Jesper Quick deflected in a shot by Jesperi Kotkaniemi at 7:09 of extra time to provide the Carolina Hurricanes a series-ending 3-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night time.
Quick’s deflection whereas shielding Akira Schmid set off a celebration for the Hurricanes, who by no means led till the ultimate play and twice trailed by a aim earlier than profitable the best-of-seven sequence 4-1 to succeed in the Jap Convention ultimate.
Within the first tight recreation of the second-round matchup, Quick made amends for when he popped a puck over the aim in entrance of an open web within the first interval.
Jaccob Slavin and Brent Burns additionally scored for Carolina, and Frederik Andersen made 27 saves.
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Jesperi Kotkaniemi #82 scores a aim with Jaccob Slavin #74 of the Carolina Hurricanes aiding in opposition to the New Jersey Devils through the second interval of Jap Convention Recreation 5 of the Second Spherical of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs at PNC Area on Might 11, 2023 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Jaylynn Nash/Getty Photographs)
Dawson Mercer and Timo Meier scored for New Jersey. Schmid stopped 36 photographs.
This marks Carolina’s first journey to the Jap Convention ultimate since 2019. The Hurricanes will face the winner of the Florida-Toronto sequence, with the Panthers main that one 3-1.
The primary 4 video games of the sequence had been stuffed by lopsided outcomes, with every determined by at the least 4 targets and a beginning goaltender chased early. Carolina gained the primary two video games at residence by an 11-2 margin, then shook off a Recreation 3 loss by blowing issues open within the second interval for a 6-1 street win Tuesday in Recreation 4.
The Hurricanes had been on this place in Spherical 1, with an opportunity to shut out the New York Islanders on residence ice in Recreation 5. They misplaced that one and as a substitute needed to clinch the sequence with an extra time street win in Recreation 6.
This time, they wanted a dramatic end to keep away from a repeat.
The Devils’ exit is available in a season the place a younger group arrived to postseason rivalry sooner than anticipated.
New Jersey completed one level behind the Hurricanes within the Metropolitan Division for the league’s third-best level whole (112) and the franchise’s first playoff look in 5 years, then pushed previous the rival New York Rangers in seven video games regardless of falling behind 0-2 for its first playoff sequence win since 2012.
The Carolina Hurricanes have fun after a 3-2 victory in extra time in opposition to the New Jersey Devils in Recreation 5 of the Second Spherical of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs at PNC Area on Might 11, 2023 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Cato Cataldo/NHLI through Getty Photographs)
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MISSED CHANCES
Each groups missed on obvious straightforward putaways that loomed massive as the sport pushed into OT.
The Hurricanes’ early possibilities included Seth Jarvis’ deflection banging off the fitting submit roughly 6 minutes in. Then got here Paul Stastny discovering Quick on the prime of the crease — solely to see Quick elevate the puck over the uncovered web in a play that left him shaking his head in exasperation as soon as again on the bench.
The Devils’ irritating second got here in a wild second-period sequence.
Meier stole possession behind the Carolina web and began a pass-happy sequence that noticed the puck go from Michael McLeod to Phil Hughes simply outdoors the crease, after which to Meier on the alternative facet for a putaway probability — solely to see Meier ship the puck harmlessly by and out of the crease.
The Carolina Hurricanes have fun after a aim through the second interval in opposition to the New Jersey Devils in Recreation 5 of the Second Spherical of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs at PNC Area on Might 11, 2023 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Josh Lavallee/NHLI through Getty Photographs)
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McLeod had an enormous defensive play with about 6 1/2 minutes left within the third, getting his stick in to disrupt Quick’s try on an empty aim after Schmid had misplaced the puck behind the online. … Carolina completed with a 39-29 shot benefit. … The Devils had been 1 for twenty-four on the ability play this season in opposition to the Hurricanes earlier than Meier’s second-period aim. … Carolina’s Jordan Martinook assisted Slavin’s second-period aim, pushing him to 10 factors within the sequence after a scoreless first spherical. … Former North Carolina State and present Buffalo Payments operating again Nyheim Hines sounded the pregame storm-warning siren for the Hurricanes to take the ice.
