May 3, 2021; Raleigh, North Carolina, USA; Carolina Hurricanes center Vincent Trocheck (16) and defenseman Jaccob Slavin (74) celebrate their in against the Chicago Blackhawks at PNC Arena. Mandatory Credit: James Guillory-USA TODAY Sports
The Carolina Hurricanes took down the Chicago Blackhawks by a whopping 5-2 margin last night at the PNC Arena thanks in no small part to a hat-trick by Sebastian Aho. As a result, the Carolina Hurricanes remain the top-ranked team in the NHL, and the Chicago Blackhawks have been mathematically eliminated from the 2020-21 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs.
This article is going to be a bit of a mash-up between our standard “keys to beating [insert whichever team you’d like here]” and “takeaways from [ditto]” seeing as how the Carolina Hurricanes are on the tail end of a back to back against Chicago tonight.