Carolina takes a 2-0 lead in round one series
The Carolina Hurricanes had a slow start, fell behind 1-0, but came on strong to defeat the New Jersey Devils, 3-1 on Tuesday night at the Lenovo Center.
The win gives Carolina a 2-0 lead in this opening round series.
After falling behind 1-0 in the opening period, Shayne Gostisbehere tied the game early in the second when he followed up his own shot in close.
A bit later in that period, Dmitri Orlov fed Jordan Martinook, shorthanded, and Martinook snipered a shot past goalie, Jacob Markstrom to give the home team a lead they would never relinquish.
Markstrom got upset with Andrei Svechnikov again and went after the Russian again this night, after swinging his stick at him the previous game, but missing him and hitting his own man instead.
The third period was pretty even, though the Devils seemed to earn the better chances. It didn’t matter because Carolina goalie, Fred Andersen made save after save, some of them outstanding, down the stretch to earn first star recognition.
Seth Jarvis scored an empty-netter to close things out.
The Devils cranked up their physical game and had 51 hits to Carolina’s 31.
The Canes pulled about even in the faceoff circle, losing barely 51% to 49%.
The Canes will take Wednesday off and will practice Thursday before flying to Jersey for game three.
Game Summary – https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20242025/GS030142.HTM
Event Summary – https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20242025/ES030142.HTM
Team Recap – https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/news/recap-andersen-martinook-spark-canes-game-2-win