News about Frederik Andersen

Many hockey fans were not expecting a second all-Sun Belt Stanley Cup Final in NHL history. Boston was the best regular season squad in the league's history going into the playoffs. They were knocked out by the worst team that made it in. Canada wished that they would win their first Stanley Cup since 1993. Rather, the Jets were quickly dismissed and the Maple Leafs and Oilers' star power was snuffed out.

Jordan Martinook had a goal and two assists, and the Carolina Hurricanes scored five times in the second period to defeat the New Jersey Devils 6-1 on Tuesday night, giving a 3-1 advantage in the Eastern Conference semifinals. The Hurricanes routed the teenage Devils for the third time in four games, with Martin Necas scoring twice and Brett Pesce, Jesper Fast, and Brent Burns scoring goals. Frederik Andersen made 21 saves in a fast game after losing an early penalty to Jack Hughes. In three victories, the Hurricanes have defeated New Jersey 17-3. The five goals in the second quarter were the most the Devils have surrendered in a season this season.

Following Friday's 6-1 loss in Raleigh, the New Jersey Devils are now in the unfortunate situation of being down 2-0 in their playoff series with the Carolina Hurricanes. Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored twice in a barely 2 1/2 minutes during Carolina's four-goal second period and Frederik Andersen stopped 28 shots as the Hurricanes took a commanding lead in their second-round series. In that blow-it-open second, Jordan Staal and Martin Necas both scored, transforming a scoreless game between the top two regular-season franchises still alive in the playoffs into a thumping Hurricane victory with the support of another rowdy home crowd.

After surviving a dramatic third period to defeat the Boston Bruins, 7-5 in Friday's Game 6, the Florida Panthers are still alive in the Eastern Conference Playoffs. The game now shifts back to Boston, where the highly favored Bruins will try to prevent elimination - and embarrassment - in Game 7 on Sunday. The two teams combined for seven third-period goals, three of which occurred in a four-minute span in the middle of the game.