At the beginning of the NHL season, I don’t think many had Carolina pegged as a team to make it to the playoffs, let alone the eastern conference finals. Yet here we are and the hurricanes look like the hottest team in all of hockey. This series against the New York Islanders was the first time ever that the Carolina Hurricanes has swept a team in a playoff series.
The “Bunch of Jerks” looked unstoppable in the 4 game series. Lets take a look at each game and how the canes got here:
Game 1:
In game 1, the canes had multiple players sit out with injuries.