The Boston Bruins treated fans at TD Garden to a 5-2 Game 1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes to begin the Eastern Conference Final on Thursday night.
The Hurricanes were back at full strength with goaltender Petr Mrazek returning to the net after injuring his lower-body in Game 2 of their second-round series against the New York Islanders, while the Bruins were without suspended defenseman Charlie McAvoy.
Steven Kampfer started in place of McAvoy, and the 30-year-old defenseman started the scoring less than three minutes into the game. Forty-seven seconds later, though, the 'Canes answered when Sebastian Aho perfectly redirected an Andrei Svechnikov shot on the power play.