Frederik Andersen's 33 saves carried the Carolina Hurricanes to a 3-1 win as they grabbed the opening game of their best-of-7 Eastern Conference quarterfinal series with the New York Islanders. Evgeny Kuznetsov scored the opening goal within the first two minutes to give Carolina the 1-0 lead. His power play goal snapped a 14-game goal drought. He would add an assist on Stefan Noesen's 3rd period goal that put the Canes in front to stay. Noesen, too, ended a long goal drought having not scored in the last 20 games of the regular season. As it turns out, the last time Noesen scored was against Montreal on the night that Andersen made his return to the lineup on March 7. Coincidentally, that goal was also the eventual game-winner. Martin Necas added an empty net goal to close out the scoring. Game 2 is Monday night at PNC Arena
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After being pushed to the brink in Florida
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After dropping another in OT
Morning After the Morning After Marathon
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After a Fast end to overtime as Canes march on
Carolina Hurricanes; Morning After a second period pounding in New Jersey
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After the Game 3 gong show
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After chasing the Devils back to Newark, 6-1
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After shutting down the Devils in Game 1
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After Paul buries the Isles
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After coming up short in Game 5
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After responding to hits with goals
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After the Isles pull away late
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After a Fast OT finish
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After Antti Raanta takes game 1 from the Islanders
Carolina Hurricanes: Finishing the season on top of the Metro -- again.
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After remembering it was okay to win a game
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After an empty trip to Ottawa
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After tough loss to the Sabres
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After feeling powerless in Nashville
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After surviving Ottawa in overtime
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