In Boston, Frederik Andersen made 34 saves and the Carolina Hurricanes shut out the Bruins, 6-0 on Thursday.
Sebastian Aho hit for a double in the win.
“The game could have been flipped (in the first four minutes),” Carolina head coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “If they had got a power-play goal, the game could be way different, so that was a huge part of the game. [Andersen] was great and we were able to settle down and get playing.”
The Canes took a 1-0 lead in the opening period off a strike by Vincent Trocheck.
Andrei Svechnikov doubled the lead in the second period.
“They’re a really good team,” Teuvo Teravainen said. “In the playoffs they beat us a couple times, so that for sure makes us even more hungry to beat these guys. They play tough and are a good team, but we just stuck to our game plan and played a good game.”
Aho and Brett Pesce pushed the lead to 4-0 before the end of the middle frame.
Aho potted his second of the game in the third period, and Jordan Staal added a marker for the 6-0 final.
“At the end of the day, it really doesn’t matter what the score is,” Aho said. “Obviously you want to win those games and get those two points. There’s history between them and us. … So, for sure, you want to have that fire in you to win those games, but the score doesn’t matter. It’s just the two points, and obviously we’ll take it.”
The Bruins fell to 26-16-3.
“There just was not enough pushback,” Boston head coach Bruce Cassidy said. “So, how are we going to weather [their absences]? We’re certainly going to need a little more pushback from guys who are expected to bring it, and some other veteran guys that might not but have to step up in their absence. We were lacking both tonight in huge quantities.”
Linus Ullmark made 37 saves in the Bruins loss.
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