Andrei Svechnikov is again making an impact for the Carolina Hurricanes in the NHL playoffs after missing last year's postseason with a knee injury. The 24-year-old forward was tied for second on the team with five points in the five-game series win against the New York Islanders to open the playoffs.
Carolina Hurricanes ’ Andrei Svechnikov controls the puck against the New York Islanders during the second period in Game 5 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Carolina Hurricanes ’ Andrei Svechnikov celebrates his goal with Sebastian Aho as New York Islanders’ Cal Clutterbuck skates by during the first period in Game 5 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, April 30, 2024.
Svechnikov, the No. 2 draft pick in 2018, developed into a talented contributor during the Hurricanes’ climb from a nine-year postseason drought to making six straight playoff trips. But roughly a month after playing in his first NHL All-Star Game, he suffered a torn ACL in his right knee in March 2023 and missed Carolina’s push for the Stanley Cup.Igor Shesterkin has the Rangers looking like a Stanley Cup contender.
“If you look at our team, he’s by far our best power forward,” president and general manager Don Waddell said. “He finishes his checks. He’s not afraid of anybody. He gives us some of that muscle up front that we missed last year.”— scooping up the puck from behind the net and wrapping it around the pipes to jam it past the goalie — in a win
“It just felt like every time he was on the ice, he was a force,” coach Rod Brind’Amour said afterward.
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