The Hurricanes will have to wait until at least the 2022-23 season for their first victory in the Evergreen State, as Carolina went into Climate Pledge Arena Wednesday night and fell 2-1 in its first meeting with the Kraken.
Brendan Smith scored the Canes’ lone goal in the opening period, as nothing else Carolina was able to put on Philipp Grubauer was good enough to beat him. The Kraken tied the game in the second period on a questionably earned power play, before winning it late in the third on a Marcus Johansson winner.
I’ll (try to) keep the takeaways short and sweet today, and I’ll start off by wishing everyone in the Canes Country community the happiest of Thanksgivings.