Recap: Canes Win Game 7, Advance To Round Two

RALEIGH, NC. -The Carolina Hurricanes punched their ticket to Round Two of the Stanley Cup Playoffs Saturday, defeating the Boston Bruins 3-2 in Game 7.

Three Things

1) Max Effort
Every Game 7 needs a hero and today it turned out to be Max Domi.
Carolina's 2022 Trade Deadline acquisition made his presence felt on the game-opening goal by taking a feed from Jaccob Slavin and making a strong extra pass across the crease to Teuvo Teravainen for a first period slam dunk.
Then he was on the receiving end of the setups in period two, scoring twice to first give the Canes a two-goal advantage, then re-take it after Boston had provided a response.

2) Another Win For Father Finn
Rod Brind'Amour's team received another strong goaltending performance today from Antti Raanta, another critical factor in today's victory.
Weathering a storm early for his team once again, #32 played a big part in keeping the contest scoreless before Teravainen's second of the playoffs.
When all was said and done, Raanta finished with 27 stops on 29 shots in the victory. It was the third game of the series in which he has allowed two or fewer.

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3) A Disciplined Effort
As they say, sometimes no news is good news. And today, no news, or rather very minimal news, on the penalty front, was good news for the Canes.
Discipline had been a trendy word all series, as when the Canes found themselves in hot water, their trips to the penalty box seemed to be an accompanying factor.
However, today, they offered Boston just one chance on the man advantage.
The team found a way to walk the line of being physical but not finding themselves in too many extracurricular activity, still finishing with 35 hits along the way.

They Said It

Rod Brind'Amourpraising his team for bringing a complete effort up and down the lineup for today's affair...
"Everybody was solid. Our top guys played really noticeably well. It's tough to find anyone that didn't play well today. It was right today. Right from the start. Right up until the last 20 seconds, then it got a little hairy, but it was a solid, solid game."
Max Domifirst offering thoughts on the series and then running through all three goals today, all of which he factored in on...
"In the playoffs you have to have a short memory. They're a great team and we knew it was going to be a great game tonight. Both teams had everything on the line. We found ways to score and to capitalize on the chances that we had. Overall, you look at the first one, it's a heck of a play by Slavin and Turbo buries it. It was a big goal. I'm not sure who it was, but I think Skjeisy shot it and Jordo tipped it, and the puck was just sitting there on the second one. Then on the third it was a hell of a play by Vinnie on the forecheck and an even better pass by Turbo. I was just the lucky guy on the end of it for all three. We'll take it."
Antti Raantareflecting on his season to date and being able to earn a win for his team in the most important contest of the year...
"When we started the season Freddie was unbelievable right away. I was kind of fighting my way back to the game. There were some ups and downs early on in the season. Since the All-Star break it started to feel like I was also contributing. Guys started to trust me and I was able to show that I can do the job. When the playoffs started, obviously you want to have confidence as a group and when one of the best goalies in the league goes down for an injury it's going to sting a little bit. But like we have all year, the team in front of me has done a great job, so I just tried to do my job and help the team win."
Captain Jordan Staalon today's record crowd of 19,513...
"Our fans are nuts. It's so loud in there and it's so much fun to play in. It's what you want as a player. It's what you dream about. Our fans have been unbelievable and it's only going to get better."

What's Next?

The Canes will await the winner of tomorrow's Game 7 between the New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins.
The team is off on Sunday.

Bonus Notes

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