Canadiens look at home on the road entering Game 2 of Eastern Conference Final against Hurricanes
The Montreal Canadiens have shown neither fear nor hesitation when playing on the road in the NHL playoffs. Then it had them get the jump on a Carolina Hurricanes team coming off a long layoff after sweeping through the first two postseason rounds to open the third round. Montreal is 7-2 on the road in the postseason entering Saturday night's Game 2, defying the gravity that typically comes with playing in front of hostile crowds and facing against an opponent's preferred matchups.
RALEIGH, N. C. (AP) — The Montreal Canadiens have shown neither fear nor hesitation when playing on the road in the NHL playoffs.
That approach carried a young, skilled team through a pair of Game 7 road wins to reach the Eastern Conference Final. Then it had them get the jump on a Carolina Hurricanes team coming off a long layoff after sweeping through the first two postseason rounds to open the third round. Montreal is 7-2 on the road in the postseason entering Saturday night's Game 2, defying the gravity that typically comes with playing in front of hostile crowds and facing against an opponent's preferred matchups.
“I don't know, it's a good question,” Canadiens forward Josh Anderson said Friday when asked to explain the team's road success. “Maybe less thinking and you want to calm the storm a little bit. I think on the road our starts have been pretty good and we’re well organized.
We just play the right way and I think we play to our identity. ... I think we always find a way to try to gain the momentum back.
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