It was apparently throwback night at PNC Arena Thursday night as the Corsi Canes made an unexpected – and unwelcome – appearance.
Even though the focus should have been on the season debut of winger Max Pacioretty coming off of his offseason achilles surgery, the story instead revolved around the Carolina Hurricanes defaulting back to some of their old franchise habits, as they outshot the Nashville Predators 67-25, yet fell 5-3.
It was one of those games where you simply have to tip your cap to the opposition, namely Juuse Saros, whose 64 saves set a franchise record for the Predators as well as tied the record for third most saves in an NHL regular season game.