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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: Petr Mrazek #34 of the Carolina Hurricanes stops Brock Nelson #29 of the New York Islanders on the second period powerplay 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: Petr Mrazek #34 of the Carolina Hurricanes stops Brock Nelson #29 of the New York Islanders on the second period powerplay 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) /

3. Mrazek. Second. Shutout.

Petr Mrazek has played his role well with the Hurricanes this season, in the regular season and in the playoffs. He registered a shutout in Game 3 of the first round against the Washington Capitals where the team in front of him could get lots of that credit for only allowing 18 shots on goal, but this game was completely earned by Mrazek. Mrazek saved 31 shots out of 31 shots.

Mrazek has been on fire and saves what he’s needed to save, he would rob Josh Bailey, who had the second most points in the regular season and third most points in the playoffs so far for the Islanders on the breakaway. Islanders fans are having nightmares of Mrazek tonight and Petr “the great” Mrazek will be happy to continue being their monster.

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Mrazek has his first road shutout of the playoffs and Mrazek looks comfortable in net, especially for a road game. This is a start of more good things to come if Mrazek can keep the same confidence he gets from the past three wins. The Hurricanes have momentum rolling after three wins and Mrazek has contributed heavily in all three of those wins, the confidence keeps rolling and winning keeps coming.

This game could’ve gone the other way depending on referee calls, but the Hurricanes have the official lead in the series, 1-0 in the series with a 1-0 win. The Islanders will be looking to improve their game and the Hurricanes should be ready to adapt to whatever the Islanders throw their way in the remaining games. Three more wins to go and for now, the Hurricanes can celebrate this win with some ice cream in Brooklyn and see if it’s better than Washington’s ice cream.

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Question for CC Readers: How much ice cream does this team owe to Petr Mrazek for Game 1?

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