You play that game ten times, and after nine of them, you’re heading to the second round of the playoffs.
But the Carolina Hurricanes just couldn’t get on the right side of the bounces tonight as they lost 3-2 to the New York Islanders in Game 5 to shift the series back to New York.
“The bounces didn’t go our way tonight, plain and simple,” said coach Rod Brind’Amour. “I liked the way we played. Played hard. Just a couple of mistakes that cost us. There wasn’t a ton of those, but it was just the bounces didn’t go our way.