Hurricanes
Hurricanes takes 3-2 series lead with 3-1 win versus the Rangers
The Carolina Hurricanes improve to 7-0 at home in the playoffs and will try to close out the series Saturday in Game 6.
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The Carolina Hurricanes improve to 7-0 at home in the playoffs and will try to close out the series Saturday in Game 6.
>> WRAL, SPORTS STARTS NOW. ONE SERVED BY EASTER AUTOMOTIVE. >> DOES A GOOD LUCK CHARM REALLY BRING YOU GOOD LUCK OR IS IT A MENTAL THING? MAYBE PNC ARENA IS THE GOOD LUCK CHARM FOR THE CANES IN THE POSTSEASON OR MAYBE THE LOCATION THING IS REALLY JUST ALL IN THEIR HEADS. BUT EITHER WAY TONIGHT, IT WORKED OUT FOR THE BETTER AS THEIR PATTERN CONTINUED CANES AT HOME IN THEIR BLACK JERSEYS. THAT USUALLY EQUALS WINS IN THE POSTSEASON FOR THEM. FOR SPIRIT RANGES ON A POWER PLAY SHOULD BE A DISADVANTAGE FOR THE CANES. WHAT IS NOT? >> JORDAN STARTED HIS INTRO CHECK FOR THE SHORTEST SWING MY WAY. GOAL ONE TO NOTHING FOR THE CANES. AT THAT POINT. BUT YOU CAN ONLY GIVE NEW YORK SO MANY POWER PLAYS. LIKE THIS MIKE'S ADVANTAGE AD WITH THE ONE-TIME ROCKET FOR THE RANGERS IS ALL TIED UP AFTER ONE AT ONE. THAT'S NO GOOD FOR THE CANES. BUT LET'S GO TO THE SECOND THINGS GOT A LITTLE BIT BETTER OR WILL IT CANES? GIVE UP A GOAL? BUT ROD BRIND'AMOUR SAYS, HOLD UP, WAIT A MINUTE. LET ME PUT MY. SPIN IT. HE'S GOT A LOOK AT IT SAYS RULE ALL SIDES, NO GOAL GAME STILL TIED AT ONE. SO THIS IS GOOD LOOK FOR THE CANES. NOW THEY'RE ON THE POWER PLAY. THIS WOULD FINALLY BE THE ONE SEPT JARVIS, THE TABLE, TARA BIDEN, FIRST POWER PLAY GOAL FOR THE SERIES FOR THE CANES AND THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY 3 TO 2. AND THEY'RE GOING TO WIN THIS 1, 3, TO ONE. JOINING US NOW LIVE FROM PNC ARENA WRAL'S. KASEY HAS A PAT WELTER, CASEY AND PAT. THE CANES FINALLY GET THEIR POWER PLAY GOAL. IT WILL MAKE IT EVEN SWEETER THAN THOSE PEAK HANDS. THEY SELL OVER. PNC ARENA IS THAT IT WAS THE GAME WINNER, GUYS, HOW THEY FINALLY BREAK THROUGH. >> YEAH, CHRIS WOODHEAD BEEN SINCE THE 5TH GAME IN THE FIRST ROUND SERIES AGAINST BOSTON. THEY GO OH FOR 9 TO START. THIS SERIES ISN'T TABLE TERRIFIED AND FINALLY BREAKS THROUGH ON THE MAN ADVANTAGE. OF COURSE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SPECIAL TEAMS HAVE BEEN THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS SERIES AND IT WAS THE DIFFERENCE HERE AGAIN TONIGHT. BUT ONCE THE CANES WERE ABLE TO GRAB THAT TO ONE LEAD, THAT THEY CONTINUE TO PLAY THEIR AGGRESSIVE STYLE AND THAT'S REALLY THEIR GAME WHEN THEY'RE ABLE TO CONTROL THINGS. LOCALS ARE WAY THE END AND IT HAPPENED ON HOME ICE BECAUSE OF COURSE IT DID. THAT'S THE STORY. THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE CANES. YOU KNOW, THAT STORY LINE IS PLAYED OUT TO SEA. >> I'LL TALK TO MY WIFE TODAY. HE DOES NOT WATCH HOCKEY SAYS ALL THEIR HOME TONIGHT. THEY'RE GOING TO WANT BECAUSE, OF COURSE THEY DID. AND NOW IT'S OVER SIMPLIFICATION. IT'S AND OVERPLAYED STORYLINE, BUT IT'S ALSO A FACT RIGHT NOW. BUT THE KINGS FEEL LIKE THEY PLAY THE WAY THEY DID TONIGHT. THEY CAN BE ANYBODY. >> ANYWHERE. >> LET'S JUST TAKE THE GAME THAT WE PLAY. WE PLAY HARD NOSE GAME. WE PLAY SMART AND ABOVE THEM AS UM'S. THAT'S HOW WE PLAYED ALL REGULAR SEASON. AND YOU KIND OF KNOW THAT THE FIRST COUPLE WHO SERIES BUT >> WE PLAY THAT WAY AND THEY ARE DEALING WITH IT ONCE WAS. >> KNEW IT. SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE THOUGHT OF THIS KIND OF HOW WE WANT TO TRANSIT TRANSFER OVER, OBVIOUSLY, WE HOPE I DON'T USUALLY TAKE A LOT OF STOCK IN ONE GAME IN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, GOOD OR BAD. IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT THE NEXT GAME TAKES A LIFE OF ITS OWN. BUT I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S DEFINITELY THE WAY WE WANT TO DO. >> ROD AND THE TEAM CLEARLY SICK OF TALKING ABOUT THE POWER PLAY SICK OF TALKING ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO WIN ON THE ROAD. OF COURSE, IF YOU WENT ON THE ROAD OUT OF SHUT EVERYBODY UP, THE REASON MAY BE TO BE ENCOURAGED TO GET TO IGOR SHESTERKIN LITTLE BIT TONIGHT, CASEY, THE FANS EVEN CHANTING HIS NAME. WHO KNOWS IF THEY GOT HIS HEAD? >> YEAH, WELL, ACTUALLY, I SAID IN THE PRESS OF THIS MORNING OF RANGERS HEAD COACH GERARD GLENN, HE SAID THAT DID GET IN HIS HEAD IN THE FIRST ROUND AGAINST PITTSBURGH. SO IT OBVIOUSLY MAYBE WORK A LITTLE BIT HERE, BUT HE'S THAT HE'S GOING BACK TO THOSE FRIENDLY CONFINES OF MADISON SQUARE GARDEN WHERE HE ONLY ALLOWED 2 GOALS IN THOSE FIRST 2 GAMES, CHRIS. >> WELL, I THINK THAT SOUNDS ALL THE CANES FANS TAKING FLIGHTS RIGHT NOW UP TO NEW YORK SO THEY CAN BE THERE FOR GAME 6. THEY CAN GET AND THE GORES HEAD ONCE AGAIN. KASEY