Hurricanes Beat Bruins in OT, NHL News

The Carolina Hurricanes didn't give the Boston Bruins much of a chance in overtime. Carolina controlled the puck from the beginning of OT and kept it short, beating the Bruins 3-2 on Phillip Di Giueseppe's goal 1:30 into the OT on Thursday night.

"We believe you've got to hang on to the puck in overtime. Once you give it up, you typically don't get it back," Carolina coach Bill Peters said. "We want to be an attacking team."

The Hurricanes were just that, keeping the Bruins from registering a shot before Di Giuseppe poked in a rebound after Tuukka Rask stopped Jeff Skinner on a breakaway.

Rookie Noah Hanifin had two assists, including the pass to Skinner to set up the winning goal. It was the first NHL game in Boston for Hanifin, who grew up in the area and starred at Boston College before the Hurricanes selected him fifth overall in the 2015 draft.

"It was a really cool experience," said Hanifin, who regrouped the Hurricanes before the game-winner with a pass back to goalie Cam Ward.

Ward passed it back to Hanifin, who spotted Skinner up the ice and the game was over moments later.

Thursday, March 10 Scoreboard

Carolina 3, Boston 2 (OT)

Montreal 3, Buffalo 2

Detroit 3, Winnipeg 2

Florida 6, Ottawa 2

Edmonton 2, Minnesota 1

New Jersey 3, San Jose 0

Friday, March 11 Schedule (All Times Central)

Pittsburgh at Columbus, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m.

Anaheim at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Dallas, , 7:30 p.m.

Arizona at Calgary, 8 p.m.

Saturday, March 12 Schedule (All Times Central)

NY Islanders at Boston, noon

Carolina at Buffalo, noon

NY Rangers at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at Montreal, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Ottawa, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Florida, 6 p.m.

Colorado at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

St. Louis at Dallas, 8 p.m.

Arizona at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Nashville at Vancouver, 9 p.m.

New Jersey at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.

Washington at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 13 Schedule (All Times Central)

Pittsburgh at NY Rangers, 11:30 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Columbus, 2 p.m.

Toronto at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.