The Carolina Hurricanes took on the Washington Capitals Thursday night at Capital One Arena. It happened just hours after the NHL announced that next year’s Stadium Series game in Raleigh would feature the same rivalry matchup.
Needless to say, it did not go Carolina’s way. Let’s take a look at what went wrong:
A parade of penalties, an awful first two periods
The Canes have returned to their early bad habits with last night’s parade of penalties. The first period was home to three Carolina penalties, two of which led to a Capitals 5-on-3 opportunity, and a resulting goal from Evgeny Kuznetsov.