The Carolina Hurricanes couldn’t fight back last night to even with the ChicagoBlackhawks after falling down 2-0 in the first two periods, eventually losing 2-1 despite outshooting Chicago 40-24. Backup goaltender Scott Darling, who played in Raleigh last week, looked impressive all game in net for the Hawks. He stopped 39 of the 40 shots he saw.
Chicago opened the scoring with an impressive tic-tac-toe play finished off by captain Jonathan Toews just 12 minutes into the first period. The Hurricanes saw plenty of chances to light the lamp in the first period, especially on the power play, but lights out goaltending from Scott Darling kept them off the scoresheet.