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Bruins beat Carolina 2-1, take 3-0 series lead

By JOEDY McCREARY But that one goal was a sig-
AP Sports Writer nificant one.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Tu- With 19 seconds left on a
ukka Rask and the Boston high-sticking minor on Nino
Bruins stood tall during an Niederreiter, Marchand put
early deluge of shots and Boston up 2-0 when his shot
penalties, patiently wait- from between the circles
ing for their chance to take trickled past McElhinney.
over the game. It loomed large because
Then one big burst put them the Hurricanes pulled with-
on the brink of another trip in a goal when de Haan’s
to the Stanley Cup Final. slap shot off a draw got
The Bruins beat the Carolina through Rask’s pads for
Hurricanes 2-1 on Tuesday the defenseman’s first goal
night, taking a 3-0 lead in since Nov. 8. The Bruins
the Eastern Conference fi- thought Torey Krug had an
nal after Chris Wagner and insurance goal with 15:45
Brad Marchand scored left, but the officials ruled
5:07 apart in the second Jake DeBrusk interfered
period. with McElhinney — a deci-
“The moral of the story is, sion that was confirmed af-
we got through the first pe- Carolina Hurricanes’ Micheal Ferland (79) and Nino Niederreiter (21), of Switzerland, try to score ter Boston’s challenge led
riod — however you want against Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask (40), of Finland, while Bruins’ Zdeno Chara (33), of Slova- to a review in Toronto.
to describe it — and off we kia, and Charlie McAvoy (73) defend during the first period in Game 3 of the NHL hockey Stanley After stopping 20 shots in
went after that,” coach Cup Eastern Conference final series in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, May 14, 2019. the first period alone — and
Bruce Cassidy said. Associated Press becoming the first Boston
Rask stopped 35 shots for Petr Mrazek, who allowed since Los Angeles in 2014 former Hurricane then find- goaltender since Tim Thom-
the Bruins, who have won six 10 goals in the first two — though Carolina cap- ing Wagner alone in front as in 2011 with that many in
straight postseason games games of the series. tain Justin Williams was on for a tap-in. a postseason period — he
for the first time since 1978. This one was closer, but it that Kings team that rallied “That line scored a goal remained difficult for the
They are one victory away still wasn’t enough to keep to beat San Jose in the first by playing the right way, Hurricanes to figure out.
from their third Stanley Cup alive Carolina’s postsea- round. “I’m probably going pursuing pucks,” Cassidy Thwarting perhaps their
appearance in nine years. son perfection at home — to give you ... the clichés said. “They’re fourth-liners. best chance to tie it, Rask
Boston will go for the sweep where a pig named Ham- that are going to be thrown You don’t expect them to stuffed a slick power-play
on Thursday night. ilton looks on from behind to you and everything,” make a tic-tac-toe play, redirection by Jordan Staal
“This year, I feel like we re- the corner boards. Williams said. but they did, and good for with just under 13 minutes
ally have each other’s “There’s no way around it. This one got away from them.” The Bruins entered left. “Probably right now,”
backs,” Rask said. “We’ve There’s no way to sugar- them in the first 7½ min- with the NHL’s best post- Cassidy said, “is the best
been in some tight games, coat it,” Carolina coach utes of the second, when season power-play unit — I’ve seen him play.”
and then our depth comes Rod Brind’Amour said. We the Bruins claimed control converting on a full third of This one was chippy
in, and we score some got kicked in the you-know- with their fourth line turning their chances in the play- throughout, with 14 penal-
goals and we take over the where.” a turnover by Carolina’s offs — and they were 1 of 5 ties — 10 in the first period
games.” And now they’re in an un- Brock McGinn into a 1-0 in this one with the man ad- alone. That includes six by
Calvin de Haan scored and enviable spot. Only four lead at 1:21. vantage against a Caro- Boston and three by Wil-
Curtis McElhinney made 29 teams in NHL history have Sean Kuraly collected the lina penalty kill that began liams, who also took his
saves for the Hurricanes ever rallied to win a series puck and passed low to with a sub-50% success rate team’s only two penalties
while starting in place of they trailed 3-0, and none Joakim Nordstrom, with the in this series. in a 6-2 loss in Game 2.q

Patrick Kane sets U.S.-scoring record at world championship

KOSICE, Slovakia (AP) — think of all the great and was named MVP.
Patrick Kane scored a goal American players, all the Kane’s first appeared at
and had two assists to be- kids that grow up in the the world championship
come the United States’ USA, dreaming of playing in 2008, when the U.S. was
all-time leading scorer at hockey, dreaming of play- eliminated in the quarterfi-
the world hockey champi- ing for their country,” Kane nals with a loss to Finland.
onship in 6-3 win over Brit- said. Kane has helped the U.S.
ain on Wednesday. “I’ve really enjoyed this win three straight games
The three-time Stanley tournament. This is my third in Group A since open-
Cup champion and two- time over here. It would be ing with a loss to the host
time Olympian finished the really nice to win it more Slovaks. The Americans
game with 36 points, sur- than anything. The person- have preliminary-round
passing the 33 points U.S. al achievements and ac- games remaining against
Hockey Hall of Famer Mark colades are pretty nice, Denmark, Germany and
Alex Debrincat of the US, right, celebrates with teammates Johnson had in the tour- too.” Canada.
Patrick Kane, left, and Derek Ryan, center, after scoring his nament. Johnson led the The Americans won bronze Germany scored twice
sides fourth goal during the Ice Hockey World Championships Americans with 11 goals last year at the world over the final 1:52 against
group A match between the United States and Great Britain
at the Steel Arena in Kosice, Slovakia, Wednesday, May 15, when they won Olympic championship in Den- Slovakia, rallying to win 3-2
2019. gold in 1980. mark, where Kane had a to remain the only unbeat-
Associated Press “It’s special when you tournament-high 20 points en team in Group A.q