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05/29 21:54 CDT Hurricanes roll past Canadiens 6-1 in Eastern Conference Final,
earn trip to Stanley Cup Final
Hurricanes roll past Canadiens 6-1 in Eastern Conference Final, earn trip to
Stanley Cup Final
By AARON BEARD
AP Sports Writer
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) --- The Carolina Hurricanes have finally broken through
their Eastern Conference Final roadblock. Now comes the chance to play for the
Stanley Cup for the first time in two decades.
Taylor Hall, Logan Stankoven and Eric Robinson scored in a dominating first
period that helped push the Hurricanes past the Montreal Canadiens 6-1 on
Friday night, closing a five-game series that sent the Eastern Conference's top
seed on to face Vegas for the Cup.
Jackson Blake and Shayne Gostisbehere added second-period goals that pushed the
Hurricanes to a 5-0 lead entering the final period, while Seth Jarvis scoring
into an empty net with 3:41 left. Frederik Andersen carried a shutout until
midway through the third in net.
Carolina swept through the first two rounds of the playoffs, then regrouped
from a Game 1 loss to the Canadiens after an extended between-rounds break to
win four straight. That included a run of 10 straight goals going back to
Andrei Svechnikov's overtime winner in Game 3 before Montreal finally got on
the board with Cole Caufield's power-play score at 10:50 of the third.
That made the Hurricanes the first team to reach the Stanley Cup Final with
only one loss since 1983, according to SportRadar, and the only team to do so
since the league went to best-of-seven series in all four postseason rounds in
1987.
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AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl
