Raleight, NC-Logan Stankoven scored two goals from the second period in the goalkeeper of the Devils, Jacob Markstrom, in his first playoff game with Carolina and the Devs lost 4-1 to the hurricanes to open their first round series.
The Devils were behind 3-0, and the hurricanes doubled the production of the developers and maintained the pressure in a strong start of the postseason.
“I was obviously quite clear that I think we wait for this day a bit now,” goalkeeper Frederik Andersen said.
Jalen Chatfield scored a goal from the first period for hurricanes, which maintained stable pressure on the demons Jacob Markstrom. Andrei Svechnikov added a decisive factor of empty networks at the end of the third.
Carolina had lost seven of her last eight regular seasonal games since her seventh consecutive playoff trip on April 3, several come with key stars and taxpayers outside the alignment. In that sense, he had a long wait to get here, back at ice at home with a noisy local crowd in playoff fashion.
“There is always a concern that you may get a little slow or whatever,” said coach Rod toast’amour. “But obviously that was the case. And we were healthy, a healthy group. Therefore, it was a risk calculated perhaps, but at least after game 1, that was the right decision.”
Andersen ended with 23 salvages for Carolina, including a key stop in Timo Meier near the fold in the third. Hurricanes also rejected a power game of the Devils with a remaining eight minutes to remain in firm control.
Nico Hischier got the only goal of New Jersey when taking the cross pass of Jesper Bratt and flying the album fits Andersen an opportunity of 4 against 4 in the second.
Carolina ended with a 45-24 shooting advantage.
“They are not doing anything special,” said Hischier. “They play simple hockey, hard hockey, and we just have to match that.”
Markstrom ended with 41 salvages in what turned out to be a difficult afternoon for the Devils, which had several players skating the tunnel with injuries.
The first Brenden Dillon defense fell in the second period after being entangled with the William Carrier of Carolina, then fought to stand before receiving help to the tunnel. Coach Sheldon Keefe said Dillon wanted to return, but the doctors stopped him.
Later, the Devils lost two players in a single chaotic sequence in the third, which began with defense Luke Hughes on the network and then doubled the pain while reaching his left shoulder. Almost immediately, Markstrom Tok hit Svechnikov near the top of the fold just to unadverted the Cody Glass center and hit him into the ice.
While Hughes could return, Glass was assisted to the tunnel and Keefe had no update on Glass later.
Chatfield had the Hurricans a quick start with a goal only 2:24 in the game. Then it was a great day for Stank Haven, who was the main return in a commercial line agreement that allowed Carolina to get out of its great January inlaid of the scoring end Mikko Rantanen.
Stankoven first fits Markstrom album by Jordan Martinoak, who had forced Hischier to a rotation along the tables, at 6:37 of the second. He played again in the power game, with the rolling oven that seizes a shot fits Markstrom and inside the left post for the 3-0 edge.
“I thought about the second period, we were too rejected,” Keef said. “That was not good enough. The third period was good. The damage was done by then.”
Game 2 of the series is Tuesday.
