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RALEIGH — The Hurricanes shut out the New Jersey Devils 4-0, forcing a seventh game Tuesday in Newark. ...
Jussi Jokinen made the score 4-0 in the third period with the Hurricanes’ second power play goal of the series.
On the left side, Defenseman Joe Corvo passed to Ray Whitney in the left corner. He passed across the crease to Jussi Jokinen, who one-timed the pass past Brodeur at 9:12 in the final period. …
Center Eric Staal gave the Hurricanes a little cushion. And then an extra throw.
Staal scored two goals less than three minutes apart from each other to give the Hurricanes a 3-0 lead in the second period.
The first one came at 4:43 in the second period, after Chad LaRose rammed Jersey defenseman Paul Martin, who was tried to pick the puck out of the air. The puck was kick out to Ray Whitney and he dropped it back to Staal, also in the slot.
Staal didn’t miss.
And he also didn’t miss on the Whitney’s next pass from the left wing over to the right. Whitney, who has been involved in all three goals, took a long pass from defenseman Tim Gleason.
Whitney and Staal rushed, and Staal fired from the right circle, past goalie Martin Brodeur at 7:30. …
The Hurricanes pieced together a strong first period, including a big shift from their fourth line followed by another on the power play.
But Martin Brodeur said no and no. Fortunately for the Hurricanes, Ray Whitney got one by Brodeur and they lead 1-0 at the first period.
The Hurricanes out-shot the Devils 15-4 in the first period. ANd both teams were unable to score on the power play. New Jersey had two chances, both on Joni Pitkanen penalties.
On the Hurricanes one power play in the first, they managed seven shots. ...
After a relentless attack, that saw the Hurricanes out-shoot the Devils 11-1, Ray Whitney gave Carolina a 1-0 lead at 10:32 in the first period.
The play started when Carolina defenseman Anton Babchuk made a nice play for the puck on the Devils’ blue line. He passed down to Eric Staal, who had nobody between him and the net but goalie Martin Broduer.
Staal’s shot was deflect out to the left circle, where Hurricanes forward Chad LaRose stopped it and passed back to Staal behind the pipes. He passed in front to Whitney, who caught the puck on his tape and scored on Brodeur. ...
It's do or die tonight at the RBC Center.
The Carolina Hurricanes trail the New Jersey Devils 3-2. Neither team has won two games in a row.
But will the carrot of clinching the series be enough tonight for the Devils? ...
Here's the Caes' starting line:
Samsonov, Brind'Amour, Eaves.
And the Devils':
Shanahan, Madden, Pandolfo.
The Canes healthy scratches are Frank Kaberle, Tim Conboy and Dwight Helminen.
Javier Serna has covered sports for The News & Observer since 2007. He previously covered growth for the North Raleigh News, and sports at The Truth in Elkhart, Ind. E-mail 
Comments
Do you even watch the game??
Mon, 04/27/2009 - 22:53 — Canesfan1287Do you even watch the game?? Whitney knocked the puck out of the air for his goal. It was FAR from a pass on the tape of his stick.
Pretty complete game
Mon, 04/27/2009 - 08:56 — HockeydogStaal and Whitney came thru big last night and the rest of the team played well to hold the Devils off the scoreboard. Cam Ward was huge again. With his regular season play and now his stellar play in the 1st round, Ward to me is now an elite goalie in the NHL. Maurice was right on the money with his line
changes. Too bad the national networks decided this series wasn't worthy of national coverage, even Pierre McGuire on NBC called this one the best of all the first round series.
I understand the decision making behind which series to cover- too bad it has nothing to do with hockey!
About Tripp...
Sun, 04/26/2009 - 21:51 — procellaeIn game 5, he said that the Hurricanes were wearing the Devils out down low. I thought it was really noticeable tonight. We were jumping on loose pucks, causing turnovers, starting cycles, forechecking, etc.
In the series so far, both team have had a:
1) Domination game (NJ - game 1, CAR - game 6)
2) OT winner (CAR - game 2, NJ - game 3)
3) Close game that came down to the very end of regulation (CAR - game 4, NJ - game 5)
What's in store for game 7?
Woodwork.
Sun, 04/26/2009 - 20:08 — whirligigTripp had it right, about players coming out of the woodwork. Whitney, largely dormant through most of this series, seems to be playing like he knows it's time to win, that it's clearly their turn to win one in the back and forth that this series has become. How do we play with this confidence on Tuesday? I'm thinking we have an advantage in that the Canes almost always win the MUST win games, and lose the can-lose games. The passing tonight is SO much tighter than it's been.
WHAT happened to the feed on
Sun, 04/26/2009 - 19:16 — BeautifulSWHAT happened to the feed on Time Warner Cable Ch. 50?!?!? Poof! Game is GONE! Other users on WRAL's live blog having same problems!!
TWC in the triad
Mon, 04/27/2009 - 06:20 — esteban1949had to see PBR on verses cand in very small print that scrolled by verses said they were not broadcasting NHL locally ...what a rip !!
But it was a good game...and the Canes need to play the very same style of game...period...if they don't...then they go play golf, and vaction with their families...and we fans sit around a speculate our booties off ( along with the press here) on what the front office will do and to whom during the office season...
but after watching Kid Crosby & the Pens do we really want to mess with them ?? On tuesday night we shall see...we shall see ...
Go canes !!