It was a little more than seven hours before game time Thursday and Jeff Skinner was looking for answers.
The Carolina Hurricanes forward, the team’s best sniper, had not scored a goal in 13 games. He was stuck on 20 goals for the season, getting enough shots but not finding the net.
Asked to assess his season, Skinner said, “Not that great, I think. Obviously not ideal. It’s frustrating. I think you look … I don’t know, there are a lot of words to sort of sum it up.”
Skinner had a career-high 37 goals last season and was torrid down the stretch.