Hurricanes top Devils 5-1 in Game 1 of second round

The Carolina Hurricanes held the New Jersey Devils to one first-period shot to win 5-1 in Game 1 of the second round.

RALEIGH, N.C. – The Carolina Hurricanes spent the first period swarming the puck and closing just about any fleeting bit of open ice the New Jersey Devils could find.

Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Brady Skjei and Jesper Fast also scored for the Hurricanes, who took the Devils completely out of any type of first-period flow while surrendering a single shot on goal. Meanwhile, Pesce scored on a low-flying shot through traffic to beat Akira Schmid and Jarvis blew past Ryan Graves near the blue line to beat Schmid over his glove for a 2-0 lead.By the time Kotkaniemi followed early in the second, Schmid was headed for the bench.

“We played fast, physical,” Skjei said. “We got some pucks to the net. It was just the way we wanted to start, that first period.”

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