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Game 1 was unfamiliar territory for this Carolina Hurricanes team. Thanks to their regular season dominance over the past five seasons, Sunday afternoon’s game would be their first time opening up a series on the road since the 2019 Eastern Conference final.“You want to start on time, you know the emotion in the building. That’s part of playoff hockey, which is great,” Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said.
It took less than three minutes for Zibanejad to open the scoring for the Rangers. But the Hurricanes were able to rally rather quickly, with Jaccob Slavin scoring a minute later. “I like to play man-on-man, especially down low behind the net, try to lose your guy, and create a chance because of that,” Kakko said during practice earlier in the week. “I think that’s gonna be good for us.”
New York’s biggest goal came from the guy they need to step up the most this postseason, Artemi Panarin. Panarin’s shoot-first mentality has elevated his game all year, so his decision to look off Trocheck on the 2-on-1 in the third period paid dividends.
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