{"id":79657,"date":"2020-08-13T22:09:31","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T22:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/?p=79657"},"modified":"2021-09-08T06:11:42","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T06:11:42","slug":"dougie-hamiltons-slapshot-gives-hurricanes-3-2-win-over-bruins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/dougie-hamiltons-slapshot-gives-hurricanes-3-2-win-over-bruins\/","title":{"rendered":"Dougie Hamilton’s Slapshot Gives Hurricanes 3-2 Win over Bruins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coming off a double overtime loss<\/a> the Carolina Hurricanes responded, beating the Boston Bruins 3-2 on Thursday to tie their first-round playoff series at a game apiece.<\/p>\n

A 2-2 tie was broken in the third period via the stick of Dougie Hamilton who fired a laser over the shoulders of Boston goaltender Tuukka Rask. A late push for an equalizer by Boston was unsuccessful as the Hurricanes held on to the 3-2 score line to the final whistle.<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes had nearly taken the lead earlier in the period when a loose puck was potted in the back of the net only to immediately get waved off. An unsuccessful Carolina challenge gave Boston a power play they were unable to capitalize on.<\/p>\n

After the Bruins power play had been a weakness in the round robin and all of Game 1, it was the power play unit\u2014sans David Pastrnak who missed the game with the \u2018unfit to play\u2019 designation\u2014that gave the Bruins a shot at all.<\/p>\n

Boston opened the scoring with a David Krejci power play goal with 4:18 left in the first. The goal was answered by Andrei Svechnikov in the second frame. The Bruins power play broke the 1-1 tie with just a few ticks left in the second period, again on the power play\u2014this time a Brad Marchand lamplighter.<\/p>\n

Boston\u2019s power play success wasn\u2019t enough as the Bruins failed to crack Hurricanes\u2019 goaltender James Reimer in the third period, falling 3-2.<\/p>\n

Play of the night<\/strong>: Dougie Hamilton\u2019s third-period goal<\/a><\/p>\n

Facing off against his former team, Dougie Hamilton showed the Bruins what they were missing with his third-period goal on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

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?GOAL!?<\/p>\n

Dougie Hamilton with a rocket of a goal against his former team just under halfway through the third to give the Canes the lead.<\/p>\n

Hurricanes: 3
Bruins: 2 pic.twitter.com\/zmB7F2u6oI<\/a><\/p>\n

— Boston Bruins on CLNS (@BruinsCLNS) August 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n