CAROLINA HURRICANES vs MONTREAL CANADIENS
- WHEN: 7 p.m. ET
- WHERE: Lenovo Center – Raleigh, NC
- SERIES: Montreal leads 1-0
- ON THE TUBE: TNT
- PROJECTED STARTERS: Hurricanes: Andersen (8-1 .932 / 1.51 2SO) Canadiens Dobes (9-6 .911 / 2.48 0SO)
- PLAYER STATS: Carolina / Montreal
Vgeas 3, Colorado 1 (Friday)
Ivan Barbashev scored twice, including the game-winner, and Jack Eichel contributed a goal and an assist for the Vegas Golden Knights, who rallied with three goals in the third period to hand the Colorado Avalanche a 3-1 loss in Game 2 of the Western Conference Final at Ball Arena. Pavel Dorofeyev had two helpers, and Carter Hart made 29 saves to help Vegas win both games in Denver. Ross Colton opened the scoring, and Scott Wedgewood made 22 saves for the Avalanche.
IIHF World Championship (Friday)
Aleksander Barkov drew the secondary assist on Ville Heinola’s game-opening goal 58 seconds into the first period in Finland’s 4-0 win over Great Britain in Zurich.
Barkov logged 17:06 of ice time, registered six shots on goal, won six of ten face-offs, and finished the game with a plus-one rating for the Finns, who are now 5-0 in the tournament.
Anton Lundell played 18:26, had five shots on goal, and won eight of his 11 draws while posting an even rating.
Today’s games
- Group A: United States 4, Latvia 2
- Group B: Denmark 4, Slovenia 0
- Group A: Switzerland 9, Hungary 0
- Group B: Czechia 3, Slovakia 2
- Group A: Germany 6, Austria 2
- Group B: Norway 3, Sweden 2