Raleigh, N.C. ? The kid looks like he’s done it all before. So do the Carolina Hurricanes, halfway home to their first Stanley Cup championship after a dominating performance on Tobacco Road.

Cam Ward became the first rookie in 20 years to post a shutout in the finals, and the Hurricanes swept away Edmonton, 5-0, in Game 2 Wednesday night, the Oilers looking downright miserable without playoff star Dwayne Roloson.

Carolina is up 2-0 in the series and off to Alberta, hoping to finish the job against a staggering team. Game 3 is Saturday night in Edmonton.

“We’re going to try to get a jump in Game 3,” said Cory Stillman, who scored a backbreaking goal seconds before the end of the second period. “We’ve still got to win four games, and we’re going to try to do it as quickly as possible.”

Ward turned aside 25 shots for his second shutout of the playoffs and entered the record books as only the 11th rookie to hold a team scoreless in the finals. Montreal’s Patrick Roy was the last to do it in 1986.

“That was a reflection of the team,” Ward said. “They played great in front of me. There were a lot of instances where we came up with key blocks that probably would have been sure goals.”

Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Cam Ward prevents the Edmonton Oilers' Sergie Samsonov (12) from scoring. Ward shut out the Oilers, and the Hurricanes won, 5-0, Wednesday in Raleigh, N.C. Carolina leads the championship series, 2-0.

Indeed, he had plenty of help. The Hurricanes prevented 24 shots from even getting to the 22-year-old goalie, hurling themselves in harm’s way with their skates, their arms, their legs – anything to send the puck away from the goal.

The Oilers didn’t reveal their starter in net until Jussi Markkanen led his team onto the ice for the opening faceoff – the first goalie in 45 years to make his first playoff start in the finals. Roloson sustained a series-ending knee injury in Game 1.

After vowing to rally around their new goalie, the Oilers didn’t play with any sort of passion, especially after Stillman scored with 2.4 seconds left in the second period to make it 3-0.

“A lot of us are trying to do too much,” Edmonton coach Craig MacTavish said. “We need a more predictable game from a lot of our players.”