Breaking: Hurricanes forced to use an emergency backup with 0 playoff experience in Game 2.

Talk about a tough game for the Carolina Hurricanes. 

The Hurricanes were in New York on Sunday to take on the Islanders for the second game of their second round series in the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs and it proved to be a very tough game for the Hurricanes. Although the game itself was pretty tightly contested the Hurricanes definitely came out on the losing end of the equation as far as injuries are concerned. 

Things started bad for the Hurricanes roughly 30 seconds into the game when defenseman Trevor van Riemsdyk was taken out of the game due to a thunderous body check from New York Islanders veteran Cal Clutterbuck. 

It would only get worse from there for the Hurricanes as starting goaltender Petr Mrazek would also suffer an injury during the game, although this one was considerably more mysterious than the one to van Riemsdyk. Mrazek appeared to be making a very routine save, one that did not require him to exert himself in any noticeable manner, but it was obvious from the goaltender's body language that not everything was alright. As the netminder would leave the ice he could be seen smashing his stick against the boards in anger at the whole situation,

Don't worry though, it only gets crazier from here. The Hurricanes are not traveling with 3 goaltenders in these playoffs and as a result they are now forced to use an emergency backup goaltender. 

Carolina is not travelling with a third goalie...so emergency protocol is underway. Of course, they also have Jorge Alves on the trip. An equipment manager, he's played in practice and was rewarded with 7.6 seconds of a Jan. 1/17 game vs TB.

From Sportsnet's Elliote Friedman:

It sounds like the Hurricanes are going to be forced to use Stony Brook Universities Todd Scarola, a goaltender who has never seen a single game of NHL experience. It is not very hard to see how this could turn out to be a big problem for the Hurricanes, but it is unlikely that Scarola will get anything other than a nice paycheck out of this situation.

Right now it is Curtis McElhinney in net for the Hurricanes and barring an injury it will stay that way.