The Carolina Hurricanes were seemingly able to break out of their scoring slump with Seth Jarvis, Nino Niederreiter and Martin Necas breaking through. The Canes' new addition of Max Domi also helped in the effort against the Washington Capitals with a two-assist performance. The biggest issue with the Canes has been front and center over the last few games and was the reason the Canes lost last night. They cannot stop taking penalties.
Since the start of March, they have taken 43 penalties which is the fifth most in the league over this time. The Canes are lucky that they have the best penalty kill in the league and have only let up six goals against while also scoring two short-handed goals in this time frame.