Carolina Hurricanes: Takeaways From Each Period vs. Leafs

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TORONTO, ON – APRIL 02: Carolina Hurricanes Goalie Petr Mrazek (34) celebrates the win after the NHL regular season game between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Toronto Maple Leafs on April 2, 2019, at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, ON, Canada. (Photo by Julian Avram/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

The Carolina Hurricanes had a huge game in Toronto on Tuesday night and came out victorious. The Hurricanes are in control of their postseason destiny and did everything they needed to do in order to stay in a wild card position.

This was said about pretty much every Carolina Hurricanes game in the last two weeks. This game was important and a must-win. The Hurricanes got the win in Toronto on Tuesday night. Although the Tampa Bay Lightning weren’t much help against the Montreal Canadiens, the Boston Bruins walloped the Columbus Blue Jackets allowing the Hurricanes to move back into the first wild card spot.

The Hurricanes have clinching scenarios on Thursday night. They can clinch a playoff berth if the Hurricanes win on Thursday against the New Jersey Devils and a regulation loss to the Montreal Canadiens against the Washington Capitals. Caniacs, Thursday could be the day, but the nerves are just so unsettling for how long it has been.

Back to the game. The Hurricanes were finally able to close out a third period, something that has seemed to plague them in the last couple weeks. Here we take an in depth look at each period in Tuesday night’s win against Toronto.

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