This was a bad performance from Carolina. Early struggles sunk the team and they just couldn’t get back into this one. With the poor performance in the first period starting the struggles, the team just couldn’t get a foothold in this game until it was beyond reach. It didn’t help that this was one of the worst displays of officiating we’ve seen all year long, but the refs are equally bad for everyone and that cannot be an excuse.
New York game out in this one with a tone to set. At the end of game three, the two teams started to get a little chippy, and the carry-over into this game was clear.