The Carolina Hurricanes have dominated the Boston Bruins in the regular season but a question lingers ahead of their playoff series: What about Frederik Anderson? An overview of the Bruins-Hurricanes first round matchup:
The combined score of the three meetings between Carolina and Boston this season ended up being 16-1 Hurricanes. That lopsided total shouldn’t be indicative of how competitive this opening-round series could end up being – especially with Carolina’s starting netminder recovering from an injury.
The 32-year-old hasn’t played since sustaining an injury against Colorado on April 16, though, and he didn’t take part in Sunday’s morning skate.Boston ranked second in the league with 36.1 shots on goal per game, yet their 8.5 shooting percentage was third lowest among all 32 teams. Boston’s positive 7.4 shot differential average led all teams in the league.
“They had their way with us this year,” Cassidy told reporters after the regular-season finale. “Some of that was a while ago and I think our team is in a much better place than when we played them early in the year. We’re not going to take too much stock in that. We have had success against them in the playoffs recently. Again, two different teams so you can’t take too much stock in that either.”
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