For the second game in a row, the Hurricanes failed to play a full 60 minutes against the Tampa Bay Lightning, this time falling 3-0 at Amalie Arena as they dropped back-to-back games for the first time this season.
Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy turned aside all 25 shots the Canes threw at him. Alex Nedeljkovic played a very good game in net for Carolina, stopping 26 of 28 Lightning shots and making numerous sharp saves, particularly as the Canes were outplayed for vast stretches of the first two periods.
Similar to Monday’s game, the Canes were sluggish out of the gate, but this time Tampa made them pay on the scoreboard with two first-period goals.