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04/18 17:02 CDT Stankoven, Hall, Andersen help Carolina Hurricanes top the
Ottawa Senators 2-0 to open NHL playoffs
Stankoven, Hall, Andersen help Carolina Hurricanes top the Ottawa Senators 2-0
to open NHL playoffs
By AARON BEARD
AP Sports Writer
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) --- Logan Stankoven and Taylor Hall scored and Frederik
Andersen came through with a big third-period performance in net to help the
Carolina Hurricanes beat the Ottawa Senators 2-0 on Saturday to open their
first-round playoff series.
Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour had gone with Andersen's veteran experience as
the starter over Brandon Bussi for this one, and it paid off for the Eastern
Conference's top seed.
Andersen finished with 22 saves, including back-to-back stops on a third-period
power play that had Ottawa buzzing with quality chances. One of those was
initially ruled a goal, only for a replay review to overturn the call in
showing Andersen had gloved a loose puck as it bounced off his skate near the
post.
By the end of the game, Andersen was holding up against Ottawa spending most of
the last 2 1/2 minutes with a 6-on-4 advantage after pulling Linus Ullmark from
the net with the Senators on the power play.
It was a physical game with hard hits and chippiness throughout, starting with
captains Brady Tkachuk of Ottawa and Jordan Staal of Carolina locking up in an
immediate fight on the opening faceoff and heading to the box just 3 seconds
into the game.
Game 2 is Monday night in Raleigh.
The Hurricanes are in the playoffs for the eighth straight year, reaching the
Eastern Conference Final in two of the past three years and thrice overall in
this current run that began in 2019.
The Senators are in the playoffs for the second straight year after a
seven-year postseason drought since a seven-game loss in the 2017 Eastern
Conference Final.
Ullmark finished with 27 saves for Ottawa, which had surged since late January
to secure the second wild-card spot in the East.
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