Cory Lavalette

“We had a game plan, and I thought we stuck with what we had to do.” Sebastian Aho’s third period goal gave the Hurricanes a 2-1 win over the visiting Bruins in a battle of the Eastern Conference’s top teams. nsjonline.com/article/2026...

Hall “tweaked” something different, Brind’Amour said, and he will miss a little time

Hurricanes close it out. Win 2-1

And Aho is called for tripping with 2:27 left. Carolina's best faceoff guy in the box

Carolina kills it. 2:33 left

Thena nice stick by Miller to get a clear

Great work by the PKers to scrub out the first half of the PP

That's a tough call on Martinook.

Offensive zone interference penalty by Martinook.

Carrier and Svechnikov with the assists

Carrier got just enough of a touch on it to the slow the puck down for Aho, who finally solves Swayman.

Aho gives Carolina the lead with a lunging backhand off the rush.

Then Deslauriers coughs up the puck and Poitras hits the crossbar flush

Miller, who has been really good tonight, nearly coughs up a goal. Kochetkov forced to make his first save of the third.

The Bruins are without a shot in the first 7:15 of the third. Total is now a 26-9 Carolina advantage. Still 1-1.

Walker with a key block after the ref blocked a clear

Bad icing by the Hurricanes

Bruins get is back to 5v5

Bruins kill the 5v3, brief 5v4

Bruins have been downgraded to nine SOG on the night

For the fourth time this month, Carrier has at least 4 SOG. Just the second time in career he's done that (November 2022)

The third is about to start, and Carolina will have 1:25 on 5v3

End of two. 1:25 of 5v3 will carry over to the third. Still 1-1

And now Blake is tripped. 5v3 for 1:36. HLindholm, a key PKer, to the box.

Ehlers on the ice for the PP

Ehlers is hurt after Zadorov chopped him down. Makes his way to the bench, Carolina to the PP with 35.9 left in the second

Somehow Boston doesn't score. Kotkaniemi swipes the puck out of the paint

Allll Hurricanes here in the second

Hurricanes are carrying play in the second but have yet to get the go-ahead goal. Bruins limited to just four shot attempts and two SOGs in the first 12 minutes of the middle frame

Carrier with a power move and gets two shots on Swayman, who stops both.

Robinson in all alone and is stopped

McAvoy got clipped by HLindholm's stick

Stankoven high on an odd-man rush, and now McAvoy is down on the ice

Deslauriers dangles (!?!) to set up a chance

Hurricanes are getting pretty pummeled at the dot so far — 18-10 Bruins

Big block by Valimaki

Robinson with a one-timer off a Carrier feed, but Swayman flashes the pad.

Hurricanes get an early second period power play — MInten hauls down Stankoven

1-1 after one

Tie game. Jackson Blake certainly filling up the score sheet in the first. This one is his third goal of the season.

Zacha slow to the bench after a friendly collision

Blake with another hold. Definitely need to call that one.

Kochetkov stones Geekie for a second time tonight

That was about a minute long, and both guys were throwing throughout

Epic scrap between Deslauriers and Jeannot. The Hurricanes' tough guy fires up the crowd after.

Blake walks Peterka after coming out of the box, but Swayman gloves his bid. Good start for the B's goalie.

Aho shoots on a shorthanded 2v1 with Jarvis, but Swayman stops it

Kochetkov with a nice one-timer save on Geekie