New York. Carolina Hurricanes have a chance at the Stanley Cup playoffs.
They beat the New York Islanders on Sunday morning in Long Island and can now decide the entire series in Raleigh on Wednesday night.
– Yes, we’ll try to finish this on the spot, says the two-goal striker Seth Jarvis after the 5-2 victory.
When the New Yorkers, after two straight losses in rally, took down powerhouse team machine Carolina on Friday—in the first-ever playoff game at UBS Arena—Long Island hope flared up.
Perhaps it would be possible to make a splash against the Seventh Division from the south anyway.
But now that hope is gone again.
For a cool, efficient game, Carolina won the fourth round on Sunday and leads the round of 16 series 3-1 before the next game at PNC Arena on Wednesday night.
– We didn’t win a single away match in last year’s qualifiers, so it sounds incredible, says Seth Jarvis at a press conference after the final whistle.
Jarvis: Great experience
– Now we will try to finish this right at home.
Just Jarvis scored two goals and MacKenzie McEachern, who had spent the entire season in the AHL and was called upon to assist a seriously injured Raleigh team, scored one.
It was a great experience, he says.
For their part, the islanders seemed about to get sucked in, playing extremely aggressively and suffering countless parcels—against opponents who had only for a moment allowed themselves to engage in such activities.
– Above all, we made mistakes that we don’t usually make and those mistakes bit us in the neck, sighs veteran Anders Lee.