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Carolina Hurricane: Keys to Forcing Game Six Against Boston

By Omar Abdelgawad

TORONTO, ONTARIO - AUGUST 15: Patrice Bergeron #37 of the Boston Bruins and Sebastian Aho #20 of the Carolina Hurricanes battle for the opening face-off of the first period in Game Three of the Eastern Conference First Round during the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena on August 15, 2020 in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
TORONTO, ONTARIO - AUGUST 15: Patrice Bergeron #37 of the Boston Bruins and Sebastian Aho #20 of the Carolina Hurricanes battle for the opening face-off of the first period in Game Three of the Eastern Conference First Round during the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena on August 15, 2020 in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /
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Jaccob Slavin #74, Sami Vatanen #45, and Vincent Trocheck #16 of the Carolina Hurricanes celebrate. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
Jaccob Slavin #74, Sami Vatanen #45, and Vincent Trocheck #16 of the Carolina Hurricanes celebrate. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /

Game Notes

The Carolina Hurricanes are going into tonight’s game without a big gun.

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Puck Drop: 8:00 pm EST
Location: Scotiabank Arena
TV: FOX Sports Carolina (Locally), NBCSN (Non-Local)
Radio: 99.9 The Fan
Uniform: Black Alternates
Potential Lineup:

  • Niederreiter – Aho – Teravainen
  • Dzingel – Trocheck – Necas
  • McGinn – Staal – Williams
  • Foegele – Geekie – Martinook
  • Slavin-Hamilton
  • Skjei–Vatanen
  • Fleury– Van Riemsdyk

Potential Goalie Matchup:

  • Hurricanes: Petr Mrazek
  • Bruins: Jaroslav Halak

The Carolina Hurricanes have both Andrei Svechnikov and Joel Edmundson as “unfit to play”. Edmundson is closer to returning.

The Carolina Hurricanes have a slim 55.5%. chance of victory according to moneypuck.com.

70. 4. 109. Prediction. 1

Question For CC Readers: Can the Canes tie the series at two tonight?

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