On a weekend when the Carolina Hurricanes celebrated their past, the Saturday-night finale provided some fireworks reminiscent of that Cup-winning season ten years ago.
A two-goal outburst from Victor Rask and Andrej Nestrasil's second goal in as many games made the difference in a 6-3 Hurricanes win over the New York Islanders that featured pregame silverware, backup goaltenders, greatest-hits music on the arena PA and a season high in goals to entertain the crowd of 16,520.
Coach Bill Peters, in an uncharacteristically blunt and feisty pregame media scrum, said he expected his team to finish better after letting multiple quality chances go by the wayside on Friday against the Penguins.