ELMONT, N.Y. — The Islanders have one foot inching toward the exit and another heading down the abyss.
Goals in the first two periods from Brent Burns, Dmitry Orlov, and Sebastian Aho on netminder Ilya Sorokin lifted the Carolina Hurricanes to a 3-2 victory over New York to take a commanding 3-0 first-round series lead on Thursday night at UBS Arena.
Pierre Engvall and Brock Nelson scored in the second period with Carolina netminder Freddy Andersen making 30 saves. The Hurricanes soon doubled their advantage midway through the first thanks to soft Islanders play in the neutral zone. A hoper pass from Kyle Palmieri for Nelson was easily taken away to spark a rush the other way where Orlov snapped a wrister past the right toe of Sorokin, whose position was off.
Less than five minutes later, at the 7:14 mark of the frame, Aho got it right back for the Hurricanes on a wrist shot from between the circles that Sorokin looked as though he should have had. That was all Islanders head coach Patrick Roy needed to see as he pulled him for Varlamov.
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