Andersen Steals Game 5 And Owns The Night For Carolina

Frederik Andersen gets the spotlight after Game 5, and that tells you Carolina needed him to be exactly what playoff teams pay for. In the Eastern Conference Final, a goaltender can change the tone of an entire room with one stretch of calm, and Andersen clearly did that here. These are the nights that reshape series narratives because they force everyone else to react to the crease instead of the puck. For the Hurricanes, that matters just as much as any goal on the board.