The final moments of Sunday’s Hurricanes-Bruins game weren’t without fireworks — or a rogue stick, apparently.
With the Bruins up 4-2 against the Hurricanes in Game 4 of their series, Boston’s Brad Marchand skated towards Carolina’s empty net to score what would be his team’s final goal. As Marchand sped toward the net, however, Carolina’s Tony DeAngelo hurled his stick in Marchand’s direction.
Marchand, who helped even the Bruins’ first-round series 2-2, appeared to exchange words with DeAngelo earlier in the game, which the Boston forward addressed afterward.
“It wasn’t much of an exchange,” Marchand said, according to NESN. “I didn’t even know he was around me. Kind of came out of nowhere. There really wasn’t much of one. Just saying, ‘Hey, how’s your Mother’s Day?'”
Elsewhere in the third period, DeAngelo — who signed with the Hurricanes in July following a tumultuous stint with the Rangers that included an altercation with goalie Alex Georgiev — was penalized after cross-checking the Bruins’ Curtis Lazar.
Carolina’s Tony DeAngelo (left) gets into it with Boston’s Curtis Lazar in Game 4 of the Bruins-Hurricanes series on Sunday, May 8, 2022 Boston Globe via Getty Images
Tony DeAngelo during Game 3 of the Bruins-Hurricanes series on Friday, May 6, 2022 Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesThough enamored with DeAngelo’s competitiveness, Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour noted there’s a certain line that shouldn’t be crossed.
“Well, he’s competitive as heck,” Brind’Amour said postgame. “I mean, this guy wants to win bad. Obviously, we don’t want to see that. There’s a line. You got to be careful with the cross there, for sure.”
The Bruins-Hurricanes series has been chippy throughout, with Brind’Amour claiming last week that Boston forward David Pastrnak intentionally hit Carolina goalie Antti Raanta in Game 2. Raanta, a former Ranger, left the game bloodied in the first period.
