Round One: Carolina @ New Jersey

Carolina 2, New Jersey 1

	1	2	3	OT	T
CAR	1	0	0	1	2
NJD	1	0	0	0	1

Final OT

7:30 PM ET, April 17, 2009
Prudential Center
Newark, New Jersey

Canes need just 2:40 of OT to even first-round series with Devils

NEWARK, N.J. (AP)-- Defenseman Tim Gleason scored his first NHL playoff goal on a slap shot at 2:40 of overtime and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New Jersey Devils 2-1 Friday night, tying their first round playoff series at a game apiece.



Gleason's shot from the right point appeared to hit the skate of Devils defenseman Niclas Havelid and carom past defenseless goalie Martin Brodeur.

Eric Staal, who provided a screen in front of Brodeur, scored the other goal for the Hurricanes. Carolina, which lost the series opener 4-1 on Wednesday, seemed to find its game in the second period on Friday.

Zach Parise tallied for the Devils, who lost captain Jamie Langenbrunner to a lower body injury in the second period.

IMO this will shape into one of the better of the 1st round series.

Kudos to the Canes for getting this one into OT, where it is anyone's game.

The Devils will turn it up though, for game 3

i still think the canes dont have enough to take out the devils but if they are going to it is up to them to do it will langenbruner is out... he is gone for two games and is huge on the devils team

beedub wrote:IMO this will shape into one of the better of the 1st round series.

Kudos to the Canes for getting this one into OT, where it is anyone's game.

The Devils will turn it up though, for game 3

Like HockeyHero2000 said...Langenbrunner's absence offers the Canes a HUGE opportunity, so Carolina needs to take advantage of that and win their two home games.

Should be an excellent contest tonight!

even without langenbrunner there is still no taking the devils lightly

parise makes a nice tip on the martin shot 1-0 NJ

carolina ties it up quickly

The ATDHE stream is pretty funky tonight on this one...might have to switch back over to TSN

davetherave wrote:The ATDHE stream is pretty funky tonight on this one...might have to switch back over to TSN

THat is what i have been doing....salvidor takes a nasty hit on the nose 4 min pp for NJ....salvidor is quite the warrior sitting on the bench and getting stitched up to make the next shift

the pp is gonna be hurting without Langenbrunner

Hockeyhero22000 wrote:the pp is gonna be hurting without Langenbrunner

Wow...Canes just killed off that 4 min PP

and they had a good chance at a shortie.... carolina knows they need to bring it now and try to get up on NJ

Another good pk by the canes

bad give away by the canes corvo !! and gionta makes them pay

These teams are a terrific matchup

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NJ takes a penalty which hurts twice as hard since it is MAdden

the canes are coming close and making the game difficult for the devils lots of traffic infront of marty they are doing everything except putting the puck in

Bayda? Larose ??! Is this what secondary scoring feels like?