Carolina’s scoring issues disappeared last night as the Hurricanes hammered the St Louis Blues 7-2 in Missouri. It was a game that the Hurricanes needed to win to keep pace with the rest of the Metropolitan Division. With the Hurricanes putting up a touchdown on St Louis, we can talk about the Hurricanes scoring woes perhaps coming to an end, but one game is never enough to judge these things.
Andrei Svechnikov scored twice on his birthday as he grabbed his second and third goals in the last 19 games. Svechnikov set a new career-high in goals with these two as he pushed his tally for the season up to 25.