What - Game 4 (3-0)
When - 2 p.m., Saturday, April 27
Where - UBS Arena; Elmont, NY
How to Watch - TBS, truTV, MAX, Bally Sports South, MSGSN, SN, TVAS
The Carolina Hurricanes look to complete the sweep of the New York Islanders and be the first team to advance to the second round this postseason.
With a 2 p.m. puck drop at UBS Arena, the Canes can potentially seal their first round matchup against the Isles early in the day, but it won't be an easy task.
New York will be going back to Semyon Varlamov after Ilya Sorokin floundered in his one and only start in Game 3.
The Islanders will be a desperate team as they try to keep their season alive so Carolina is going to have to stay aggressive and play above the puck.
But this is familiar territory for the Canes. They're a team built for the playoffs and they've already beaten the Isles three times this postseason, they just have to do it once more.
The only question mark for tonight is if the Hurricanes will continue to roll out Frederik Andersen or turn to Pyotr Kochetkov for a game. At practice yesterday, Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour stated that he was undecided so we'll just have to continue to wait and see.
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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
Matt Martin - Kyle MacLean - Cal Clutterbuck
Alexander Romanov - Noah Dobson
Adam Pelech - Ryan Pulock
Mike Reilly - Robert Bortuzzo
Semyon Varlamov
Ilya Sorokin
Injuries and Scratches: Sebastian Aho, Samuel Bolduc, Ruslan Iskhakov, Oliver Whalstrom, Simon Holmstrom, Scott Mayfield (LBI)