If we're going to be perfectly honest about this, packing the lower bowl of PNC Arena full of fans didn't have a huge impact on the way the Carolina Hurricanes played in the third period. The atmosphere was better than it would have been with the fans spread throughout the building, but not decisively so.
For one thing, the Hurricanes were building toward their strong third throughout the second even though they fell behind at the end of that period. The two goals were coming anyway, especially against an opponent like the Ottawa Senators that long ago fell off the postseason pace: Beat them or join them, basically.