You could say the Carolina Hurricanes were lucky to add their insurance goal from Brock McGinn against the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night. After all, how many dump-ins result in almost-immediate goals?
But while the bounces were there, this wasn’t just the hockey gods smiling down on Raleigh. Both McGinn and Justin Williams were on the same page to execute what was a very impressive audible play.
A neutral zone faceoff win sends the puck back to Haydn Fleury, who fires a pass off the stick of Victor Rask to get the puck deep.