"That's what we're going to have to do," Hurricanes forward Jordan Martinook said. They outshot the Devils 10-1 in the first period, with the lone shot on goal against being a 70-foot dump-in from the neutral zone.Ĭarolina's 29-7 advantage in shot attempts also demonstrated how much of the first period was spent in New Jersey's end. The Hurricanes jumped on the Devils with their hard forecheck from the drop of the puck and pressured their defensemen shift after shift on their way to building a 2-0 lead. "That was, obviously, the way you want to do it," Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour said. But for those opening 20 minutes, the Hurricanes followed their blueprint for how they want to play against these young, fast Devils to near perfection and, they hope, set the tone for the rest of the best-of-7 series.
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