Recap: Canes Put Together Another Late Push, But Bruins Take Shootout Win

RALEIGH, NC. -The Carolina Hurricanes scored multiple goals in the third period again, but the Boston Bruins took the extra point on Sunday, winning 4-3 in a shootout.

The Story

Both teams entered the contest concluding a back-to-back weekend, with Carolina having beat Toronto last night on home ice, while the Bruins arrived after taking care of business against Tampa Bay.
Clinching the Atlantic Division yesterday, Boston went into battle today in Raleigh down a few of their stars. Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron, and Hampus Lindholm were ruled out by Head Coach Jim Montgomery pre-game, leaving the league's best club shorthanded for the matchup.
However, the club that did take the ice for the Bruins looked null too impacted by the absences, earning the game's first goal. Looking to spring skaters behind Carolina's defense from the get-go, David Pastrnak worked in on a breakaway against Frederik Andersen. Brent Burns caught the high-scoring forward, but in knocking the puck off of his stick from behind, it slipped beneath the Canes' netminder.
Andersen was stellar the rest of the frame though, keeping his team from falling behind by a pair to start.
Making good on their goaltender's efforts, Carolina found a way to tie the game 7:44 into the second period. 2022 Calder Cup Champion teammates Jalen Chatfield and Jack Drury connected for a beautiful slot redirection, beating Jeremy Swayman to get their team on the board.

Unfortunately for the home side though, the game would stay 1-1 for just 1:28. A slashing call to Teuvo Teravainen allowed Boston to go to the power play, one that would see Pastrnak strike again to put his team in front.
Then, 2:34 after Pastrnak's second of the night, Jakub Lauko pulled up and fired on the rush, moving Boston's lead to 3-1.
The Presidents' Trophy frontrunners took their two-goal advantage to the third, forcing Carolina to have to dig deep once again. But for the third time this week, they made it happen.
Scoring three in the third on Tuesday in New York to win, then doing the same on Saturday against Toronto, Rod Brind'Amour's club got back-to-back tallies from Brady Skjei and Sebastian Aho 2:07 apart to complete spin the momentum of the contest.
Igniting the PNC Arena crowd, Andersen would make 10 more saves in the third to get the affair to three-on-three play.
Tieing Calgary, Dallas, and Minnesota for the league-lead by going to overtime for the 21st time, each team had several chances, but Swayman and Andersen made a shootout necessary.
It was a short-lived skills competition for the home side though, as both Charlie Coyle and Jake DeBrusk found twine for Boston, and Brent Burns and Teuvo Teravainen were denied, ending the shootout after just two rounds.

They Said It

Brady Skjeion clawing back in the game in the third...
"It was a great pushback by us. They're the best team in the league right now. Obviously we wanted to get two points, but I'm proud of the way we came back in the third. That's the way that we need to play for all 60 minutes."
Rod Brind'Amourdiscussing his team's resolve, after another late-game multi-goal effort...
"They dig in all the time. That's the thing I'm most proud of with the group. Whatever way it's going - if it's not going right, or we get a bad call - they keep playing. It wasn't our best game, but I thought in the third period we came on. It's one of those games where you say it's a good point to get out of it, considering how it was looking."
Jack Drurytouching on scoring on Whalers Night, after his dad, Ted, played for the team from 1993-1994...
"It's cool. It's definitely cool. I had a lot of pictures of my dad playing there as a kid, so it's special."

Bonus Notes

• The Canes move to 47-16-9 with the shootout defeat.
• Carolina is now 4-3 in shootouts this season.
• The team is 4-0-3 all-time when wearing their Whalers uniforms.
• Boston takes the season series, winning two out of three games, but Carolina ends the set having earned points in all three contests.
• Sebastian Aho has now scored in three consecutive games.

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What's Next?

The Canes are scheduled to be off on Monday, but will then return to game action Tuesday, hosting Tampa Bay.
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