I don’t want it to sound like I’m diminishing what the Carolina Hurricanes did. Sweeping the New York Islanders in four games was impressive but we have to look at all the factors of the series, luck being one of them.
Shayna Goldman of The Athletic wrote an extremely detailed piece talking how the Islanders luck, or lack thereof, and the combination of the Hurricanes skill was the recipe for disaster for the Isles.
In Game 1 and Game 2, the data backs up the eye test, the Islanders were the better team.