The Carolina Hurricanes grabbed hold of a 2-0 series lead over the Boston Bruins Wednesday night in PNC Arena, beating the Bruins 5-2 in a chippy game that featured 22 combined penalties.
The Canes took an early blow in net as Antti Raanta exited with injury, making way for rookie netminder Pyotr Kochetkov to come in and win the game in his first taste of NHL postseason experience.
As for the scoring, Sebastian Aho and Nino Niederreiter both scored twice for the Hurricanes, with Jesper Fast scoring the game-opening goal. Andrei Svechnikov unleashed a career-best nine hits, while Tony DeAngelo assisted on three of the Canes’ five goals.