Hurricanes shut out Canadiens in Game 4, move 1 win from Stanley Cup Final
The Hurricanes lead the best-of-7 series 3-1. Game 5 is at Lenovo Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Friday (8 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, tru TV, TNT, SN, TVAS, CBC).
“I’m definitely excited, for sure, having the success we’re having,” Hurricanes defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere said. “And it’s hard not to look past it but we have to take care of business. It’s a businesslike approach for us to finish this off if we can and the fourth one is the hardest, so just more of the same from us.”
Frederik Andersen made 18 saves for his third shutout of these Stanley Cup Playoffs, and Sebastian Aho, Jordan Staal and Logan Stankoven scored in a span of 2:47 in the first period for Carolina, the No. 1 seed in the Metropolitan Division and Eastern Conference. Nikolaj Ehlers and Gostisbehere each had two assists.
“It feels great, obviously,” Ehlers said. “We played really well tonight but we’ve got to get one more and it’s not going to come easy, you know, they’re a great team. We’ve still got a lot of work to do.”
