The Hurricanes Win When They Play Their Less Physical Game

Before the final horn had stopped blowing on the Carolina Hurricanes’ 4-3 win over the New York Islanders in the Game 2 of Round 1, Canes fans were all over social media about the way the Islanders played. Multiple Hurricanes left the ice to be checked out including Jordan Staal, Brett Pesce, Jack Drury and Teuvo Teräväinen. We all are now aware of what happened with Teräväinen, and are thankful he is already on the way to recovery.

The Islanders’ win in New York in Game 3 was maybe the least physical of the games of the to that point, in that nothing serious was reported. Still to paraphrase Slap Shot the Canes knew the Islanders “were there.” Ask Martin Necas if you want.

Game 4 was less…