Playoffs
Hurricanes One Win From the Final After Silencing Canadiens
Carolina has this series exactly where it wants it, and the Canadiens are suddenly the ones looking for answers. The Hurricanes have tightened the screws the way veteran playoff teams do, turning a loud matchup into a grinding, low-opening affair. Montreal now has to find a way to crack a defense that has already taken away its rhythm and its margin for error. In this league, when a team gets to within one win of the Stanley Cup Final, the room starts feeling very different.
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