MOSCOW, May 5th. In the playoffs of the National Hockey League, a lot depends on psychology and the ability to control emotions. Namely, the main provocateur of the NHL, Canadian Brad Marchand from Boston, tried to evoke the emotions of the Russian goaltender of the Carolinas, Petr Kochetkov. At the end of the second period, the striker unsuccessfully drove into the Russian goalkeeper, for which he received on the shields. A few seconds later, Marchand waved his club away. The hockey players exchanged a couple of unpleasant phrases and received a mutual removal. The meeting ended with a score of 5:2 in favor of the Carolinas, the score in the series of up to four victories was 2-0. The next meeting will take place in Boston on the night of May 7, Moscow time.
