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Seth Jarvis scored his first two goals of the series to back up a 27-save Antti Raanta performance as the Carolina Hurricanes ran over the New York Islanders, 5-2 in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series.  The Hurricanes have a 3 games to 1 lead in the series and can close it out Tuesday night in Raleigh.  With the Islanders trying to intimidate the Hurricanes with -- at times -- excessive, post-whistle physicality, Carolina's only effecitve mode of response is to score goals.  Seth Jarvis answered Ryan Pulock's boarding of Jack Drury with a 5-on-3 power play goal to open the scoring.  Then, after Matt Martin leveled MacKenzie MacEachern after the horn at the end of the period, Martin Necas opened the second with a power play goal to make it 2-0.  Sebastian Aho, Jarvis and MacEachern added goals.  Aho had a 3-point game and MacEachern also had an assist in his Hurricanes debut after spending all season with the Chicago Wolves in the American Hockey League.  Carolina is 5 for 19 on the power play in the series while the Isles are just 1 for 12.

The Carolina Hurricanes 5th penalty was the breaking point as Kyle Palmeiri's deflection from outside of the goal got past Antti Raanta to give the Islanders a 2-1 late 3rd period lead en route to a 5-1 win on Long Island.  Carolina still leads the series 2 games to 1 with Game 4 Sunday afternoon.  The Canes lone goal came from Jesper Fast who scored shorthanded on a feed from Jordan Staal to even the score at 1-1 late in the 2nd period.  New York was 1 for 5 on the power play while the Hurricanes were 0 for 3.  

Jesper Fast scored at 5:03 of overtime as the Hurricanes rallied to beat the Islanders, 4-3, and take a 2-0 series lead in their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series.  The Canes and Isles will play Game 3 on Friday night on Long Island.  Carolina had a 2-0 lead midway through the 2nd period thanks to a Paul Stastny goal and an own goal off the stick of New York defenseman Sebastian Aho.  But, some loose play and shaky goaltending saw the Islanders take a 3-2 lead on goals from Kyle Palmeiri, Matthew Barzal and Brock Nelson.  But, Jaccob Slavin scored off Ilya Sorokin from behind the goal line  with less than 8 minutes to play in regularion setting up Fast's overtime heroics.  Carolina lost forward Teuvo Teravainen to a broken hand on a late 3rd period slash, he'll have surgery on Thursday and is out indefinitely.

Sebastian Aho and Stefan Noesen each scored on the power play and Antti Raanta stopped 24 shots as the Carolina Hurricanes took game 1 of their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal Series from the New York Islanders, 2-1.  The Canes scored on each of their first two tries with the man advantage and Raanta won his 3rd consecutive series-opening game for Carolina.  Carolina's penalty kill was also stellar, shutting the Isles out on 4 opportunities.  New York registered 3 shots on goal during their first attempt, but just 1 on their other three combined.  Brent Burns and Martin Necas each had 2 assists on the night.  Game 2 is Wednesday night at PNC Arena.

The Hurricanes survived a gong show of a 3rd period in a 6-4 win over the Panthers as they claim their second straight Metropolitan Division title.  Brent Burns scored twice, including the go-ahead goal in the 3rd period after the Panthers erased a 2-0 deficit in the first 3 and a half minutes of the frame.  His first goal opened the scoring in the 1st period, but the Canes, who had so many chances to put the game away early, carried just a 2-0 lead into the 3rd.  And, when the Panthers quickly drew even it was up to Burns to do it again.  His 2nd of the game and 18th of the year found it's way from the blue line, through traffic and past Alex Lyon for the goal that put the Canes ahead to stay.  Jesper Fast doubled the lead just 21 seconds later.  Shayne Gostibehere and Sebastian Aho would add empty net goals before the final horn.  Carolina will meet the New York Islanders in the series that begins either Monday or Tuesday of next week.

Antti Raanta made 20 saves, Stefan Noesen, Jordan Martinook, Brent Burns and Jesperi Kotkaniemi all scored as the Canes beat Detroit, 4-1, ending a 3-game losing streak.  The two points earned also means that Carolina can do no worse than finish second in the division, thus they will have home ice advantage for at least their opening round series.  The Hurricanes can clinch the Motropolitan Division on Thursday by beating the Panthers in Florida.  Carolina can also win the divisioin with a loss, either in regulation or in overtime, as long as their result at least matches that of the Devils who will close out their season in Wshington.  

The Carolina Hurricanes dropped their third straight game -- all on the road -- losing to the Senators, 3-2.  Claude Giroux had two goals and an assist for the Senators who broke a a 2-2 tie in the 3rd with a 4-on-4 goal and hung on the rest of the way.  The Canes fell behind 2-0 in the 1st period, but fought back behind goals from Brett Pesce and Brent Burns (PPG) to tie the game early in the 3rd.  But, they couldn't find a third after Giroux restored Ottawa to the lead.  Carolina still leads the Metropolitan Division by 1 point with 2 games to play.  They'll host Detroit in the home finale Tuesday night while the Devils host the Buffalo Sabres.

The Hurricanes let a 3-2 second period lead fall by the wayside in a 4-3 loss in Buffalo.  It was the 2nd straight loss for the Hurricanes but they managed to hang onto sole possession of 1st place in the east thanks to Boston's 2-1 win over the Devils.  The Canes have a 1-point lead with 3 games to play and will take on the Senators in Ottawa on Monday.  Seth Jarvis, Jesper Fast and Sebastian Aho each scored in the loss.  It was Aho's 35th of the season, Fast's 9th and Jarvis' 14th and first in 22 games.  It was the first regulation loss for Antti Raanta since November 12.

The Canes gave up a shorthanded goal on an early power play and then Frederik Andersen's right skate scored on himself as the Canes fell in Nashville 3-0. The Hurricanes put 32 shots on Jusi Saros, but could not dent the scoresheet. Carolina's lead in the Metro is down to one point after the Devils win over  Columbus. Next up is a Saturday matinee in Buffalo at 12:30p.

The Carolina Hurrricanes got the 4th overtime game winning goal of the season and beat the Ottawa Senators, 3-2, at PNC Arena Tuesday night.  The win was Carolina's 3rd in a row and helped them maintain their 3-point lead over the New Jersey Devils in the Metropolitan Division.  Jersey defeated Pittsburgh at home on Tuesday as well.  After goals from Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Brady Skjei staked the Canes to a 2-0 lead after the first period the Senators really assumed control of the game.  Claude Giroux scored midway through the 2nd period to halve the lead and Brady Tkachuk followed in the 3rd with a power play goal and Carolina was just trying to survive into overtime.  And, in the OT is where Necas does his best work.  His 4 OT GWG's are best in the NHL.  Antti Raanta made 26 saves for the win and is now 15-0-2 in his last 19 appearances.  He's not lost in regulation since November 12 at Colorado.  The Canes next play Thursday night in Nashville.