Schedule and 2019-20 Results
Regular Season Records: Boston 44-14-12=100pts, Carolina 38-25-5=81pts
Game 1 on Wednesday, 12 August: Carolina loses at Boston, 4-goals-3 (2OT)
Game 2 on Thursday, 13 August: Carolina wins at Boston, 3-goals-2
Game 3 on Saturday, 15 August: Boston wins at Carolina, 3-goals-1
Game 4 on Monday, 17 August: Boston wins at Carolina, 4-goals-3
Game 5 on Wednesday, 19 August: Carolina loses at Boston, 2-goals-1

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Boston Bruins hosted and defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 2-goals-1 to complete a 4-games-1 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1422 victory. With the series 1422 win, the Boston Bruins improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 53-51 overall and 15-11 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1422 loss, the Carolina Hurricanes see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 11-6 overall and 4-3 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Boston Bruins in series 1422 was WLWWW: Series 1422 thus becomes the 14th NHL Preliminary-round series, the 40th NHL series (all rounds), and the 84th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The Boston Bruins trailed the pseudo-visiting Carolina Hurricanes by a goal as late as 15:19 into the second period but prevailed: In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2019, inclusive, home teams down a goal as late as 15:19 into the second period had a game record of only 195-493 (.283) - the Boston Bruins thus achieve a grade-C in-game comeback. With its series 1422 victory, Boston thus repeats its 2019 NHL Preliminary-round defeat of Carolina in the 2020 NHL Preliminary round.

After Game 4: The Boston Bruins visited and defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 4-goals-3 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1422 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Boston Bruins have a series record of 19-2 (with an active four-series winning streak) and a Game 5 record of 11-10. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Carolina Hurricanes have a series record of 0-2 and a Game 5 record of 1-1. As the pseudo-road team in series 1422 Game 4, the Boston Bruins trailed by two goals as late as 7:25 into the third period against the pseudo-host Carolina Hurricanes, but won the game. In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2019, inclusive, road teams down two goals as late as 7:25 into the third period had a game record of only 13-488 (.026).

After Game 3: The Boston Bruins visited and defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 3-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1422 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Boston Bruins have a series record of 22-10 and a Game 4 record of 15-17. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Carolina Hurricanes have a series record of 5-1 (with an active four-series winning streak) and a Game 4 record of 5-1 (with an active four-Game 4 winning streak). In the last six best-of-7 NHL playoff series in which the Boston Bruins have led 2-games-1, their Game 4 outcome presaged their series outcome (three wins; three losses). In all six best-of-7 NHL playoff series in which the Carolina Hurricanes have trailed 2-games-1, their Game 4 outcome also presaged their series outcome (five wins; one loss).

After Game 2: The Carolina Hurricanes visited and topped the Boston Bruins 3-goals-2 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1422 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Boston Bruins have a series record of 25-18 and a Game 3 record of 21-22, while the Carolina Hurricanes have a series record of 5-2 and a Game 3 record of 3-4. Carolina trailed on the road by one goal as late as 15:12 into the second period, but won series 1422 Game 2: In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2019, inclusive, road teams down a goal as late as 15:12 into the second period had a game record of only 189-654 (.224).

After Game 1: The Boston Bruins hosted and topped the Carolina Hurricanes 4-goals-3 (2OT) to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1422 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 37-17 and a Game 2 record of 32-22. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Carolina Hurricanes have a series record of 6-4 and a Game 2 record of 5-5.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2019-20 NHL regular season, the Boston Bruins finished 19 points ahead of the Carolina Hurricanes. From 1939 through the 2019 NHL Finals round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 19 regular-season points, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 4-9 (.308) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1422 is the 104th best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the Boston Bruins, and the 17th for the Carolina Hurricanes. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Boston Bruins have an all-rounds series record of 52-51, a Preliminary-round series record of 14-11, and a Game 1 record of 54-49, while the Carolina Hurricanes have an all-rounds series record of 11-5, a Preliminary-round series record of 4-2 (with an active four-Preliminary round series winning streak), and a Game 1 record of 6-10. Series 1422 is the fourth best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the Boston Bruins and the Carolina Hurricanes. Boston won two of the previous three series between the two teams.