Hurricanes overcome Geekie’s hat trick, top Bruins in OT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jaccob Slavin scored at 1:13 of time beyond regulation because the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Boston Bruins 6-5 on Tuesday evening and claimed their fourth Metropolitan Division title in six years.

Slavin’s first objective of the season helped offset a hat trick by Boston’s Morgan Geekie. Andrei Svechnikov, Ok’Andre Miller, Logan Stankoven, William Provider and Taylor Corridor additionally scored for Carolina. Brandon Bussi overcame a shakey begin and completed with 16 saves.

Hampus Lindholm and Pavel Zacha additionally scored for Boston, with Zacha’s objective at 12:33 within the third interval tying the sport at 5. Boston’s Jeremy Swayman made 18 saves earlier than being pulled after permitting 5 targets, together with three within the first 9 minutes of the second interval. Joonas Korpisalo stopped the 16 photographs he confronted in regulation, however Slavin beat him in OT by tapping in a cross from Sebastian Aho.

The Hurricanes will probably be house for the Stanley Cup playoffs because the Metropolitan champions for the third time below coach Rod Brind’Amour. In addition they gained the Central Division within the shortened, reconfigured 2020-21 season.

Geekie, a third-round decide of the Hurricanes in 2017, claimed his second profession hat trick together with his third objective of the sport with 1:10 left within the second interval, chopping Carolina’s benefit to 5-4. Geekie had just one objective within the earlier 20 video games, however his scoring outburst on Tuesday pushed his season whole to a career-best 37. Geekie had six targets in 38 profession video games with Carolina.

Stankoven scored on the facility play to tie the sport at 3 at 5:17 within the second interval. The Hurricanes have scored 14 power-play targets previously 11 video games.

Provider made it 4-3 at 7:20 within the second and Corridor scored 73 seconds later, chasing Swayman. Jackson Blake and Sean Walker assisted on Corridor’s objective and every completed with two assists.

Up subsequent

Bruins: Host Tampa Bay on Saturday.

Hurricanes: Start a four-game journey at Chicago on Thursday.