Recap: Canes Five-Goal First Highlights Victory Over Boston

BOSTON, MA. -The Carolina Hurricanes scored on five of their first 12 shots Tuesday night, setting the tone for a 7-1 victory over the Boston Bruins.

The lead-up to the evening's opening puck drop included some afternoon banter between Vincent Trocheck and Brad Marchand discussing their thoughts on one another, then a touching pre-game ceremony to retire Willie O'Ree's #22 into the TD Garden rafters in recognition of him making his NHL debut 64 years ago today.
When the game got underway, the Canes had no interest in extracirricular affairs, striking just 3:44 in courtesy of Teuvo Teravainen on a dazzling setup from Jaccob Slavin. Slavin, the team's defensive anchor, was making his return in the game after missing the last two outings due to COVID-19 Protocol.
Under three minutes later Jesperi Kotkaniemi doubled his team's lead with his first of what what would be two goals just 5:23 apart. The left-handed center quickly earned his first multi-goal game as as Cane with the only blemish of Carolina's night coming in between his two. The Canes had entered the night with 35 consecutive penalties killed off, just one shy of matching the franchise record. Unfortunately they wouldn't achieve that, as the first power play of the night for Boston they were able to beat Frederik Andersen by way of a Patrice Bergeron deflection.
As mentioned though, just 13 seconds later Kotkaniemi made it 3-1 for Carolina and minutes after his ninth of the year Seth Jarvis made it 4-1 with a dazzling power move to the net.

Less than a minute after Jarvis gave his team a three-goal advantage, Derek Stepan, who rejoined the lineup after being the odd man out Saturday against Vancouver, cashed in on a beautiful Jordan Martinook feed to make his team's lead 5-1.

Carolina's five goals brought an early end to the night of Tuukka Rask, who was pulled from the game after making just seven stops in the game's opening 20 minutes. Linus Ullmark entered in relief of him and while Ullmark's night was better numerically, the Canes were able to beat him as well.
Despite there being six total goals in the game's first frame, there were none in the second and it took until the third for visiting side to make it 6-1.
Two power play goals from Slavin and Andrei Svechnikov put a bow on the night's scoring, giving the Canes a 7-1 victory.
They Said It:
Rod Brind'Amour on the huge first period:
"There was a purpose in what we were trying to do. Listen, we scored on our chances, right? That doesn't happen a lot. A lot of times we'll have that exact same period and we're down 1-0. It's just the way it works. We were able to capitalize and everything we did right seemed to go in the net, which was nice. You'll take it, for sure. It doesn't happen very often.
Derek Stepansharing his thoughts on going to the front of the net, where the Canes scored four of their first five goals:
"Every single night it's important to be there. You look around the league, that's where the goals are scored. It takes hard work to get there, but a lot of times when you do get there, you get rewarded."
Jaccob Slavin speaking on the abilities of Tony DeAngelo, as the two combined for six points:
"We had Dougie last year and Dougie was that guy that got a lot of points and Tony's stepped in and done a great job. He's been an awesome player and it's great to have that point production from the back end. Tony and I have been playing well together and I hope we'll be able to keep building that chemistry. Giving him the puck is never a bad option."
What's Next?:
The Canes come back to Raleigh post-game, will have an off day Wednesday and then practice Thursday before a back-to-back set against the New York Rangers at home Friday and New Jersey on the road Saturday.
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