Carolina Hurricanes

The Pittsburgh Penguins swept the Carolina Hurricanes to advance to their second straight Stanley Cup final with a convincing 4—1 on Tuesday night in Raleigh.

Just as they had done in their previous two series (against New Jersey and Boston), the Carolina Hurricanes sought to rebound with a win in Game 2 after losing Game 1. When Carolina has won Game 2, they have prevailed in their last five series.

Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals returned to Boston where the Bruins were in a must-win situation, trailing the Carolina Hurricanes 3—1.

Well, since I proved my skills as a hockey playoff prognosticator (“Long Road to Stanley Cup Underway,” April 17), I thought I'd take a crack at a couple of second-round match-ups.

The New Jersey Devils, once again, fell to the Carolina Hurricanes’ late game magic as the visitors got two goals with under 90 seconds remaining in the game to win Game 7 4—3.

Heading into Sunday night’s Eastern Conference quarterfinal with the Carolina Hurricanes, the Devils have had an anemic 0—5 record against the ‘Canes in overtime games, including their loss on Friday night.