Kicking off a 7,000 mile road trip with a matchup against the Edmonton Oilers back on December 10th, the Carolina Hurricanes knew they were in for a tough Western Conference swing against some elite offensive teams. Finishing the road trip off against Colorado Thursday night, they return home to Raleigh with nine of the possible ten points.
During the five game trip they faced two of the top power play teams statistically in the entire league. With Edmonton leading the way with an impress 30.3% success rate and Vancouver not far behind with a 25.1 success rate, the Hurricanes penalty kill was going to be crucial if they wanted to come away with two points each and every night.