The East’s heavy hitters showed their quality while both series were tied up out West.
Thoughtless turnovers sent Sebastian Aho and Jarvis on breakaways and the contest out of reach at 4-0. The game was already over by the time Adam Pelech got New York on the board. A 5-2 final put the Islanders’ season on life support just two days after their electric playoff christening of UBS Arena. The Eastern Conference will have reason to worry if the Hurricanes, who have struggled to score all spring, are this clinical the rest of the way.
The Panthers have found that out the hard way in their first-round matchup with the President’s Trophy Winners. Though Florida stunned the Bruins in Game 2, they went into Sunday badly needing a home victory with Game 5 at TD Garden looming. Paul Maurice tried to change his group’s luck by swapping out streaking career-AHLer Alex Lyon for two-time Vezina-winner Sergei Bobrovsky in goal, but the Cats could find no answers for Boston on Sunday.
Brad Marchand poked home an early goal under Bobrovksy’s pads to beat the whistle and infuriate Maurice; despite tallies from Matthew Tkachuk and Sam Bennett, the Bruins never lost their lead thanks to 2-goal performances by Jake DeBrusk and Hall. Linus Ullmark stopped 41 shots for Boston before officials protected him from a brave but ill-advised decision to try to fight Tkachuk as the Bruins won 6-2.
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