RALEIGH, N.C. – Calvin de Haan believes the Hurricanes got a boost in their second-round series against his former team, the Islanders, by not having to play at NYCB Live’s Nassau Coliseum.
The Hurricanes hold a 3-0 series lead and can eliminate the Islanders in Game 4 on Friday night at PNC Arena. The Islanders lost the first two games at Barclays Center, 1-0, in overtime, and 2-1 after playing their two home games in their first-round sweep of the Penguins at the Coliseum.
The NHL, under Commissioner Gary Bettman, announced in February the Islanders would play the first round at the Coliseum and all subsequent rounds in Brooklyn after the team split their regular-season home games between the two buildings.