ECQF Game 1
Boston Bruins vs. Carolina Hurricanes
8 PM ET
National TV: NBCSN
Boston Radio: NESN, 98.5 The Sports Hub FM
Carolina Radio: 99.9 The Fan FM
Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Carolina Hurricanes Twitter
*All from Official Boston Bruins Website
Need to Know: Bruins-Hurricanes | First Round
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Tuukka Rask
2 GP | 0-2-0-0| .917 Sv % | 2.55 GAA
Petr Mrazek
2 GP | 2-0-0-0 | .940 Sv % | 1.50 GAA
Rask, Pastrnak Miss Practice, Expected Back for Opener
NHL Announces Schedule For Bruins-Canes
Tuukka Rask
2 GP | 0-2-0-0| .917 Sv % | 2.55 GAA
Petr Mrazek
2 GP | 2-0-0-0 | .940 Sv % | 1.50 GAA
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TONIGHT’S GAME - The Bruins host the Hurricanes tonight in game 1 of their best-of-7 Round One series. - This is the 5th Round One series for Boston since the NHL adopted the wild card format in 2013-14 &they are 3-1 in those series ... Overall, they are playing their 34th 1st round series (Preliminary series, Division Semifinals, Conference Quarterfinals, Round One series) with a 17-16 record entering this post-season ... They are 14-11 in those series which have been best-of-7 formats. - The Bruins enter this series with a 37-17 record in best-of-7 series in which they have won game 1 &they are 15-34 in best-of-7 series in which they have lost game 1. - Brad Marchand will move past Rick Middleton into sole possession of 7th place on the team’s all-time games played list with his 112th Bruins playoff game tonight.
TONIGHT’S GAME - The Bruins host the Hurricanes tonight in game 1 of their best-of-7 Round One series. - This is the 5th Round One series for Boston since the NHL adopted the wild card format in 2013-14 &they are 3-1 in those series ... Overall, they are playing their 34th 1st round series (Preliminary series, Division Semifinals, Conference Quarterfinals, Round One series) with a 17-16 record entering this post-season ... They are 14-11 in those series which have been best-of-7 formats. - The Bruins enter this series with a 37-17 record in best-of-7 series in which they have won game 1 &they are 15-34 in best-of-7 series in which they have lost game 1. - Brad Marchand will move past Rick Middleton into sole possession of 7th place on the team’s all-time games played list with his 112th Bruins playoff game tonight.
BOSTON vs CAROLINA, LIFETIME SERIES
- The Bruins and Hurricanes have played 5 lifetime playoff series with BOS holding a 4-1 series advantage ... They have played 30 games with BOS holding both a 19-11 game edge & 97-69 goals for/against advantage.
- Their last series was the 2019 Eastern Conference Final which BOS won 4-0 ... The Bruins held the Hurricanes to 2 goals or fewer in each of the 4 games, including a 4-0 shutout in the deciding game 4.
- Their 1st 2 series came vs. Carolina as the Hartford Whalers (4-3 win in 1990 Adams Division Semifinal & 4-2 win in 1991 Adams Division Semifinal) ...The last 3 series came after the team’s move to Carolina (4-2 win in 1999 Eastern Conference Quarterfinal; 4-3 loss in 2009 Eastern Conference
Semifinal & last year’s 4-0 win in the Eastern Conference Final.
- Patrice Bergeron (3-5=8 totals in 11 gp) &David Krejci (0-7=7 totals in 11 gp) lead all current Bruins in career playoff scoring vs. Carolina followed by Brad Marchand (2-3=5 in 4 gp) & David Pastrnak (1-3=4 in 4 gp) ... Tuukka Rask is 4-0 with a 1.25 goals against average in 4 career playoff games vs.
Carolina.
- FYI: The Bruins tied an NHL record with 4 PPGs in the 3rd period of their 6-1 win vs. HFD on 4/11/1991 ... The Whalers had taken a 1-0 lead into the final period in that game before the Bruins scored a club-record 6 goals in the comeback ... The Bruins have come back from a 3-or-more-goal deficit to win a playoff game on 7 occasions in their history, including 4/11/1990 when they erased a 5-2 Whalers lead on 4 unanswered 3rd period goals ... The Bruins won game 6 of their 2009 Conference SF vs. CAR on 5/12/2009 to force a game 7 for just the 2nd time in their history when they had trailed a series, 1-3.
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