Schedule and 2018-19 Results:
Regular Season Records: Boston 49-24-9=107pts, Carolina 46-29-7=99pts
Game 1 on Thursday, 09 May: Carolina loses at Boston, 5-goals-2
Game 2 on Sunday, 12 May: Carolina loses at Boston, 6-goals-2
Game 3 on Tuesday, 14 May: Boston wins at Carolina, 2-goals-1
Game 4 on Thursday, 16 May: Boston wins at Carolina, 4-goals-nil

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 4: The Boston Bruins visited and shut out the Carolina Hurricanes 4-goals-nil to complete a 4-games-nil best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1398 victory. With the series 1398 win, the Boston Bruins improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 52-50 overall and 17-16 in the Semifinals round. With the series 1398 loss, the Carolina Hurricanes see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 11-5 overall and 2-2 in the Semifinals round. The win order for the victorious Boston Bruins in series 1398 was WWWW: Series 1398 thus becomes the 26th NHL Semifinals-round series, the 121st NHL series (all rounds), and the 233rd MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. Boston outscored Carolina in series 1398, 17-goals-5.

After Game 3: The Boston Bruins visited and bested the Carolina Hurricanes 2-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1398 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Boston Bruins have a series record of 19-1 and a Game 4 record of 14-6. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Carolina Hurricanes have a series record of 0-2 and a Game 4 record of 1-1. The series 1398 Game 3 victory by the Boston Bruins breaks a Boston six-Game 3 losing streak in best-of-7 NHL playoff series. The Carolina Hurricanes in series 1398 become the 365th MLB/NBA/NHL team to fall behind three-games-nil in a best-of-7 playoff series, and will strive to become the sixth team to post a 4-games-3 series victory in the wake of such dire circumstances. The Boston Bruins are one of the five teams to lose a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series upon having led three-games-nil (series 1098, to the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2010 NHL Quarterfinals).

After Game 2: The Boston Bruins hosted and defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 6-goals-2 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1398 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Boston Bruins have a series record of 24-7 (with an active four-series winning streak) and a Game 3 record of 20-11. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Carolina Hurricanes have a series record of 2-2 and a Game 3 record of 2-2. Irrespective of Game 1-2 results in a best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Boston Bruins have an active six-Game 3 losing streak. In all four cases when the Carolina Hurricanes trailed a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, their Game 3 outcome matched their series outcome (two wins; two losses).

After Game 1: The Boston Bruins hosted and bested the Carolina Hurricanes 5-goals-2 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1398 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Boston Bruins have a series record of 36-16 and a Game 2 record of 31-21. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Carolina Hurricanes have a series record of 6-3 and a Game 2 record of 5-4. In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff series, teams winning Game 1 at home 5-goals-2 (such as the Boston Bruins in series 1398) had a 19-4 series record.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2018-19 NHL regular season, the Boston Bruins finished eight points ahead of the Carolina Hurricanes. From 1939 through the 2019 NHL Quarterfinals and NBA Preliminary rounds, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by eight regular-season points, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 19-7 (.731) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1398 is the 102nd best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the Boston Bruins, and the 16th for the Carolina Hurricanes. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Boston Bruins have an all-rounds series record of 51-50, a Semifinals-round series record of 16-16, and a Game 1 record of 52-49, while the Carolina Hurricanes have an all-rounds series record of 11-4, a Semifinals-round series record of 2-1, and a Game 1 record of 6-9. Series 1398 is the third best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the Boston Bruins and the Carolina Hurricanes. The Boston Bruins and the Carolina Hurricanes split their two previous best-of-7 NHL playoff series between them. The Bruins notched a 2-0 series record against the predecessor entity of the Carolina Hurricanes - the old Hartford Whalers.