For 40 minutes, it was some of the best hockey that the Carolina Hurricanes had played all season.
The offense was generating chances, the power play was creating looks, the penalty kill was suffocating and there really wasn’t much being given up the other way.
It was the Canes’ game to lose.
And that’s exactly what they did, as the Canes got vastly outplayed in the final 20 minutes for their first home loss of the season.
While Carter Hart (0.975 sv%) played a crucial role in denying Carolina the victory, the Canes’ Kryptonite tonight was their inability to play the full 60 minutes.