Momentum generated with the physical start, though, seemed to dissipate with the team's first power play. Faulk had the lone shot on the man advantage, a snap shot from 58 feet out, and the second power-play unit failed to materialize any sustained zone time.
Less than 90 seconds after killing that tripping minor assessed to Zdeno Chara, the Bruins took the lead on a shot from Grzelcyk that slipped through Petr Mrazek.
"The first one was no good. [Mrazek] knows that," Brind'Amour said, adding that he hadn't yet spoken with Mrazek, who would agree with his assessment. "That's a tough one."
"I wasn't happy about the first goal," Mrazek echoed. "Obviously, I have to have that."
Late in the period, on the Bruins' first power play of the game, Jake DeBrusk won a battle at the top of the crease to locate a rebound and give his team a 2-0 lead with 88 seconds left in the first.
"We got a little frustrated after the second one went in, I think. We weren't very good after the last five minutes of the first and throughout the rest of the game," Brind'Amour said. "We got off our game. Give them credit. There's a reason we got off our game. They're playing their game, and we haven't gotten to ours."
3. Coming Unraveled
In a 2-0 deficit after a period of play, the Hurricanes weren't in an unsurmountable hole, but Boston smelled blood.
The Bruins were patient with the puck early in the third period, forcing Mrazek to overplay an initial scoring opportunity. Then, Marcus Johansson slung a pass over to Connor Clifton, who buried it in an open net to stretch the Bruins' lead to three.
And that was about that.