Jeff Skinner, Victor Rask and Lee Stempniak have all of eight games’ experience playing alongside each other, but the Carolina Hurricanes’ top line look like they’ve been playing together for years.
The Canes’ top line has accounted for nearly half of the team’s total offensive output, and while Rask’s personal eight-game point streak was snapped with his first scoreless game of the season on Tuesday in Ottawa, the trio has been the engine that has largely powered the Canes to the admittedly limited success they’ve seen in the early going.