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Bruins defenseman Hampus Lindholm was on the wrong side of a hit by Hurricanes winger Andrei Svechnikov late in the second period. Lindholm was gathering the ...

With the Hurricanes on the power play, the chippiness continued. Bruins winger Brad Marchand skated into the Hurricanes’ zone and delivered a shot that was glove-saved by Hurricanes goalie Pyotr Kochetkov. Marchand gave Kochetkov a little hit, and Kochetkov gave a punch back to Marchand. After Marchand turned around to the Hurricanes’ keeper, Kochetkov slashed Marchand who responded by slashing Kotchetkove back. Even though the Bruins were the ones that were on the wrong side of the hit, the Hurricanes ended up on the power play after the scrum. Play immediately stopped with Lindholm lying on the ice for a moment. It looked high but they didn’t see it that way. “Well, it looked high to me.

Hurricanes-Bruins Game 2 saw Antti Raanta injured, Pyotr Kochetkov playoff debut. Carolina beat Boston at PNC Arena in Raleigh NC. Sebastian Aho scored.

The second period was a continuation of hard collisions and nasty scrums as Carolina added to the lead. With so many players piling into the penalty boxes — Boston had 13 penalties, Carolina 9 — the Canes were able to build a 4-1 lead after two periods on power-play goals by Aho and Nino Niederreiter, who also scored twice. So did the Canes, who took a 2-0 lead on goals by Jesper Fast and Aho. The Carolina Hurricanes and Boston Bruins engaged in a playoff game Wednesday that had all the elements of two teams that really don’t like each other. Everything changed in a flash Wednesday, the series going from heated to hated. They also could go into TD Garden with a rookie goalie starting and facing both a hostile Bruins crowd and Bruins team.

Game 3 will be at the Garden on Friday night. The chaos started early, when David Pastrnak collided with Antti Raanta outside the crease. Pastrnak was given a ...

Hits can be within the rules, but still predatory - the goal of that hit was to put Lindholm in a different dimension, and it succeeded. After taking a silly penalty early in the second period, Frederic found himself stapled to the bench for a bit. Carolina fans are calling for a suspension, but anyone with a brain could see that Pastrnak was chasing the loose puck, realized there was a collision coming at the last second, and put his hands up to avoid bashing faces. - Cassidy elected to reunite the Marchand-Bergeron-Pastrnak line tonight, but poor Bergeron is doing all the heavy lifting. He skated just 6 minutes on the night. - Kochetkov deserves credit for coming in cold and playing well, but the Bruins didn’t exactly make his life miserable. - The Lindholm hit was tough to watch. The B’s had a few cracks at it with a late 6-on-4, but no dice. - The Pastrnak run-in with Raanta is, predictably, being blown out of proportion. Pastrnak was given a minor, and Raanta left the game, replaced by Pyotr Kochetkov. Falling behind 3-0 once again isn’t exactly a recipe for success. - Welp. That could have gone better!

“He's not doing well,” Cassidy said. Lindholm was circling clockwise behind the Bruins' net and didn't see Andrei Svechnikov bearing down on him. The Hurricanes ...

“It looked high to me. He was ruled out, officially with an upper-body injury, early in the third period. Lindholm was circling clockwise behind the Bruins’ net and didn’t see Andrei Svechnikov bearing down on him.

Patrice Bergeron scored both goals for the Bruins. Game 3 is Friday night in Boston.

The Bruins killed Bergeron’s penalty but still had more than a minute of five on four to go. After solid looks by Pastrnak and Brad Marchand, Bergeron punched in a rebound to cut the deficit to 3-1. “To me, it’s not too little, too late because you’re not on to the next city. Bergeron was already in the box for slashing at 18:54. Charlie Coyle, Erik Haula, and Brandon Carlo joined him after earning roughing calls for a scrum at the end of the first period with Nino Niederreiter and Seth Jarvis, who also went to the box. The Bruins broke through on the power play at 14:57 of the second. Almost instantly, the Hurricanes had three bodies in front of the net. A little more than two minutes later, the Bruins paid for not protecting the puck in their defensive zone. The play landed Pastrnak in the penalty box for goalkeeper interference. When he realized his pursuit had him on a collision course with Raanta, he tried to brace for the hit. On Wednesday night, tension boiled over between the Bruins and Hurricanes in Game 2 of the first round. Hall sent a pass off the end boards. The bounce angled toward the net.

Pastrnak has been the most disappointing Bruins player in their first-round playoff series against the Carolina Hurricanes, which Boston now trails 0-2 ...

It's massively important for Boston's top forwards to step up, and Pastrnak is at the top of that list with a team-leading 108 goals over the last three seasons. The second goal is where Pastrnak really cost the Bruins. Instead of taking a hit to clear the puck out of the defensive zone, he tried to avoid contact and allowed Hurricanes defenseman Jaccob Slavin to grab the puck with ease. The 'Canes also led the league with an 88 percent success rate on the penalty kill. Slavin skated around Boston's net and helped set up the goal with a secondary assist. He also exited the zone too early on the Hurricanes' first goal. Boston had a great chance to score the opening goal or at least build some momentum with that power play.

Carolina and Boston ratcheted up the intensity in Game 2 of their Stanley Cup playoff series on Wednesday. And it led to both sides suffering a key loss as ...

He had played only 149 NHL minutes through three appearances for Carolina prior to being called upon in Game 2 but did produce a 3-0-0 record in those showings, with a 2.42 GAA and .902 SV%. Lindholm tried unsuccessfully to get up on his own before being helped off the ice by goaltender Linus Ullmark and team trainers; he was out from there with a lower-body injury. He's trying to block the clear and get out of the way." "[Lindholm's] not doing well," Cassidy said. "He has an upper-body injury. Carolina and Boston ratcheted up the intensity in Game 2 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series on Wednesday. And it led to both sides suffering a key loss as Hurricanes' goalie Antti Raanta and Bruins' defender Hampus Lindholm left the game with injuries.

Troy Grosenick stopped 32 of 34 shots he faced. STATS. - Nick Wolff tallied his first career Calder Cup playoff goal to tie the game for the Providence Bruins ...

Troy Grosenick stopped 32 of 34 shots he faced. - Nick Wolff tallied his first career Calder Cup playoff goal to tie the game for the Providence Bruins late in the third period. PROVIDENCE, R.I.- Nick Wolff tied the game for the Providence Bruins late in the third period, but an overtime goal by the Bridgeport Islanders would be the differecne at they skated to a 2-1 victory over the Providence Bruins in Game 2 of their best-of-three first round series.

RALEIGH, N.C. — A desperate Boston Bruins bunch will return home with more questions than answers. The Bruins came out with a pep in their step in Game 2 ...

With adversity starring them directly in the face, the Bruins need to find a spark in front of their disgruntled, but passionate fanbase. But the Bruins coaching staff may have other changes in mind. But they found themselves shorthanded after Svechnikov delivered a borderline hit behind the Boston net on Lindholm late in the second period. Marchand, Bergeron and Pastrnak reunited for a handful of shifts Wednesday night. The Canes later converted on their second 5-on-3 advantage to extend their lead to 4-1 just 3:55 after Bergeron’s first of two power-play markers. They tested Kochetov in the final 20, firing 17 shots on net and getting one past him. For every moment of pushback, like responding to Andrei Svechnikov’s hit on Hampus Lindholm, the Bruins self-inflicted further with undisciplined moments like Trent Frederic committing an interference minor or Brad Marchand engaging in a battle of slashes with Kochetkov. Before that, Cassidy desperately looked for a spark. The Hurricanes pounced on turnovers and tips, with Jesper Fast and Sebastian Aho scoring 2:27 apart for a 2-0 lead. But other ill-timed minor penalties became a major concern for Cassidy’s club. Niederreiter sealed Carolina’s 5-2 win on an empty-netter with under a minute remaining. The Canes netted man-advantage tallies in the second on Aho’s second of the night and Neidereitter’s 5-on-3 marker with 1:07 left in the middle stanza.

Party like it's 2003. The Bridgeport Islanders won a playoff series for the first time in 19 years, sweeping the Providence Bruins in a best-of-three series ...

We have some veterans, we have some young guys and we have a good mix of players and it's great to see. “I think we play in probably the one of the best divisions in the league. He has a great shot, a great release and he comes across the blueline tonight and got rewarded by putting the puck to the net in the right spot. The 36-year-old netminder stopped Marc McLaughlin on a point-blank shorthanded chance in the first period and made a scrambling save on his back in the second in what he described as his best Dominik Hasek impression. “It’s big, but at the end of the day it’s just a baby step,” Dal Colle said. The playoff series win was Bridgeport’s first since sweeping the Manitoba Moose in a best-of-five series on April 18, 2003.

A second-round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft, Raty joined the Islanders after playing 47 games in the Finnish SM-liiga this season. Game 2 was scoreless into the ...

Grosenick (0-2) finished with 32 saves. The lead held until the Bruins drew even with 6:46 to go in regulation. The 19-year-old Raty, playing in just his fourth North American game, put a shot low past Troy Grosenick from the top of the left-wing circle to secure Bridgeport’s first playoff series triumph since 2003 ― when Raty was five months old.

Needless to say, all parties involved in Game 2 of the Bruins-Hurricanes series were still pretty fired up post-game. The Canes were fired up due to another ...

Who needs goals in a 0-0 game when you can get a pound of flesh, right? First, the Bruins, already down in the series, were on the power play - odd time to run the goalie and take a penalty. Needless to say, all parties involved in Game 2 of the Bruins-Hurricanes series were still pretty fired up post-game.

Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour says "it couldn't get any more obvious" after being asked if the Bruins targeted Hurricane goaltenders. By ...

“You want to play between the whistles,” Bergeron said. “You want to play physical and hard. “I don't think there was any intent there at all.” Both ended up drawing a slashing penalty, part of a busy night in the box for the Bruins with 13 penalties for 28 minutes. But one was legal, one was not, if you really want to break it down.” Notably, there was the jarring shoulder-to-chest blast by Carolina’s Andrei Svechnikov that leveled Hampus Lindholm and left him wobbly as he was helped to the locker room late in the second. Linus Ullmark surrendered four goals for the second straight game and finished with 29 saves. We could've had more than two.” “We got better. “His foot caught his pad, he's trying to block the clear but get out of the way,” Cassidy said. “We need a timely save, there's no doubt about it,” Cassidy said. The goaltender objected with a jab of his stick, then his own shove after the play, only to see Marchand immediately swing his stick and pop Kochetkov in the right arm.

Lindholm injured as Boston loses, 5-2, to Hurricanes on Wednesday night.

And the other lines have to be a little more direct, win a race and get it into the dirty area and score those goals." I mean, we got better," said Cassidy. "But we certainly are going to need some timely saves when the tide gets shifted, like they got early on and late and early on the other night and then keep finishing." We need a little more of that and our high-end guys need to be willing to attack a little more and see if you can break them down. And to me, it's not too little too late because you're not on to the next city. "I think we can attack their D more and force them to defend," added Cassidy. "We do have some elite offensive players, we talk about timely goals. Not much was happening…they've been together and sometimes it will give you a lift," said Cassidy. "It's something we may have to do going forward. "We need to get some other lines closer than that. "Go back to it's playoff hockey, the tempo fired up," added Bergeron. "We've got to do a better job of being composed and disciplined. "Just to get a spark. "One game at a time," Bergeron said when asked how the Bruins can get the series back on track. While the Bruins broke through with a Bergeron power-play tally late in the second period to cut Carolina's advantage to 3-1, Boston's struggles on special teams continued. "Hopefully we'll get a lift at home," said Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy. "We've played well all year there, so that will be the challenge for us.

Boston's David Pastrnak knocked Raanta from the game midway through the first period when he struck the goaltender in the head with a gloved hand as he ...

“You want to play physical and hard. “You want to play between the whistles,” Bergeron said. Both ended up drawing a slashing penalty, part of a busy night in the box for the Bruins with 13 penalties for 28 minutes. But one was legal, one was not, if you really want to break it down.” Linus Ullmark surrendered four goals for the second straight game and finished with 29 saves. Notably, there was the jarring shoulder-to-chest blast by Carolina’s Andrei Svechnikov that leveled Hampus Lindholm and left him wobbly as he was helped to the locker room late in the second.

Pyotr Kochetkov made 30 saves in relief in his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut and the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Boston Bruins 5-2 in Game 2 of the ...

The Hurricanes defeated the Bruins 3-0 on Oct. 28, 7-1 on Jan. 18, and 6-0 on Feb. 10 in the regular season, and 5-1 in Game 1 on Monday. NOTES: Kochetkov (22 years, 313 days) is the third-youngest goalie in Hurricanes/Hartford Whalers history to make his playoff debut, behind Kay Whitmore (21 years, 360 days) & Cam Ward (22 years, 54 days). … Boston defenseman Hampus Lindholm left the game late in the second period after a check from Svechnikov. Cassidy did not have an update on Lindholm. … Bergeron scored his 47th playoff goal to pass Phil Esposito for second on the Bruins all-time list (Cam Neely, 55). … Niederreiter has three goals in the first two games of the series, matching his total in 29 playoff games the past three seasons. "One game at a time. As a player, you love to play a game like that." The guys responded in the way they played in front of him, but he responded in the way he played. "We've got faith in the kid," Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour said. Jordan Staal made a cross-ice pass to Jesper Fast, who scored on a one-timer from the left circle. … The Hurricanes are the second team in NHL history to have two different goalies each record his first playoff win in the first two games of a postseason (Detroit Red Wings, Ron Low and Jim Rutherford, 1978). ... Carolina has won five straight against Boston this season, outscoring its opponent 26-4. He one-timed a pass from DeAngelo above the right face-off circle. So, you know, back to game three." There's a lot of faith in that group with our goalie." Pastrnak made contact with the goalie's left leg and head and was assessed a minor penalty for goaltender interference.