Game 3 ECQF
Carolina Leads Series 2-0
Boston Bruins vs. Carolina Hurricanes
7:00 pm ET
Canadian TV: TVAS2, SN360
National TV: TNT
Boston TV/Radio: NESN, 98.5 FM The Sports Hub
Carolina TV/Radio: 99.9 The Fan
Referees Francois St. Laurent (8), Gord Dwyer (19), Kendrick Nicholson (30)*
Linesmen Jonny Murray (95), Shandor Alphonso (52)
TD Garden, Boston, MA
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TONIGHT’S GAME - The Bruins host the Hurricanes tonight in game 3 of their best-of-7 Round One series with Boston trailing 0-2 in the series ... It is Boston’s 1st home game of the series. - Boston is in the post-season for the 6th straight season and 75th all-time in their history ... Their 75 post-season berths are 2nd all-time in NHL history to MTL’s 85. - This is the 7th Round One series for Boston since the NHL adopted the format in 2013-14 and they are 5-1 in those series ... Overall, they are playing their 36th first round series (preliminary series, division semifinals, conference quarterfinals and round one series) with a 19-16 record entering this postseason ... They are 16-11 in those series which have been best-of-7 formats. - The Bruins enter tonight’s game with a 2-22 record in best-of-7 series in which they have lost the 1st 2 games ... They have a 13-15 record in game 3s in best-of-7 series when they trail 0-2 ... Boston’s 2 series wins when they have trailed 0-2 in a series both came in 2011 with wins vs. Montreal in the Conference Quarterfinal and in the Stanley Cup Final vs. Vancouver.
2022 ROUND ONE SERIES - Gm 1, May 2: Bos 1 at Car 5 - The Bruins scored their lone goal by Taylor Hall from Erik Haula and Charlie McAvoy ... Linus Ullmark took the loss in net ... SOG: Bos 36, Car 25 ... PP: 0/3 ... PK: 0/3 ... Trent Frederic and Linus Ullmark both played their 1st NHL playoff games 5/2 in game 1. - Gm 2, May 4: Bos 2 at Car 5 - Patrice Bergeron scored both Boston with single assists each by Brad Marchand and Charlie McAvoy ... Linus Ullmark suffered the loss in goal ... SOG: Bos 38, Car 34 ... PP: 1/5 ... PK: 2/9 ... Bergeron’s 2 goals moved him past Phil Esposito into sole possession of 2nd place on the team’s all-time playoff goals list. - Gm 3, May 6: Car 0 at Bos 0 - - Gm 4, May 8: Car 0 at Bos 0 - - Gm 5, May 10: Bos 0 at Car 0 - if necessary - Gm 6, May 12: Car 0 at Bos 0 - if necessary - Gm 7, May 14: Bos 0 at Car 0 - if necessary
MILESTONES APPROACHING - Two Bruins - Anton Blidh and Kyle Keyser - are looking to play their first NHL playoff games. - Charlie Coyle is six games shy of his 100th NHL playoff game.
MAN-GAMES LOST TO INJURY – 230 Regular Season - 4 Playoff - Hampus Lindholm: Upper body - Jesper Froden: Lower body - Jakub Zboril: Right knee surgery; Expected to miss remainder of the season
BOSTON vs CAROLINA, LIFETIME SERIES - The Bruins and Hurricanes are playing their 7th lifetime playoff series with CAR holding a 5-1 series advantage ... They have played 36 games with BOS holding a 23-14 advantage in games and a 115-90 goals for/against advantage. - Their previous series was the 2020 Round One series which BOS won 4-1 . - Their 1st 2 series were played as the Hartford Whalers with a 4-3 Adams Division Semifinal win in 1990 and a 4-2 Adams Division Semifinal victory in 1991 - The previous 4 series have been played vs. the Carolina Hurricanes with a 4-2 series win in the 1999 Eastern Conference Quarterfinal, a 4-3 loss in the 2009 Eastern Conference Semifinal, a 4-0 sweep in the 2019 Eastern Conference Final, and a 4-1 Round One victory. - 11 Bruins - Patrice Bergeron, Brandon Carlo, Connor Clifton, Charlie Coyle, Jake DeBrusk, Matt Grzelcyk, Erik Haula, Brad Marchand, Charlie McAvoy, David Pastrnak, and Chris Wagner - played in a full series vs. CAR prior to this year. - FYI: BOS tied a league record with four power play goals in the third period of a 6-1 win over HFD on 4/11/1991 ... HFD had taken a 1-0 lead into the 3rd period with BOS setting a club record with the six-goal outburst overall in the 3rd ... BOS has come back from a 3-or-more goal deficit to win a playoff game on 7 occasions, including on 4/11/1990 when HFD had carried a 5-2 lead into the 3rd period before BOS scored 4 unanswered regulation goals by Dave Poulin (1:28), Bob Beers (7:00), Dave Christian (8:10) and Poulin again with the game-winner (18:16) ... BOS won game 6 of their 2009 Conference Semi-Final series in CAR to force a game 7 for just the 2nd time in their history when they had trailed in a series 1 game to 3 ... Bos and CAR played their 2020 Round One series in a bubble atmosphere at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario with virus prevention measures in place due to the Covid-19 pandemic ... Patrice Bergeron became the Bruins’ all-time leader in postseason overtime goals with his 4th career playoff overtime score at 21:13 of OT for a 4-3 win in CAR on 8/12/2020.
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