2024 Stanley Cup Playoff Preview Capsules Hurricanes-Islanders 4-18-24
M2 Carolina Hurricanes (52-23-7, 111 PTS +63) vs. M3 New York Islanders (39-27-16, 94 PTS –17)
HC: Rod Brind’Amour vs. Patrick Roy
- ECF vs. Repeat of Last Year?
- Model of Consistency vs. Dice Roll (16 OTL)
Stats on Centerpieces: Sebastian Aho (78 GP, 36-53-89 +34); Seth Jarvis (81 GP, 33-34-63 +23); Martin Necas (77 GP, 24-29-53 –9); Teuvo Teravainen (76 GP, 25-28-53 +15); Andrei Svechnikov (19-33-52 +13) vs. Mathew Barzal (80 GP, 23-57-80 –4); Bo Horvat (80 GP, 33-35-68 –2); Brock Nelson 33-34-67 -6); Kyle Palmieri (29-24-53 –17)
Premium Defense: Brady Skiei (80 GP, 13-34-47 +15); Brent Burns (82 GP, 10-33-43 +19); Jaccob Slavin (6-31-37 +21) vs. Noah Dobson (79 GP, 10-60-70 +12); Mike Reilly (58 GP, 6-17-23 +3); Ryan Pullock (57 GP 5-13-18) Adam Pelech (57 GP, 1-15-16)
CAR Additions: Jake Guentzel (67 GP, 30-47-77 +25) Since Trade From PIT: 17 GP, 8-17-25 +16; Evgeny Kuznetsov (63 GP, 8-16-24 –11) Since Trade From WSH 20 GP, 2-5-7 Even.
NYI Additions: Patrick Roy! (20-12-5) since his tenure.
Goaltending: Frederik Anderson (16 GP, Blood Clots, 13-2-0, 1.84 GAA, .932 SV, 3 SO); Pyotr Kochetkov (42 GP, 23-13-4, .911 SV, 4 SO) vs. Ilya Sorokin (55 GP, 24-19-12, 2.99 GAA, .908 SV, 2 SO); Semyon Varlamov (28 GP, 14-8-4, 2.60 GAA, .917 SV, 3 SO)
Stark disparity for GF (277 8th vs. 240 23rd) GA: (211 4th vs. 254 18th) Canes: 3.38 per vs. 2.96. PP/PK: Carolina (2nd 26.9%; 1st: 86.4%) Isles: (21st: 19.7%; 32nd: 72.2%) when combined. It’s 114+ vs 91-ish. Yikes. The average is 100% for a standard level of specialty teams.
Split Season Series 2-2, Had a 7-Game Series Last Season.
Who wins the series? Give some reasons for both....
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