Bad officiating at inopportune times hurt the Carolina Hurricanes against the Nashville Predators. Arguments can be made that officiating should never cost you a win. “You should be playing a good enough game that a bad refs do not cost you” said the wise philosopher. However, when the final horn blew on the Canes loss to the Predators 5-3, Carolina was certainly not helped by questionable penalties and over all bad officiating.
Carolina started the game buzzing. Paul Stastny scored a power play goal at 12:19 and forcing Nashville’s Juuse Saros on his head early. Then for whatever reason, the officials decided to take over the game and make it theirs.