DeBoer's system uses forechecking and scoring to grind opponents into dust, and Brodeur is no longer the machine's maw.
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Carolina used the kind of strong forechecking pressure that the Devils favor and took an early 8-3 shot advantage.
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Playing at home and with their season on the line seemed to invigorate the Leafs, who opened up the first period with some strong forechecking in the Boston zone.