It was not the Canes’ night in Dallas Tuesday, as a Roope Hintz hat trick led the Stars past Carolina 4-1 in a game where the Hurricanes just didn’t get it going.
Carolina, playing down three starting defensemen who are in COVID protocols, didn’t ever look quite right, as Hintz scored 73 seconds into the game and the Stars never looked back. Hintz added another goal in the second period, with Joe Pavelski making it 3-0 in the third.
The Hurricanes finally got on the score sheet late in the third period, as Jesperi Kotkaniemi stayed hot with a goal in a net-mouth scramble to score for his third straight game.