For the third straight game, the Hurricanes played below their usual standard. This time, however, they did not get away with the desired result, falling 6-4 to the Blackhawks in Chicago to snap their winning streak at five games Tuesday night.
The Hurricanes lost the back-and-forth game largely as a result of an abysmal night on special teams and too many defensive lapses.
Let’s take a look at some key takeaways from the loss:
A scary moment
Thursday night may have been more costly than simply a game in the loss column. There was a scary moment with under a minute to play when Martin Necas took a (perfectly clean, legal) hit from former Hurricanes Calvin de Haan and fell awkwardly, with his head bouncing off the ice.