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Carolina Hurricanes: Three Takeaways from Intense Game One Win

By Tony Trotmann

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 26: The Carolina Hurricanes celebrate their 1-0 overtime victory over the New York Islanders in Game One of the Eastern Conference Second Round during the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Barclays Center on April 26, 2019 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 26: The Carolina Hurricanes celebrate their 1-0 overtime victory over the New York Islanders in Game One of the Eastern Conference Second Round during the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Barclays Center on April 26, 2019 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – APRIL 26: The Carolina Hurricanes celebrate their 1-0 overtime victory over the New York Islanders in Game One of the Eastern Conference Second Round during the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Barclays Center on April 26, 2019 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – APRIL 26: The Carolina Hurricanes celebrate their 1-0 overtime victory over the New York Islanders in Game One of the Eastern Conference Second Round during the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Barclays Center on April 26, 2019 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /

The Carolina Hurricanes once again, prove hockey analysts wrong. The Hurricanes defeat the New York Islanders in overtime in Game 1 in a battle of insane saves and stellar defensive performance of a 1-0 game. The Hurricanes have put momentum on their side with Game 2 on Sunday. What happened?

After a battle of endurance on Wednesday in Game 7 of the first round against the defending Stanley Cup champions, Washington Capitals, the Hurricanes once again shock the hockey world with yet another overtime win. In rest vs rust, each of the rested teams so far in round two has showed up rusted.

As with every game in the playoffs, fans will complain about referee calls and understandably in a close game like this. A few times in this game, the officiating was questionable, but compared to games in the first round, it wasn’t all that bad, and the officiating was actually decent making the calls that matter, the dangerous plays.

The Hurricanes took that game in double overtime and they take this one in a single overtime. Jordan Staal with the great shot off of Robin Lehner’s skate and in.

Unlike the series with the Washington Capitals, the Carolina Hurricanes take the needed road win early this round, as early as Game 1. If the Hurricanes take all three of their home games with a win again like last round, they will move onto the Eastern Conference Finals. If not, they’ll need another combination that includes some road wins. What world are we living in again?

The Hurricanes have won three games in a row and they are rolling off of dethroning the champions and getting the win in Game 1 against the Islanders. At this pace, they can end this series early. What went right and what went wrong in Game 1? Here are your takeaways:

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