TAMPA, Fla. — The Carolina Hurricanes have plenty of experience making Andrei Vasilevskiy look good. For nearly 50 minutes Tuesday, they did just that.
Teuvo Teravainen’s tap-in on the power play secured a point for the Hurricanes, who then scored twice in overtime – only one of which counted. Martin Necas’ goal 3:26 into the extra session got the Hurricanes back on the winning path with a 2-1 overtime win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The Hurricanes nearly surrendered a goal on the first shift of the game, when the Lightning missed two open nets and Carolina had all they could do to simply clear the zone.