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04/07 21:22 CDT Hurricanes overcome Geekie's hat trick, top Bruins in OT to
claim the Metropolitan Division title
Hurricanes overcome Geekie's hat trick, top Bruins in OT to claim the
Metropolitan Division title
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) --- Jaccob Slavin scored at 1:13 of overtime as the Carolina
Hurricanes beat the Boston Bruins 6-5 on Tuesday night and claimed their fourth
Metropolitan Division title in six years.
Slavin's first goal of the season helped offset a hat trick by Boston's Morgan
Geekie. Andrei Svechnikov, K'Andre Miller, Logan Stankoven, William Carrier and
Taylor Hall also scored for Carolina. Brandon Bussi overcame a shakey start and
finished with 16 saves.
Hampus Lindholm and Pavel Zacha also scored for Boston, with Zacha's goal at
12:33 in the third period tying the game at 5. Boston's Jeremy Swayman made 18
saves before being pulled after allowing five goals, including three in the
first nine minutes of the second period. Joonas Korpisalo stopped the 16 shots
he faced in regulation, but Slavin beat him in OT by tapping in a pass from
Sebastian Aho.
The Hurricanes will be home for the Stanley Cup playoffs as the Metropolitan
champions for the third time under coach Rod Brind'Amour. They also won the
Central Division in the shortened, reconfigured 2020-21 season.
Geekie, a third-round pick of the Hurricanes in 2017, claimed his second career
hat trick with his third goal of the game with 1:10 left in the second period,
cutting Carolina's advantage to 5-4. Geekie had only one goal in the previous
20 games, but his scoring outburst on Tuesday pushed his season total to a
career-best 37. Geekie had six goals in 38 career games with Carolina.
Stankoven scored on the power play to tie the game at 3 at 5:17 in the second
period. The Hurricanes have scored 14 power-play goals in the past 11 games.
Carrier made it 4-3 at 7:20 in the second and Hall scored 73 seconds later,
chasing Swayman. Jackson Blake and Sean Walker assisted on Hall's goal and each
finished with two assists.
Up next Bruins: Host Tampa Bay on Saturday. Hurricanes: Begin a four-game trip at Chicago on Thursday. ___ AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl
Up next Bruins: Host Tampa Bay on Saturday. Hurricanes: Begin a four-game trip at Chicago on Thursday. ___ AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl
