The Carolina Hurricanes kicked off Halloween with a suspense-filled match that saw them overcome the Arizona Coyotes with a late, third period goal to win 2-1 at PNC Arena, Sunday afternoon.
As we all know, patience is a virtue and nobody had to learn that more than the Canes.
Despite outshooting the Coyotes and outchancing them by almost double, a stellar goaltending performance by Arizona’s rookie netminder, Karel Vejmelka, gave the Hurricanes more than a few reasons to get frustrated.
And to top it all off, the Hurricanes had conceded the first goal of the game fairly early as well, after the Coyotes applied the pressure with some extended offensive zone time.