Jordan Martinook

Dobeš gets tested in quick succession and turns both chances aside, which is exactly the kind of sequence a goalie needs to steal a little momentum back. Martinook and Staal are the sort of forwards who can bury you if you blink, so surviving that stretch matters more than the casual fan realizes. Montreal needs its netminder to calm things down while Carolina keeps pressing for the next crack. In a game with no shortage of pressure, those stops are not just saves - they are survival.

Montreal’s young netminder keeps this one from getting away from the Canadiens early, and that matters in a building where Carolina loves to squeeze teams until they crack. Jordan Martinook gets the kind of chance coaches remember when they’re talking about effort and execution, but Dobeš reads it cleanly and takes the oxygen out of the moment. Plays like that are the difference between surviving a push and spending the rest of the night chasing the game.

Andrei Svechnikov and the Hurricanes' core locker room voices, from Shayne Gostisbehere to Jordan Staal, Rod Brind'Amour, Jordan Martinook and Jalen Chatfield, preach caution after stealing Game 3. These guys know playoff hockey's brutal grind better than most, having clawed through series where one win means nothing without the next. Brind'Amour's crew stays locked in, fully aware that momentum shifts fast in a best-of-seven with everything still on the line.