RALEIGH — Monday night’s date with the Ottawa Senators was as close to a must-win game as a November 11 game could get for the Carolina Hurricanes.
Losers of four consecutive games, including one on the road against the very same Senators on Saturday, the Hurricanes had to get back on track and back to playing the brand of hockey they played in the early weeks of the season.
It will take more than one win against a bottom-dwelling team to right ship, but Carolina’s effort on Veterans Day was certainly a step in the right direction.