Carolina Hurricanes (12-2-0, 24 pts) at Anaheim Ducks (10-4-3, 23 pts)
It’s been a minute since the Carolina Hurricanes visited what’s known in these parts as The Other Orange County.
The last time the Hurricanes faced the Anaheim Ducks on the road was October 18, 2019. It was just over two years ago, but in Pandemic Time it might as well have been twenty years ago. At the time the idea of a global pandemic wreaking havoc on all facets of life was confined to the pages of science-fiction novels.
But that game featured a sure sign of the impending global apocalypse, one that went largely unrecognized at the time.