by Matt Karash | May 21, 2022 | The Drive Home
Led primarily by offense from the third defense pairing, the Carolina Hurricanes seized a 2-0 series lead over the New York Rangers after the first pair of games on home ice. Had a made a list of the top 500 story lines coming out of game 2, this would not have made...
by Matt Karash | May 18, 2022 | The Drive Home
Brief recap of the Carolina Hurricanes 2-1 overtime win over the New York Rangers The series opener against the New York Rangers on Wednesday actually started a bit the same as the Boston Bruins series. The Canes were slow out of the gate, a bit sloppy and were...
by Matt Karash | May 14, 2022 | The Drive Home
If one took a poll of Canes players likely to be the biggest difference-makers in a game 7 win, Max Domi would not have been among the top choices. But that is part of the fun of NHL playoff hockey and here we are. Max Domi started his historic night when he received...
by Matt Karash | May 12, 2022 | The Drive Home
Like every other game in the series, there was very little drama or suspense in the waning moments of Thursday’s game. Even with a late power play goal by Andrei Svechnikov, the Hurricanes were down three goals late making the ending unexciting. But despite the...
by Matt Karash | May 10, 2022 | The Drive Home
Two losses in Boston raised some doubts after consecutive wins at home, but back home at PNC Arena, the Hurricanes picked up where they left off with a 5-1 win. The formula was a familiar one with Jordan Staal’s line tasked with shutting down Bergeron, Marchand...
by Matt Karash | May 8, 2022 | The Drive Home
Unfortunately, my game preview mostly foretold everything that could and would go wrong in Sunday’s game against the Bruins. (Indented quotes from the game preview) 1) Battle of the best In the 2019 playoff series loss to the Bruins, the single biggest...
