Sebastian Aho, Jordan Staal and Logan Stankoven on Wednesday scored in a 2-minute-47-second span late in the first period as the Carolina Hurricanes moved within one victory of the Stanley Cup Final, beating the Montreal Canadiens 4-0.
Frederik Andersen made 18 saves for his third shutout in 12 post-season games this year to help the Hurricanes take a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference Final. Game 5 is tonight in North Carolina, with the series winner facing the Vegas Golden Knights.
“It’s great to come out like a team like this and perform like that, but I think at this time of the year you can’t bring your ‘B’ game. You have to bring your ‘A’ game every night,” Stankoven said.
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Nikolaj Ehlers and Shayne Gostisbehere each had two assists for the Hurricanes. They are the seventh NHL team to win six or more road games to start a post-season.
“Definitely excited,” Gostisbehere said. “Have to take care of business.”
Anderson and the Hurricanes are 11-1 in the first three rounds. They put it away early in Game 4 after winning the previous two games in overtime.
The Hurricanes scored first for the fourth straight game when Aho beat Jakub Dobes with a one-timer from the right circle on a power play with 5:02 left in the first.
Staal followed with 3:53 to go, tipping in K’Andre Miller’s centering pass. Stankoven then finished off a two-on-one with Jason Blake with 2:14 remaining in the period.
“The game’s going to humble you,” Montreal coach Martin St Louis said. “Whenever you get humbled, you stand tall.”
Andrei Svechnikov had an empty-net goal in the third.
Carolina had a 19-3 shots-on-goal advantage in the third period for a 43-18 overall edge.
“It seemed like the only guy that showed up was Doby,” Montreal defenseman Lane Hutson said. “Wasn’t good enough. Didn’t answer the bell.”
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