Regardless of some sloppy play offensively, the Carolina Hurricanes lead its collection over the New York Islanders, 1-0, after profitable 3-1 on Saturday, thanks primarily to the efforts of goaltender Frederik Andersen, who made 34 saves.
“We weren’t nice, that is for positive,” Carolina head coach Rod Brind’Amour mentioned through Kurt Dusterberg of the NHL web site. “[New York] is an ideal instance of a crew that is been taking part in playoff hockey for a month [against] a crew that hasn’t. As the sport wore on, it began getting on top of things with how it’ll be.”
In the meantime, New York considers Recreation 1 a missed alternative.
“I am inspired as a result of I believed we performed a very stable recreation. We did numerous good issues on the market,” Isles bench boss Patrick Roy advised The Athletic’s Arthur Staple. “We had our probabilities. And I am annoyed as a result of, you recognize, we had our probabilities.”
Andersen, 34, missed 50 video games from the primary week of November till March 7 with a blood-clotting difficulty. He was 9-1-0 with a 1.30 goals-against common in his closing 10 regular-season video games. Andersen allowed two targets or fewer in 9 of these video games.
“Sadly, he is missed loads if time, however that is what you get him for,” Brind’Amour continued. “He is all the time been an ideal goalie, he is simply not been in a position to keep in there. Hopefully, he can keep wholesome as a result of if he performs like that, it is an enormous, large factor.”
The Islanders hope that Andersen cannot proceed taking part in that method.
“There’s numerous positives,” mentioned New York proper wing Kyle Palmieri. “It sucks you are down one, however I feel, realistically, we’ve got loads to attract on as we refocus and prepare [for Game 2] on Monday.”
