The Hurricanes decision to start a fresher Antti Raanta (24 saves) in net instead of a fatigued Frederik Andersen after he made 57 saves in Game 1 would've looked like a smart one if they scored more than one on Bobrovsky, but he wasn't their only problem.

We had our chances, we had our looks to score a lot more than that, and they didn't go in tonight.' 'I think one goal wasn't going to cut it tonight. 'Obviously, we'd like to get a few more goals, especially when we're buzzing like that,' Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal said. Bobrovsky also slid to his right to make a dazzling blocker save to rob Teuvo Teravainen of a goal at 13:53 of the second period to keep the score tied 1-1. Bobrovsky did his best work in the opening 11:31, when the Hurricanes built a 20-1 advantage in shots on goal and had only a 1-0 lead to show for it from defenseman Jalen Chatfield's redirection 1:43 into the game. The Panthers goalie stopped 100 of 103 shots in the first two games, including 37 of 38 Saturday. There are reasons for the Hurricanes to feel good about how they played in the first two games, but also definitive ones why they didn't win either, beginning with Sergei Bobrovsky. … We've been kicked in the teeth here a lot in these last few years and we've always responded, so I'm pretty sure that we will the next game.' So, we'll do the same routine we just kind of came through. 'You're right there and you know you maybe should've had it tonight. 'It's tough because, again, these are the tough losses,' Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour said. Matthew Tkachuk delivered the dagger again with his power-play goal 1:51 into overtime to give the Panthers a 2-1 victory in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Final at PNC Arena on Saturday.Ĭoming two days after Tkachuk scored the winner in Florida's 3-2 quadruple overtime victory in Game 1 on Thursday, this was a double shot to Carolina's gut, leaving it in a 2-0 hole in the best-of-7 series heading to Florida for Game 3 on Monday (8 p.m.

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