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The Carolina Hurricanes are one win away from their first appearance in a Stanley Cup Final since 2006.
A convincing win over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 4 at the Bell Centre on Wednesday night gave the Hurricanes a 3-1 series lead over the young, upstart Habs.
Carolina came out of the gate on fire, recording the first six shots on goal of the game while dominating the puck and pushing Montreal around.
An abbreviated power play gave the Canes their first lead, as Sebastian Aho hammered home a one-timer off a nice feed from Nikolaj Ehlers for his first goal since Game 4 of the first round against the Senators.
Just moments later, Carolina doubled the advantage, as K’Andre Miller made a strong play with the puck to attack toward the goal before feeding a pass to the net front, where Jordan Staal beat out Josh Anderson for positioning to deflect the puck in behind Jakub Dobes.
A gutsy blocked shot by Shayne Gostisbehere set up a two-on-one for Jackson Blake and Logan Stankoven, and the former fed the latter who sent it home to a yawning cage to make it 3-0 with a trio of goals in just 2:47 of game time.
The Canadiens came out with a better push in the second, showcasing some rare ability to generate shots on goal, but Frederik Andersen was up to the task, holding Montreal off the scoresheet for another 20 minutes that featured. pair of embarrassingly futile power pays for the Canes, including a 1:44-long 5-on-3 in which they did not even attempt a shot.
But more importantly, the three-goal lead was intact heading into the third, keeping the Canadiens in a hole they would not be able to dig their way out of.
Montreal could not break through in the third period either, as Svechnikov added an empty-net goal to make it 4-0 and Andersen finished the night with an 18-save shutout for his third of this postseason.
Game 5 is set for an 8:00 PM EST puck drop from the Lenovo Center in Raleigh on a night that could prove special for this team and fan base.
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