Power play delivers in third period as Bruins post 5-2 comeback win over Hurricanes Globe_Sports
Bruins forward Chris Wagner celebrates after scoring a third period goal against Hurricanes goaltender Petr Mrazek. Boston beat Carolina 5-2 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final on May 9, 2019.Marcus Johansson and Patrice Bergeron scored power-play goals 28 seconds apart, and Boston scored four times in the third period to rally from a one-goal deficit and beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 on Thursday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.
Steven Kampfer, starting for suspended defenceman Charlie McAvoy, also scored for Boston — his first career post-season goal — with about three minutes gone in the game.Back in the net for the first time since Game 2 of the second-round series against the Islanders, Mrazek made 23 saves for the Hurricanes. Curtis McElhinney finished off New York, but coach Rod Brind’Amour went back to Mrazek when he was clear by doctors after the five-day break between series.
Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour called his timeout to settle things down, but Hamilton picked up another penalty less than three minutes later.Bruins captain Zdeno Chara took a wrist shot from Aho off the right foot late in the first period and left for the locker room, but he was back in the second. Boston was already without Chara’s defence partner, Charlie McAvoy, who was suspended one game for a shoulder to the head of Columbus forward Josh Anderson. McAvoy was averaging a team-high 24:26 ice time, and Chara was third.Aho led the Hurricanes with 38 goals and 83 assists in the regular season, but he was even better against Boston. In three games, he had four goals and three assists.
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