Derek Stepan began the gaining series in overtime when he obstructed Islanders defenseman Adam Pelech’s cleaning pass. Stepan skated up and passed to Stastny, who fired a sharp-angle shot from the objective line that deflected off Sorokin’s left pad and in between his legs.
It was Stastny’s 3rd profession overtime playoff winner.
After getting outshot in each of the very first 2 durations, the Hurricanes had a 19-5 edge in the 3rd and connected ball game midway through the duration.
Sorokin rejected a backhand shot by Jesse Puljujarvi 2:13 into the 3rd to keep the Hurricanes off the scoreboard. At the other end, Andersen saved a shot by Casey Cizikas less than 10 seconds later on. Sorokin likewise had a good glove minimize Jordan Martinook at 8:17.
Aho from the left doorstep at 9:24 as he knocked the puck down out of the air with his glove and knocked it previous Sorokin. It was his 4th objective of the series.
The Islanders outshot the Hurricanes 17-11 in a scoreless 2nd duration that saw both sides have a lot of scoring possibilities.
Sorokin gloved Brady Skjei’s point shot 1:03 into the 2nd duration. Andersen then gloved a shot from in between the circles by Brock Nelson 4 minutes later on.
Jesperi Kotkaniemi almost connected it for Carolina, however his shot struck off the crossbar at 7:48. The Islanders than had actually sustained pressure in the offending zone around the middle of the duration, with Andersen stopping efforts by Scott Mayfield and Cizikas less than 20 seconds apart.
The UBS Arena crowd emerged in boos when Aho tore down New York defenseman Sebastian Aho with 3 1/2 minutes left in the middle duration, making a disturbance charge. The Islanders handled 3 shots on objective throughout the power play.
New York outshot Carolina 11-8 in the very first duration, and had the much better scoring opportunities.
The Hurricanes went 7 1/2 minutes in between their very first 2 shots on objective, from Martin Necas’ effort from the left circle 1:03 into the video game to Brett Pesce’s shot from the best point at 8:31.
The Islanders got on the scoreboard when they benefited from a Hurricanes turnover in the neutral zone. Clutterbuck got pass from Ryan Pulock, skated up the best side and fired a shot from the best circle past Andersen at 9:20 for his very first objective of the series.
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The Hurricanes relied on Andersen after Antti Raanta had actually begun the very first 5 video games of the series. Raanta quit 3 objectives on 22 shots in a 3-2 loss in Game 5. For the series, Raanta has a 2.59 goals-against average and .906 save portion.
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