NHL Rink Wrap: Hurricanes dominate again; Wild, Lightning, Oilers get even

• The Boston Bruins have no answer for the Carolina Hurricanes again.

• Tampa Bay, Minnesota, and Edmonton all get even in their first-round series with wins on Wednesday night.

• Another major goalie injury in the NHL as Antti Raanta leaves Game 2 for the Hurricanes. 

Another one-sided game in this season series. The Hurricanes dominated the Boston Bruins (again) on Wednesday night, jumping out to a 2-0 series lead with a 5-2 Game 2 win. Carolina is now 5-0 against the Bruins this season (including playoffs), outscoring them by aa 26-4 margin. Wednesday’s game was intense and extremely physical, with scrums and altercations after almost every whistle and some extremely big hits and collisions that resulted in multiple injuries. Carolina lost another goalie as Antti Raanta had to leave the game after he was hit by David Pastrnak, while the Bruins lost defenseman Hampus Lindholm to a crushing (but legal) hit from Andrei Svechnikov.

Tampa Bay’s stars were shining on Wednesday night after a sluggish start to the series on Monday. Victor Hedman had four points, Andrei Vasilevskiy was outstanding in goal, and Nikita Kucherov had three points for the defending back-to-back Stanley Cup champions. Special teams were the big difference in this game asa Tampa Bay’s power play feasted on its opportunities, taking advantage of a lot of poorly timed penalties by an overly aggressive Maple Leafs team.

Huge bounce back win for the Wild that featured a quick start and the first career postseason hat trick for Kirill Kaprizov. Joel Eriksson Ek also scored a pair of goals for the Wild who jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the first period thanks to a pair of power play goals. Marc-Andre Fleury got the Game 2 start (head coach Dean Evason