STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF SERIES PREVIEW: LetsGoCanes vs. NJDevils Can the Devils penetrate the Canes' stingy defense? On the flipside, can Carolina score enough to win another series? In-depth breakdown from Anthony Trudeau:
Schmid would be the obvious choice as the X-factor in this series. The Boston Bruins’ epic collapse notwithstanding, he has been the story of the postseason so far. The young netminder shut out the vaunted Rangers attack twice in five games during his first-ever playoff series. The Hurricanes just toppled Ilya Sorokin, though. Unless Schmid is markedly better than Sorokin, and no one is, Schmid is not the one true difference-maker in this matchup.
While Hischier, a Selke Trophy contender, has five assists and is effective even when he is not producing offense, Bratt has not shown his usual opportunism, and Meier, the team’s marquee trade acquisition, has not made it onto the scoresheet at all. The Devils have more talent than Carolina, but that will not matter if their best forwards continue to pass the buck to role players.
Another concern is that Brady Skjei and Shayne Gostisbehere combined for just one point from the blueline, leaving Burns just as lonely on the scoresheet as Aho. With some of their best scorers off-color, New Jersey got the production they needed to beat New York from their other top-six group, Ondrej Palat, Hughes, and Erik Haula, which accounted for 9 of their 17 goals. Haula led the team in goals and points , and the coupling of his and Palat’s veteran savvy with Hughes’s dynamism on the rush created issues for the Rangers all series long.
During their first trip to Madison Square Garden, though, the Devils figured out the Rangers and adopted a defensive style that resembled Carolina’s. They were content to stifle New York’s zone entries and dump-ins until the opportunity arose to spring their speedy forwards on the rush, and by the series’ end, no team had allowed fewer shots per game than the Devils.
Despite Andersen’s Game 6 heroics, the Canes find themselves on the wrong end of the goaltending matchup for the second series in a row. When you’re hot, you’re hot, and Schmid is just about thermonuclear. Analysts love to remind viewers that he is only a few years removed from playing in the USHL, but Schmid is the furthest thing from out of place.
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