TAMPA, Fla. — It looked like the Carolina Hurricanes were going to be sentenced to a night of frustration with a sequence of dumb penalties at the worst times, and not even the inevitable Martin Necas goal could prevent what seemed to be inevitable.
Instead, Brady Skjei rescued the Hurricanes from the abyss, scoring a shorthanded goal on a 3-on-2 rush with 6:26 remaining in regulation and salvaging a point for the Hurricanes, who earned the bonus point in the shootout by topping the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Thursday night.
Seth Jarvis opened the scoring for the Hurricanes 8:29 into the first, wiring a laser over Andrei Vasilevskiy’s shoulder just as a power play expired.