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Goaltending Will Decide This Series | Canes-Sens First Round

The Hurricanes grab first in the East, but the reward is a first-round matchup that doesn’t feel like a reward at all. Ottawa arrives playing a similar style with more edge, more hits, and the kind of chaos that can pull a good team off its game if it chases scrums and loses discipline. We dig into why home ice at Lenovo Center matters so much, why Game 1 sets the emotional temperature for the series, and what Carolina has to do to stay on the front foot instead of reacting to Ottawa’s pressure.

We also get into the real hinge of the matchup: goaltending. Linus Ullmark’s form since late…

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