NHL playoffs 2019 Hurricanes Andrei Svechnikov returns to lineup in Game 3

The last time Andrei Svechnikov suited up for the Carolina Hurricanes, he was knocked out of Game 3 of the team’s first-round playoff series by an Corey Kluber Jersey Alexander Ovechkin punch. Sixteen days later, the rookie returnedto the Carolina lineup for Game 3 in the second round against the New York Islanders. Sporting a new, longer visor, Svechnikov did not look out of place despiteonly playing three minutes and 40 seconds in the first period Erik Gonzalez Jersey well off the pace of his almost 15 minutes of TOI during the regular season. “As a player, I remember when I got in I want to play,” .”It’s worse when you kind of baby me in. That doesn’t help. “The difference is he hasn’t had a lot of practice time, so game conditioning is going to be a little off, but the best way to get back into it is to play your normal role. So I think that would Edwin Encarnacion Jersey be my attention right away, but again you’ve got to kind of just see how things are playing out.” YEAH SVECH!!!! Carolina Hurricanes (@NHLCanes) He had six shifts in the first period and almost got on the board with a wrister that went past the glove of Robin Lehner but rattled off the post. Jose Ramirez Jersey The 19-year-oldalso saw power play time. In the second period, he took a late hit from CaseyCizikas along the boards but seemed to be OK. Svechnikov was knocking on the doorstep all game long and came close again in the third as he drove to the net but was denied by Lehner. Before the concu sion caused by Tyler Naquin Jersey Ovechkin’s punch took him out the lineup, Svechnikov had two goals and an a sist in three playoff games. The Hurricanes also got winger Jordan Martinook, who mi sed Games 1 and 2 with a lower-body injury, back in the lineup.