It’s not a secret that hockey players often use tired cliches when speaking to the media. The one that is perhaps most often parodied is when skaters discuss getting “pucks in deep.”
But there is a reason “pucks in deep” is so commonly repeated; it’s important. In Game 3 the Hurricanes had opportunities to send pucks behind the Boston defense, but failed to do so and the pucks soon ended up in the back of Carolina’s net.
Twenty seconds prior to Boston’s first goal, Brett Pesce pushes the puck forward to Brock McGinn who flings it cross ice.