The Hurricanes played a much better game than their previous two losses to Tampa Bay Thursday night, but weren’t rewarded in a 3-1 loss.
Carolina outshot the Bolts 32-22 and carried play and chances, but lost, largely due to the power play going 0 for 5 and losing the goalie battle.
Let’s talk about last night:
Tough luck loss
As mentioned in the opening, the Canes probably deserved a win in this one. They had numerous grade-A chances, including a shot off the post from Andrei Svechnikov early, one off the crossbar from Dougie Hamilton and myriad of quality stops from former Hurricane Curtis McElhinney.