Carolina has Nashville on the ropes.
Wednesday evening saw the Hurricanes skate to a 3-0 shutout over the Nashville Predators in Game 2 to take a 2-0 series lead.
A 2-0 series lead that has seen Carolina been the better team in every regard.
Coming into the series, one of the Predators’ main game plans was to out-physical the Canes, hoping to literally knock them out of the playoffs. This was evident with players like Erik Gudbranson, Ben Harpur and Mathieu Olivier in their lineup.
That plan instantly backfired on them as the Hurricanes outmuscled the tenacious Preds leading in hits 56-49 in Game 1 and then for good measure, hammered them again in Game 2, with a final hit count of 52-39.