By DOUG ALDEN Related Press
BOSTON (AP) — Andrei Svechnikov opened the scoring with a lacrosse-style purpose and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Boston Bruins 4-1 on Tuesday night time.
Svechnikov, who additionally had an help, stunned goalie Jeremy Swayman by cradling the puck along with his stick blade and flicking it into the web about halfway via the second interval. It was his nineteenth purpose of the season on a blinding transfer that isn’t new to his coach.
“He’s form of revolutionized it,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour mentioned. “That one was spectacular — how briskly it was. And once more, that’s a giant purpose within the recreation.”
Teuvo Teravainen, Jake Guentzel and Seth Jarvis additionally scored because the Hurricanes pulled away for his or her third straight win and fifth of their final six. Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 22 pictures.
The Hurricanes reached 50 wins and pulled inside three factors of the New York Rangers for the highest spot within the Metropolitan Division and Jap Convention.
“I’ve mentioned this for years, what an incredible group it’s,” Brind’Amour mentioned, including that they “simply maintain seeming to seek out new guys that” match into the tradition. “It’s simply particular for me as a result of I get to return to work with these guys day by day. We’re pushing via one thing particular and we’ll see the place it goes.”
Charlie McAvoy scored the one purpose for the Bruins, whose four-game successful streak got here to an finish. Boston nonetheless leads the Atlantic Division at 46-18-15 with three video games to go. Swayman completed with 22 saves.
Guentzel’s purpose halfway via the third put Carolina up 3-1, then Jarvis sealed it 13:22 into the ultimate interval with a short-handed purpose.
“That in all probability put the sport away there,” Brind’Amour mentioned. “It might go a unique method in the event that they obtained a power-play purpose there.”
After splitting the primary two conferences of the season, the Hurricanes took the season sequence and dominated the Bruins on their house ice, outshooting Boston 15-6 within the second and controlling a lot of the third after McAvoy pulled the Bruins inside 2-1 late within the second interval.
Regardless of the loss, McAvoy mentioned the Bruins obtained a stern reminder of what’s forward after three extra regular-season video games.
“If there’s something to study from this or use form of in context, it’s that that is playoff hockey,” McAvoy mentioned. “We’re going to se these groups once more and it’s who’s going to adapt and who’s going to have the ability to elevate from the start of the sequence to the top.”
Carolina opened a four-game highway journey that may wrap up the Hurricanes’ regular-season schedule.
UP NEXT
Hurricanes: Go to St. Louis on Friday.
Bruins: Go to Pittsburgh on Saturday.
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