The Hurricanes took advantage of the home environment in a key duel, as only the team playing in their own hall always collected prizes in the Boston series. And that was true this time as well.
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“Everyone loves match number seven. We’d rather have a home advantage, but we’d just play it on Mars if necessary,” said Boston coach Bruce Cassidy. But the opponent had a home environment and took full advantage of it.
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Carolina, in whose second attack the Czech Martin Nečas started, led 1: 0 after the first twenty minutes, and 3: 1 after the middle part of the game. Twenty-one seconds before the end, Pastrňák dueled the duel when he corrected the score from Bruins’ point to 2: 3, but Boston didn’t make it anymore and said goodbye to the NHL playoffs after the opening round. In addition to Pastrňák, Tomáš Nosek also finished in the playoffs.
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| 1. kolo play off NHL: |
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| Eastern Conference – Match 7: |
| Carolina – Boston 3:2 (1:0, 2:1, 0:1) |
| Final score of the series: 4: 3 on matches. |
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