RALEIGH, N.C. — Rod Brind’Amour didn’t see a need to juggle his lineup or massively adjust the scheme after an ugly first period cost the Carolina Hurricanes any chance to win their Eastern Conference Final opener.

No, the issue was as simple as getting to their game, with the precision and edge they had shown in sweeping through the first two playoff rounds.

Following that approach got the Eastern Conference’s top seed back into their series against the Montreal Canadiens as play moves to Canada for tonight’s Game 3. And it offers the roadmap entering what is now a best-of-five series for a trip to the Stanley Cup Final.

“We just tried to keep it real after Game 1: We needed a better effort,” defenseman K’Andre Miller said Sunday.

“We know how we can play Hurricane hockey and we know we’re at our best when we can get to our game. So I think it was just a matter of looking (at) the man in the mirror and bringing your best effort for Game 2.”

The Canadiens won Game 1 by jumping on a team coming off an 11-day break — the longest wait to start a series in more than a century — scoring four goals in the opening 11 1/2 minutes. Montreal repeatedly got loose for clean breakouts and breakaways against Frederik Andersen in that one.

The lone positive from that game was the Hurricanes played more of their preferred style in the second period. Otherwise, Brind’Amour said they needed to toss it and move on, even saying the team wouldn’t go through an on-ice practice.

“It’s not what we need,” he said Friday.

Sunday’s game

GOLDEN KNIGHTS 5, AVALANCHE 3: Tomas Hertl weaved his way toward the slot and scored at 8:21 of the third period to rally the Golden Knights from a three-goal deficit and defeat the Colorado Avalanche and move to within one game of their third Stanley Cup Final appearance in nine years. The Golden Knights go for what would be a stunning sweep over the President’s Trophy winners on Tuesday night. Colorado will try to become just the fifth team to win a series after falling behind 3-0.