Hurricanes and Panthers take 3-0 Series Leads
Carolina 3 – New York 2 (Series Carolina 3-0) HC Roy switched goaltenders a few minutes before the halfway point of the game when down 3-0 on 14 shots by the Hurricanes.
New York played well winning 60% of their faceoffs, out hit Carolina 40-22, killed two penalties, blocked over 20 shots while taking 31 SOG and although Mr. Sorokin let in three goals his relief Mr. Varlamov stopped everything, but Carolina’s netminder was the difference.
Florida 5 – Tampa Bay 3 en (Series Florida 3-0) Each team’s goaltender played a sub .900 SV% in this high hitting game that produced a combined 149 hits, and with just over five minutes remaining a one goal game.
Tampa Bay’s HC Cooper issued this double dog dare to his team, “But the talk was we want the believers to show up at the rink tomorrow and if you’re not going to believe, you don’t have to come. So, we’ll see who shows up tomorrow.”
Tonight’s Matchups
Rangers versus Capitals (Series New York 2-0)
Canucks versus Predators (Series tied 1-1)
Jets versus Avalanche (Series tied 1-1)
Oilers versus Kings (Series tied 1-1)
Buffalo Winter 
I appreciate that you put in ‘en’ in your game score summaries when there has been an empty net goal.
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