They're back in it. We gave them some hope here now. We've talked about how tough it is to win four games in a row, especially with the game being as even as they are. It could have gone either way in the previous three. We expected it to be a long series and now we've just got to focus on the next one.
The plan was to just get one win. We got that, we regroup and we move forward.
I don't think I've been in a series where the checking is this tight. It's on both sides really. Every shift we're out there, the checking is on another level right now.
For the Islanders, there was no margin for error. Carolina had a chance to eliminate them in four straight games; beyond that, the Hurricanes had a chance to eliminate the Islanders in overtime on Long Island for a second straight postseason.
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