At the end of the first period, it felt like it was going to another one of “those games”.
Despite getting grade-A scoring chances in the first period, the Carolina Hurricanes saw themselves down a goal on the road against one of the best goalies in hockey.
Making it even worse, the flailing Carolina power play not only couldn’t get much of anything going (outside of a strong 20-second push), they allowed a shorthanded goal against. A shorthanded goal against which was created off of Justin Williams mishandling a puck and Dougie Hamilton turning the puck over in mind-boggling fashion.