Carolina put five up on Boston to secure a game one win

Game one of the Stanley Cup playoffs is in the book, and the Hurricanes emerge victorious by the final score of 5-1. It was a score that Carolina certainly inflated late in the game, but it wasn’t a game that Carolina ever looked like they were going to lose control of after they took their lead. It was a great start to the series at PNC Arena for the Hurricanes as they look to continue to build on their series lead.

Despite this being a game that could have gone either way, the Hurricanes managed to run up the score in large part due to their goalie. Antti Raanta got the first start of his playoff career in this one, and he was the first star of the game, stepping up big time in the absence…