Hurricanes cruise past Canadiens in Game 5 to reach Stanley Cup Final
Shayne Gostisbehere’s power-play goal from the right of the crease gave Carolina a 5-0 lead at 18:02. He scored at the back door off a pass across the low slot from Jarvis.
“I’m not really sure why we couldn’t bring better,” Montreal defenseman Lane Hutson said. “We’re still far off and we know it. I think it’s mentality more than anything. It’s the most hockey we’ve played. Hopefully we put ourselves in this spot again, and we go from there.”
Caufield scored from between the circles on the man-advantage to cut it to 5-1 at 10:50, and Jarvis scored an empty-net goal at 16:19 for the 6-1 final.
“It (stinks) what just occurred,” Canadiens captain Nick Suzuki said. “I thought we could do a little better, but still a lot of pride in the group and what we accomplished this year. The guys fought right until the end. We had a pretty grueling three rounds. Looking back at the whole season, there’s a lot of positives to take away from it.”
NOTES: Andersen is the third goaltender in NHL history to win 12 of his first 13 games in a playoff season (Ken Dryden, Canadiens, 1976; Gerry Cheevers, Boston Bruins, 1970). … The Hurricanes outshot the Canadiens 167-89 for the series. They also scored first in each of the five games. … Stankoven has scored 16 goals in his past 21 games dating to the regular season.
