Hurricanes remove Devils on Jesper Fast’s OT power-play aim

Jesper Fast deflected in a shot by Jesperi Kotkaniemi on an influence play at 7:09 of additional time to offer the Carolina Hurricanes a series-ending 3-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night time.

Fast’s deflection whereas shielding Akira Schmid set off a celebration for the Hurricanes, who by no means led till the ultimate play and twice trailed by a aim earlier than profitable the best-of-seven collection 4-1 to achieve the Eastern Conference last.

Carolina received the additional time energy play when Jonas Siegenthaler was despatched to the field for a delay-of-game penalty for sending the puck out of play from his personal zone.

Jaccob Slavin and Brent Burns additionally scored for Carolina, and Frederik Andersen made 27 saves. The Hurricanes will face the winner of the Florida-Toronto collection, with the Panthers main that one 3-1.

Dawson Mercer and Timo Meier scored for New Jersey. Schmid stopped 36 photographs.

STARS 5, KRAKEN 2

Roope Hintz had two targets and had an help, Joe Pavelski scored his seventh aim of the second-round collection and Dallas beat Seattle in Game 5 to maneuver inside a victory of the Western Conference finals.

Pavelski additionally had an help on Hintz’s second aim, which ricocheted onerous out of the web with 8:37 left for a two-goal lead, although play continued for almost a half-minute earlier than a replay overview that confirmed the rating. Radek Faksa added an empty-netter with 3:17 to go.

Dallas will take a 3-2 lead into Game 6 on Saturday in Seattle, the place the groups cut up a pair of lopsided video games. The Kraken gained 7-2 in Game 3, then the Stars rebounded with a 6-3 win in Game 4.