The Carolina Hurricanes capped off their five-game road trip with a big win on Monday night, and now they return home with a 4-1-1 record through the first two weeks of the 2022-23 season.
A lot of things have to go right in order for a team to secure points in five of their first six games of a season, and that has largely been the case for the Canes. Perhaps the most important piece of the puzzle thus far has been their youngest forward line, one which was thought to be their most volatile.
Despite none of Martin Necas, Andrei Svechnikov, or Jesperi Kotkaniemi being over the age of 23, the three young forwards have combined for 857 NHL games.