What - Game 3 (2-0)
When - 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 25
Where - UBS Arena; Elmont, NY
How to Watch - ESPN2, Bally Sports South, MSGSN, SN360, TVAS
The Carolina Hurricanes pulled off a miraculous comeback effort in a 5-3 win in Game 2 to keep home ice advantage and they'll now look to steal even more as the series against the New York Islanders shifts to New York.
That type of win is one that can either completely break an opponent or rally them but more than likely, this well be an intense game back in New York.
Carolina is showing that they can do anything as good or better than the Islanders can whether that's scoring, goaltending or physicality and that's what you expect from a Cup contender.
The Canes just need to keep sticking to their game and playing their brand of hockey and they should be just fine on Long Island.
Streaks
- Jack Drury (2a) and Brady Skjei (3a) have points in back-to-back games.
Milestone Watch
- None
Game Notes
- This is the second straight season these two teams have met in the first round and the third time the teams have met in the playoffs in the last six years.
- Carolina beat the Islanders in the 2019 second round (4-0) and in the 2023 first round (4-2).
- The Canes went 2-1-1 over the Isles this season.
- Sebastian Aho (7g, 12pts in 12 games) is a point-per-game player against the Isles in the playoffs.
- The Hurricanes have won at least one playoff series in every year under Rod Brind'Amour.
Key Matchups
Starting Goalies
- Frederik Andersen: 2-0; 0.913 Sv%; 2.01 GAA
- Ilya Sorokin: First game of the postseason
Leading Scorers
- Goals - Evgeny Kuznetsov, Stefan Noesen, Martin Necas, Teuvo Teravainen, Seth Jarvis, Sebastian Aho, Jordan Martinook, Jake Guentzel (1) / Kyle MacLean, Kyle Palmieri, Bo Horvat & Anders Lee (1)
- Points - Seth Jarvis & Brady Skjei (3) / Anders Lee (2)
Power Play
- Carolina - 25% (2/8)
- New York - 33.3% (1/3)
Penalty Kill
- Carolina - 66.7% (2/3)
- New York - 75% (6/8)
Hurricanes Projected Lineup
Jake Guentzel - Sebastian Aho - Seth Jarvis
Teuvo Teravainen - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Martin Necas
Jordan Martinook - Jordan Staal - Andrei Svechnikov
Jack Drury - Evgeny Kuznetsov - Stefan Noesen
Jaccob Slavin - Brent Burns
Brady Skjei - Tony DeAngelo
Dmitry Orlov - Jalen Chatfield
Frederik Andersen
Pyotr Kochetkov
Injuries and Scratches: Brendan Lemieux, Max Comtois, Scott Morrow, Dylan Coghlan, Bradly Nadeau, Jackson Blake, Spencer Martin, Antti Raanta, Jesper Fast (UBI), Brett Pesce (LBI)
Islanders Projected Lineup
Casey Cizikas - Bo Horvat - Mat Barzal
Hudson Fasching - Brock Nelson - Kyle Palmieri
Anders Lee - JG Pageau - Pierre Engvall
Ruslan Iskhakov - Kyle MacLean - Cal Clutterbuck
Alexander Romanov - Noah Dobson
Adam Pelech - Ryan Pulock
Mike Reilly - Robert Bortuzzo
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
Injuries and Scratches: Sebastian Aho, Samuel Bolduc, Matt Martin, Oliver Whalstrom, Simon Holmstrom, Scott Mayfield (LBI)