New York Islanders do not capitalize on match 2 against the Carolina Hurricanes

The Carolina Hurricanes overcame three injuries and a 1-0 deficit at the second break to shock the New York Islanders. They won the second match 2: a 2-1 final after two goals in 48 seconds at the start of the third period.

The Hurricanes lost defender Trevor van Riemsdyk, goalkeeper Petr Mrazek – who stopped all the shots in the series, with the exception of a deflection from his own defender – and striker Saku Maenalanen during the match. The Islanders lost Cal Clutterbuck, responsible for van Riemsdyk's injury, at the end of the third period, with what looked like low back problems.

The Islanders canceled a goal (correctly), prematurely whistled (questionable) on a great opportunity to score, and at least two shots broke off the crossbar behind Carolina's backup, Curtis McElhinney.

All in all, they seemed unlucky not to at least take this one in overtime, if not win it. But the result is that they are in a big 0-2 hole after losing both home games, before the series goes to Raleigh, where the Hurricanes are 3-0 up here. in the playoffs.

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First period, first impressions: This certainly looks like a long series

The Islanders started to hit, as we could expect. Hurricanes told them to check to check. But the first victim was suffered by Carolina.

When you roll the dice with enough contact, you will eventually get a situation similar to that of Clutterbuck on van Riemsdyk, where the Hurricane defender stretched his left arm of this kind, and he collapsed behind him while Clutterbuck the pressed against the painting.

In record time, the Hurricanes have announced the evidence: that van Riemsdyk would not come back because of an injury to the "upper body".

The story will be – and was, on the show – "Oh, the Islanders sent a message early," because the success of Clutterbuck-TVR was in its first shift. But, in reality, it was a normal control whose result was periodically abnormal. We thank the Hurricanes for not having lost their heads after seeing van Riemsdyk go down and then go to the locker room at the first whistle.

Instead, both teams continued to play their game, although the Hurricanes made sure to leave a little extra on their shots when possible. The islands are certainly looking to become the most physical team, with the hope that cumulative mileage will further hurt Carolina after its series of seven games more than the islands after their first-round sweep.

But now that they are 2-0, they will have to win four of the next five. Order large but not insurmountable.

Anyway, only two penalties in the period, while the Islanders are doing well to eliminate the penalty received by Adam Pelech after Jordan Staal made a nice gesture to bring him back. It was at 7:13, and Justin Williams got his second minor in the series a few minutes later, which the Islanders put to use for the only goal of the period.

It started with a good pass from Jordan Eberle buffets to Anders Lee in the slot, where he jumped but managed to reduce it to Mathew Barzal's ground. Barzal had Josh Bailey on the doorstep, but Jaccob Slavin deflected his pass through the crease and over Petr Mrazek's shoulder.

The only goal of the Islanders after Mrazek is that of a defender of the Hurricane.

Compared to the first game, the islands seemed to do a better job by slowing the Hurricanes' attack waves and keeping things a little less hectic. (The shots on goal were 7-3 for the Isles.) Otherwise, it was a fairly homogeneous period, with teams exchanging periods of sustained zone time and lost lags due to missed entries and position checks. before line changes. The Islanders' best exercise in the area of ​​"sustained pressure" was a sequence in which Scott Mayfield kept him, and shot … and kept him, and shot … and did it again (and pinch with Eberle covering) crossing a change of Isles line.

Second period: Mrazek loses his life

The islands struggled to start the period with two early penalties that created a long 5 to 3 for the Hurricanes. Eberle was called at 3:16 for a cut at the hands of Greg McKegg on the chuck. Only 35 seconds later, Scott Mayfield was called by the referee for a check that broke Sebastian Aho's stick.

But the islands were on the alert and burst on this punishment, with some good debut Leo Komarov and the wide shot of Justin Williams that helped complete the advantage of the two men.

Thomas Hickey had a good pass and created a double for Eberle with Cizikas. Alas, Eberle's pass escaped Cizikas, but it had another effect: Mrazek left the match.

The Hurricanes goalkeeper stretched and seemed to recover, as he made his way through the crease. Before the game was interrupted, Mrazek could go to the locker room.

You know what that means … backup goalie!

[Pretty cool story about Stony Brook alumnus Todd Scarola, who overcame a brain tumor.]

McElhinney was immediately called to task. The Beau Valtteri Filppula performed some good maneuvers on the right wing by forcing a backup. He had to straighten up to stop Scott Mayfield after a first backup on Matt Martin. Mayfield did not have enough of the puck, but McElhinney still needed to stretch out alertly to prevent him from dribbling on the line.

Most of the last five minutes of the second period were characterized by long and uncomfortable pressure, as well as the maintenance of the Hurricanes. The islands had an escape escape – led by Komarov, among all people – that set up a dangerous chance (again) of Mayfield, but McElhinney gloved her.

Then, in the last seconds … something that most of us have never seen before: a goal was canceled because a player fired it. behind the goal line. Devon Toews led the race solo, fired a shot from the right wing saved by McElhinney, and then followed the puck (with his skate) behind the net to McElhinney, where she took off the goalie's leggings.

He felt it was spiritually unfair, although correct also under most rules (see rule 49.2), that the call on the ice was "not a goal". The islands were well advised not to contest.

Nevertheless, with all this, you could be forgiven for any disturbing feeling before the third …

Third period: Yep.

In fact, if you were afraid that missed islands would be missing at the second opportunity, they could come back to haunt them … Warren Foegele immediately reinforced that.

The Canes rookie needed a pass to break the right wing and beat Lehner to the far post from the FP face just 17 seconds after the start of the third period. Mayfield pushed him back to attack him, but he did seem to tie him to 1-1.

Worst? Ol 'Pandolfo's teammate, Nino Niederreiter, gave the Hurricanes a 2-1 lead 48 seconds later with a superb shot from a shot by goal from Teuvo Teravainen.

It took a little time for the islands to set up next, but halfway through, they finally saw some great opportunities to catch up. Eberle won a failed check and put Barzal in the net, but Barzal had to wait to turn his backside on his forehand.

Then Dougie Hamilton – and probably the awful ice cream at Barclays Center – gave the islands a break with a "puck over glass" penalty. But the islands could not do much on the power play. Josh Bailey had the best chance, knocking the iron as he came home from the left faceoff circle.

Eberle then had a good chance after beating Williams to a loose puck in the slot and hit the crossbar behind McElhinney. With three sticks in the trough, Lee's rebound test also stayed out, and the officials sounded the alarm to put an end to any further chance.

Throughout the race, the ice and its bouncing puck did not seem to help the effort, but of course it goes both ways. This is noticeable when you see your team outperform but not connect.

After the islands fired Lehner for a sixth forward, Pulock hit the crossbar. The rebound bounced off McElhinney's back and Lee sent his side back to the side of the frame.

The Islanders really worked the puck well at 6-on-5, but the hockey gods – when they were not busy shooting down Hurricanes with lightning – were not on the Isles side today.

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The islands do not play badly – they play mostly what they want, in fact. All in all, they gave the Canes more problems than they used to live, although different lines were sometimes too quiet. (So ​​are the playoffs going, against a good opposition.)

But it's hockey, bounces and calls do not always go the way you want. Now the margin of error is extremely thin … but radical changes are not needed, especially if Carolina has to face her goalkeeper replacing the rest of the series. Clutterbuck's injury, if it persists, probably requires a change and perhaps welcomes Michael Dal Colle in training. This could really help revive the two middle lines.

We will see. Two days to cook on this one.

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The injured Hurricanes now have an extra day off because the series will resume Wednesday in Raleigh.

This one is, of course, a must for the islands.