In Raleigh, the Carolina Hurricanes’ Frederik Andersen made 33 saves in a 3-0 shutout of the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.
“Our goaltending through these six games has been elite, and obviously, that’s helped,” Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “Everything has to go your way. You get a bounce here, a bounce there. Tonight, we got the bounces, really the [first] two goals.”
Tony DeAngelo scored for Carolina in the first period for a 1-0 lead.
“I’m just happy to be winning,” Andersen said. “That’s our goal every night, and I think that’s what matters. Just one of those games where you battle, and I think I got a lot of good help from the guys.”
Nino Niederreiter added a second goal in the middle frame.
“I think we kept coming against a good team, a rested team,” Boston head coach Bruce Cassidy said. “A little different luck around the net and I think it’s a different outcome. It’s a couple games in a row we haven’t been able to generate much, so obviously, we’ve got to look at that.”
Andrei Svechnikov added a late empty-net goal for the 3-0 final.
Jeremy Swayman made 21 saves for the Bruins in the loss.
“We just haven’t gotten the end result,” Cassidy said. “[Carolina] pressed hard. They’re a good penalty-killing team, but we had to finish the 5-on-3. One went by the back post and (Taylor) Hall missed a bunny, a tap-in. I still think we’re turning down some shots that we typically get from the right elbow from (David Pastrnak) that plays into the bumper to (Patrice Bergeron). The shot tips we typically make were not as clean.”
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