The Grim Reaper is in Belmont Park, but Isles head coach Patrick Roy is not going quietly. The all-time great goaltender continues to tinker with his lineup ahead of a must-win Game 4 in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, specifically where the net is concerned. After turning to Ilya Sorokin in Thursday's 3-2 loss, Roy is once again starting Semyon Varlamov at goalie, per Josh Lavallee of theScore.com (originally reported by Newsday's Andrew Gross).
The Carolina Hurricanes received more reminders Thursday night that Frederik Andersen is the goalie they hope to ride through a long playoff run. The New York Islanders might have learned too late that Semyon Varlamov is their only option in net. The Hurricanes will look to complete a four-game sweep of their Eastern Conference first-round series on Saturday afternoon when they play Game 4 against the Islanders in Elmont, N.Y. The win gave the Hurricanes a commanding 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.
Defensemen Brent Burns and Dmitry Orlov got Carolina off to a fast start and the Hurricanes held on to beat the New York Islanders 3-2 on Thursday night for a 3-0 lead in the first-round series. Sebastian Aho also scored for the Hurricanes and Andrei Svechnikov had two assists.
No | Player | P |
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25 | D | |
13 | C | |
4 | D | |
41 | D | |
7 | D | |
53 | C | |
15 | RW | |
8 | D | |
18 | LW | |
20 | RW | |
16 | RW | |
10 | RW | |
14 | C | |
37 | LW | |
46 | C | |
27 | LW | |
32 | C | |
17 | LW | |
24 | D | |
29 | C | |
44 | C | |
21 | RW | |
3 | D | |
51 | C | |
6 | D | |
2 | D | |
28 | D | |
2 | D | |
1 | G | |
30 | G | |
40 | G | |
26 | RW |