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Hurricanes beat Devils with late Game Seven flurry

Larry Fine
NEWARK, New Jersey
Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:03pm EDT

NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - The Carolina Hurricanes scored twice in a furious flurry over the final 80 seconds to beat the New Jersey Devils 4-3 in Tuesday's Game Seven and reach the NHL Eastern Conference semi-finals.

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The victory before 17,625 stunned fans at the Prudential Center gave Carolina a four games to three victory and put them into a best-of-seven series against the top-seeded Boston Bruins.

Second-seeded Washington Capitals, who advanced with a 2-1, Game Seven victory on Tuesday against the New York Rangers, will meet fourth seeds Pittsburgh Penguins in the other conference semi-final.

The Devils appeared poised to advance with NHL all-time wins leader Martin Brodeur protecting a 3-2 lead when Jussi Jokinen blasted home the equalizer off a pass from Joni Pitkanen at 1:20.

With 31.7 seconds remaining in regulation, Eric Staal beat Brodeur with another rocket from in close to seal an improbable victory for sixth-seeded Carolina.

(Editing by Greg Stutchbury)
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