After the disastrous road trip to start the season, the Carolina Hurricanes returned home hoping some home cooking would help set things straight. They started the season 1-3-2 giving up three leads along the way. Two of those leads were 3 goal leads in the third period. Frustrated by bad turnovers and uneven goalie play, Carolina slinked back to the Triangle with a losing record despite outplaying their competition in a majority of the games.
Michael Smith quoted Bill Peters:
We’re scoring, but we’re reckless in order to score. I want to tighten up our game.