Crawling back from an 0-3 series lead with a chance to prove true their coach’s “it’s actually not that bad” pleas, the Carolina Hurricanes took a 3-1 lead into the third period of Game 6 against the Rangers.
Alas, they lost. In regulation. Frederik Andersen, who stood on his head when (rarely) tested by the Islanders in Round 1, couldn’t even stand on his post with the game on the line in Game 6 of Round 2.
The collapse was swift and brutal, depriving them of a chance to put historic pressure on the Smurfs in a Game 7 that never happened.