The game between the Carolina Hurricanes and New York Islanders will take place at PNC Arena on Wednesday, April 19 at 7:00 PM ET.
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The Carolina Hurricanes will welcome the New York Islanders to PNC Arena for an NHL game on Wednesday. The Carolina Hurricanes won 2-1 in their last game over the Islanders. Antti Raanta felt ready when he got the start in net. And the Carolina Hurricanes played the kind of defense in front of him — especially on the penalty kill — that secured an early lead in their first-round playoff series with the New York Islanders. Sebastian Aho and Stefan Noesen scored power-play goals, while Raanta finished with 25 saves in Monday night’s 2-1 win to open the best-of-7 series.
Raanta got the nod over Frederik Andersen after playing in a rotation this season, and he came up with several key stops when the Islanders generated pressure. “A couple of shots I couldn’t see, but our guys were blocking those,” Raanta said, adding; “I think most of the time, we played really well in front of the net. So I just needed to make the first save and our guys were helping me.” Indeed, Carolina entered with the league’s No. 2 penalty kill and denied all four of New York’s power plays, the last with 5 minutes left. The Hurricanes didn’t surrender a shot on Raanta on that one, then withstood the final roughly 90 seconds after the Islanders had pulled Ilya Sorokin for the extra attacker.
“The best penalty killer is always your goalie, No. 1,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “He made a couple of real good stops. The guys in there blocked some shots. They did what they had to do.” The Hurricanes are in the playoffs for the fifth straight season, the first such run since the former Hartford Whalers relocated to North Carolina in 1997. And they clinched a division title for the third straight season.
The New York Islanders on the other hand lost 2-1 against the Hurricanes in their last game. Ryan Pulock beat Raanta early in the second period for the Islanders, who had reached the Stanley Cup semifinals in 2020 and 2021 before missing the playoffs last season. His score came moments after Carolina had taken a 2-0 lead, but ended up being the last time either team found the net to set up a third-period grind to the horn.
“I think we’ve just got to find a better way to be a little more clean, execute some passes,” Islanders defenseman Noah Dobson said. “But there’s not much space out there. it’s going to be like that all series. We’re just going to have to find a way to grind through it.” Sorokin finished with 35 saves for the Islanders, including a big one midway through the third when he slid across the crease in time to stop Seth Jarvis near the post after a perfect pass from Teuvo Teravainen. Islanders star Mathew Barzal returned from a lower-body injury that cost him 23 straight games.
He hadn’t played since Feb. 18, but returned to the top line alongside captain Anders Lee and midseason trade acquisition Bo Horvat Barzal saw more than 21 minutes of ice time and tallied two shots. “It’s been a long time since he’s been out and come into a playoff game with that kind of atmosphere,” Islanders coach Lane Lambert said. “Certainly it’s not an easy thing to do, and I thought he showed well.”
Brent Burns – Martin Nečas – Sebastian Aho
Stefan Noesen – Jalen Chatfield – Jack Drury
Jesper Fast – Shayne Gostisbehere – Seth Jarvis
Jesperi Kotkaniemi – Jordan Martinook
Brett Pesce – Antti Raanta
Brady Skjei – Jaccob Slavin
Jordan Staal – Paul Stastny
Derek Stepan
Teuvo Teräväinen
Ryan Pulock – Sebastian Aho – Mathew Barzal
Samuel Bolduc – Casey Cizikas – Cal Clutterbuck
Noah Dobson – Pierre Engvall – Hudson Fasching
Bo Horvat – Anders Lee
Matt Martin – Scott Mayfield
Brock Nelson – Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Kyle Palmieri – Zach Parise
Adam Pelech
Ilya Sorokin
Carolina Hurricanes: Max Pacioretty, Ondrej Kase, Andrei Svechnikov, Jake Gardiner
New York Islanders: None
The game between the Carolina Hurricanes and New York Islanders will take place at PNC Arena on Wednesday, April 19 at 7:00 PM ET.
The match between the Carolina Hurricanes and New York Islanders will be telecast live on Fox Sports Carolinas, Bally Sports South, ESPN2, MSG Sportsnet.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Fox Sports Carolinas, Bally Sports South, ESPN2, MSG Sportsnet. | April 19 (7:00 PM ET) |
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