Good Thing The Bruins Won't See The Hurricanes In The Playoffs

In a game that was seen live from start to finish by probably a handful of people in New England tonight, the Boston Bruins fell 4-2 to the Carolina Hurricanes at the RBC Center.

The best part about this seemingly forgettable game as that I only saw bits and pieces due to the fact that I was over my friend's apartment for the Patriots-Broncos playoff game. Plus, when I wanted to see highlights tonight, it was basically impossible to find them.

Nevertheless, the B's (28-12-1) continued to lose against the Hurricanes (16-23-7) this season. Did you know that Carolina has beaten Boston all three times they've played so far? Of course, the first two were in October so that basically doesn't count.

Boston led 1-0 in the second period and 2-1 in the third period but they couldn't close the deal in the first of a four-game road trip.

After a scoreless first period, Patrice Bergeron (12th of the season) made it 1-0 at 6:13 in the second by cleaning up a rebound by Johnny Boychuk.

Patrick Dwyer (5th of the season) tied it at 1 for the Hurricanes by tipping in Brandon Sutter's shot at 10:30 in the second.

Milan Lucic (16th of the season) gave Boston a 2-1 advantage 1:21 into the third. His snap shot was assisted by David Krejci (he's riding a career-best 11-game point streak, the longest current one in the NHL).

Something named Justin Faulk (4th of the season)-presumably Kevin's brother-tied it at 2 when his shot went over Tim Thomas's shoulder. Tim Brent assisted on the tying goal at 13:58.

Another nobody that I've never heard of named Jay Harrison (7th of the season) added the insurance tally at 18:30 when his shot deflected off Boychuk past Thomas (17 saves; 18-8-0).

Eric Staal (11th of the season) added an empty-netter at 18:58 that was unassisted.

Hurricanes goaltender Cam Ward made 33 saves in the win. Carolina is one of the worst teams in the NHL but I bet they'll beat the Bruins more than anybody else in the regular season. Weird. Right now, three of Carolina's 16 total wins are against Boston.

The Bruins head further south and will look to bounce back on Monday night when they face the Panthers. The last time those teams faced off (Dec. 23 at TD Garden), Boston hung an 8-0 beating on Florida. I'll venture to guess that it will be more competitive this time around.

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