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NHL releases first-round schedule, Canes open playoffs Monday

It’s time for playoff hockey!

The NHL postseason bracket is set, and with it so now is the first-round schedule.

The Carolina Hurricanes will have home-ice advantage against the Boston Bruins in the first round, the third time in the last four seasons that the Canes and Bruins will meet in the playoffs. It’ll be the seventh time the franchises have met in the postseason, with Boston 5-1 so far.

The Canes and Bruins will actually kick off the entire playoff schedule Monday night at 7:00 p.m. Here’s the entire schedule for the Canes’ first-round series:

  • Game 1: Monday, May 2 — 7 p.