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 expanding the lead
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After Raanta returns with a shutout
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After a buzzer beating in Detroit
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After a dud against the Lightning
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After Canes storm back to snag a point from Bruins
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After Kochetkov steals two points from Toronto
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After shutting down the Rangers in New York
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After Marty did it again
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After leaving a mess in Toronto
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After a 5-3 sigh of relief victory
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After getting blanked in Jersey
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After crapping out against Vegas
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After the blanks the Flyers
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After taking shooting out the Habs
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After thrashing the Lightning
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After taking the Yotes to school
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After rolling snake eyes in Vegas
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After the return of the Svech
Carolina Hurricanes: Morning After Raleigh's shining moment
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