The Carolina Hurricanes played an abysmal 40 minutes and an excellent 20 minutes of hockey Tuesday night in Ottawa, falling to the Senators 4-3 after going down 4-0 early.
The Canes just kind of never had it in the first two frames, as the Senators scored 1:11 into the game. Ottawa made it 2-0 before the end of the first and then 4-0 after two goals within the first three minutes of the second, with the Hurricanes seemingly out of it completely 23 minutes in.
The third period was actually very good for the Hurricanes, who got three back thanks to Andrei Svechnikov, birthday boy Brendan Smith and Vincent Trocheck.