruins should be at full strength when Game 1 begins tonight, with Hampus Lindholm and David Pastrnak, among others, ...

Wagner has at least placed himself in the conversation to play this postseason as he's returned to the Bruins.

At 5:06 of the first, Wagner snapped a shot on goal. So you want to make the most of it.” But at the moment, I’m happy to be part of the group and get to travel on a plane instead of a bus, which is nice too. He has at least placed himself in the conversation. It was cool, walking in and playing at Scotiabank (Arena) instead of down at the Civic for a changeup.” The whole time, Wagner thought of himself as more than a babysitter. He just asking me that if he’s playing well and his game is at the top of it, is he a part of moving forward? Wagner will be a healthy scratch for Game 1. The year before, Wagner stepped in front of a Justin Faulk slap shot in the Eastern Conference finals. You get down on yourself or get down on the situation. But on April 28, prior to the Bruins’ final home game of the regular season, the Walpole native learned he was needed the following night in Toronto. Wagner saw several of his teammates while taking a pre-flight COVID-19 test. In 15:57 of ice time, Wagner recorded two shots and a game-high 11 hits.

NHL.com previews the Eastern Conference First Round between the Carolina Hurricanes and Boston Bruins.

DeBrusk is getting the significant role he's been dreaming of in Boston and has the results to back it up with 42 points (25 goals, 17 assists) in 77 games and finished tied with Bergeron for the third-most goals on the team. Bruins: For the past decade, the Bruins have gone into the playoffs with one name written in permanent marker on the lineup card: Tuukka Rask. This season, Cassidy will be using pencil as he is expected to rely on his two goalies, Ullmark and Swayman. The goalies split starts this season, and performed nearly equally, leading to a postseason in which the net may be a game-to-game decision. Boston is middle-of-the-pack when it comes to production, sitting 15th in the NHL at 3.09 goals per game. We're an offensive line, but when we're good in our end and we get pucks back, the sky's the limit. He was 15-5-4 with a 2.45 GAA, .912 save percentage and two shutouts in 28 games (26 starts) this season, and has played in five career playoff games, all in relief. Kochetkov, who was recalled from Chicago of the American Hockey League on April 18, made his NHL debut five days later and went 3-0-0, with a 2.42 GAA and .902 save percentage in three games (two starts). The 24-year-old led the Hurricanes with 81 points (37 goals, 44 assists) in 79 games this season, just missing his NHL career high of 83 points set in 2018-19. Some of that was a while ago, and I think our team is in a much better place than when we played them earlier in the year. Andersen went 35-14-3 with a 2.17 goals-against average, .922 save percentage and four shutouts in 52 games (51 starts), and his performance was crucial to the success of the team. Bruins: Forward David Pastrnak is all flash, from the suits he wears to how he can rip the puck, and when that flash is on, there's almost no stopping him. Antti Raanta, with whom Andersen won the William M. Jennings Trophy given to the goalies who play a minimum of 25 games for the team allowing the fewest goals during the regular season, could start Game 1. They faced off again in the 2019-20 playoffs, with Boston taking the first-round series in five games, and did not meet last season when each team lost in the second round.

The Boston Bruins had a golden opportunity ahead of their Game 1 matchup with the Carolina Hurricanes. Backup goalie Antti Raanta was in net for the injured ...

They may fall victim to some puck luck, but they could also find themselves on the receiving end of those odd bounces.= They played to their strengths, got the puck to the net and were willing to hang around the front of the net.” Ullmark, while struggling at times squaring up to shots, didn’t receive the same help from the D in front of him once the Hurricanes found their offensive rhythm. That’s just the hand that’s going to be dealt.” “I thought it was the same in the other end early on. Both struggled to track pucks, allowing for juicy rebounds in front of the crease. They stand up and make you put it in spots and then they pressure to where they think you’re going to move the puck to next.” It allowed Brad Marchand to set their cycle up at the half wall and for McAvoy to distribute feeds from the point. The setup opened up opportunities for Patrice Bergeron from the bumper and Hall in front of the net. So we were going to approach it the same way,” Cassidy said of the second-period setback. But the B’s deviated from their system at the worst times against the opportunistic Hurricanes. They once again faced a two-goal deficit after Teuvo Teravainen converted on an odd-man rush at 7:02 of the final stanza, 4:09 after Hall’s marker. And they put themselves back within striking distance on Taylor Hall’s marker early in the third.

Hurricanes goalie Antti Raanta made 35 saves in Game 1, giving Carolina a 1-0 series lead over the Boston Bruins. Read more on Boston.com.

And they have gone from having a nine-year playoff drought to reaching the postseason for the fourth straight season, the first time that had happened since the former Hartford Whalers relocated to North Carolina in 1997. North Carolina men’s basketball coach Hubert Davis was the siren sounder for the third. Taylor Hall scored for Boston early in the third, beating Raanta between the circles after a feed from Erik Haula from a tussle behind the net.

Boston netminder Linus Ullmark had a playoff debut to forget Monday, allowing four goals in the Bruins' Game 1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes, ...

The last goal ... he's going to tell you, it's not a great goal to give up, but by then it's 4-1. "We had some opportunities we needed to finish. Ullmark is in his seventh NHL season, but this was his first playoff start.

After a good start to the game, you knew it was going to be a wacky bounce, right? Seth Jarvis deflects a toss on net past Linus Ullmark to make it 1-0 Carolina ...

It’d be a lot to ask of Swayman to toss him in for Game 2 and hope for the best. - Having said that, the Bruins need to change SOMETHING for Game 2. He took over the game early in the third period, before...well, you know the rest. - On the other end, the Bruins did their best to test Antti Raanta, but he was good when called upon. It’s not like the pinch was to create a glittering chance either, it just would have resulted in possession. Carolina was certainly the better team, but I didn’t think this was a blowout in the true sense of the word. It was an act of mercy to see that power play end. - The power play the Bruins had in the third period was the perfect summary of their last 30-odd attempts. Seth Jarvis deflects a toss on net past Linus Ullmark to make it 1-0 Carolina late in the second. Turnovers at the blue line. - It sounds pie-in-the-sky optimist to say this, but the game felt, for long stretches, closer than the final score indicates. - We can have the “goalie needs to make a big save” conversation, but I’m not sure which one you want Ullmark to have back (other than the fourth, but that was really of little consequence at that point). The first was a great deflection.

Are we about to watch Patrice Bergeron's final Stanley Cup Playoff run with the Boston Bruins? The team captain remains mum on his future.

Bergeron is 36 years old and in the final year of his contract. The veteran forward tallied 65 points (25 goals, 40 assists) in 73 games. It’s just a matter of how long he wants to continue to do it. I believe in my heart that he does. We’re hopeful that he does. He wanted to keep his focus on helping the Bruins win.

Keys to the offseason for the Chicago Blackhawks. Boston Bruins GM Sweeney believes that Patrice Bergeron wants to play next season.

His impact is not questioned, in terms of what he can do on and off the ice,” said Sweeney. “It’s just a matter of if he wants to continue doing it and we’re hopeful that he does. The Bruins have made it clear they would like to have Bergeron back next season. A decision will need to be made with interim head coach Derek King.

Boston scored just once on 35 shots, falling 5-1 to Carolina on Monday. Read more on Boston.com.

They may fall victim to some puck luck, but they could also find themselves on the receiving end of those odd bounces.= They played to their strengths, got the puck to the net and were willing to hang around the front of the net.” Ullmark, while struggling at times squaring up to shots, didn’t receive the same help from the D in front of him once the Hurricanes found their offensive rhythm. That’s just the hand that’s going to be dealt.” “I thought it was the same in the other end early on. Both struggled to track pucks, allowing for juicy rebounds in front of the crease. They stand up and make you put it in spots and then they pressure to where they think you’re going to move the puck to next.” It allowed Brad Marchand to set their cycle up at the half wall and for McAvoy to distribute feeds from the point. The setup opened up opportunities for Patrice Bergeron from the bumper and Hall in front of the net. So we were going to approach it the same way,” Cassidy said of the second-period setback. But the B’s deviated from their system at the worst times against the opportunistic Hurricanes. They once again faced a two-goal deficit after Teuvo Teravainen converted on an odd-man rush at 7:02 of the final stanza, 4:09 after Hall’s marker. And they put themselves back within striking distance on Taylor Hall’s marker early in the third.

Seth Jarvis and Nino Niederreiter scored second-period goals while Antti Raanta was strong in net to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Boston Bruins 5-1 ...

North Carolina men’s basketball coach Hubert Davis was the siren sounder for the third. Taylor Hall scored for Boston early in the third to cut the deficit to 2-1, beating Raanta between the circles after a feed from Erik Haula from a battle behind the net. “Whatever goalie's in there for us, you've got to fight to find pucks in this series. It came when Jaccob Slavin one-timed the puck into traffic. In fact, Carolina never led in either of those first two series in 2019 and 2020. “It was working nicely, but it's only one game, one win.”