Game one between the Carolina Hurricanes and Tampa Bay Lightning lived up to all of the expectations heading into it.
The pace was fast, the talent was all over the ice, and the drama was ramped up until the dying seconds of the third period.
While the Hurricanes weren’t the team that prevailed, there was plenty of good that came from the series opener. Unfortunately, one lowlight has overshadowed all the highlights of the game.
Let’s talk about last night.
An Electric Start
The best period that either team had on Sunday was Carolina’s first period, where they drove offense at an excellent rate and generated more than enough chances to crack the scoreboard, but they just couldn’t get one by Andrei Vasilevskiy.