The game could be the last at the TD Garden for future Hall of Famer Patrice Bergeron. Svechnikov’s second goal came with 2:30 left during a power play for a double minor to Marchand for spearing. Svechnikov made it a one-goal game early in the third before Haula and Forbort gave Boston back its cushion. Marchand broke a scoreless tie 46 seconds into the second period, taking a long cross-ice pass from Connor Clifton and skating to the right circle before wristing it over Raanta’s glove.Ĭoyle gave the Bruins a 2-0 lead in the last two minutes of the period, poking in the trickling rebound of David Pastrnak’s one-timer. “I can’t wait,” said Swayman, who took over as starter after Linus Ullmark lost the first two games in Carolina. Neither Swayman, a rookie, nor Raanta has ever appeared in a seventh game. Two days after losing 5-1 at Carolina, the Bruins returned home and put up an equally one-sided performance.Īndrei Svechnikov scored twice and Antti Raanta made 29 saves for the Hurricanes.
And then you wake up, and you feel excited that you have an opportunity.” You should feel brutal, to be honest with you. “The good news is we have another game to play,” Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour said.
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The winner will play either the Penguins or Rangers in the Eastern Conference semifinals Pittsburgh leads that series 3-2 heading into Game 6 on Friday night. The Hurricanes will host Game 7 on Saturday in Raleigh, where they have gone 3-0 by a combined score of 15-4. “We knew that when we started, we’d have to win at least one to advance. Charlie Coyle also had a goal and an assist for Boston, and Erik Haula and Derek Forbort added third-period goals before Curtis Lazar backhanded the puck into the empty net with 4:17 to play to make it 5-1. Jeremy Swayman stopped 23 shots, and Brad Marchand had a goal and an assist for Boston in the sixth straight blowout for the home team. "But we’d play them on Mars if we had to.” “We’d rather be at home, I’m not going to lie to you. “Everybody loves a Game 7,” Boston coach Bruce Cassidy said after the Bruins won 5-2 on Thursday night to even their first-round playoff series against Carolina at three games apiece. The problem: The clincher will be at Carolina, where the Hurricanes have been just as unbeatable. Bruins back home, beat Hurricanes 5-2 to force 7th gameīOSTON - The Boston Bruins earned themselves a seventh game with another dominating performance at home.
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