Kuznetsov made it 1-0 on the power play at 1:35 of the first period with Anders Lee in the box for holding. Kuznetsov took a pass from Martin Necas in the left circle and, with Stefan Noesen in front, shot from a sharp angle past a screened Semyon Varlamov.
Nothing came easily for the Carolina Hurricanes to start the NHL playoffs. Stefan Noesen scored the go-ahead goal early in the third while Frederik Andersen had a huge night in net to help the Hurricanes push past the New York Islanders 3-1 on Saturday to open their first-round series. "You don't want to be a team relying on your goalie, but Freddie's always been there for us and has made the big save when we need it," defenseman Brady Skjei said, adding: “Obviously we've got to do a little better job of helping him out.”
No | Player | P |
---|---|---|
20 | C | |
31 | G | |
53 | RW | |
8 | D | |
5 | D | |
77 | D | |
18 | C | |
71 | RW | |
59 | LW | |
24 | C | |
52 | G | |
82 | C | |
92 | C | |
28 | LW | |
41 | G | |
48 | LW | |
56 | D | |
29 | C | |
88 | C | |
23 | RW | |
7 | D | |
22 | D | |
76 | D | |
74 | D | |
11 | C | |
37 | RW | |
86 | LW |