The changing of the calendar couldn’t cool off the Carolina Hurricanes, as the Canes beat the Devils 5-4 in a shootout on New Year’s Day to extend their franchise-record win streak to 11 games and franchise-record point streak to 17 games.
For the Hurricanes, it definitely wasn’t the smoothest game they’ve played in the last month and a half, but the result was a win nonetheless.
About last night:
Bottom Six shines, again
There’s a lot of hockey cliches and obvious statements that will present themselves during a win and point streak like the Canes are currently on, and one that has been a consistent for Carolina during the streak has been that it’s getting contribution from everyone.