After being humbled in Anaheim on Sunday night, the Carolina Hurricanes needed to come out against the San Jose Sharks and make a statement. It took the message a while to be sent because we were very close to talking about this game in a different light. Fortunately, things started to connect in the third period, leading to an emphatic finish to a largely one-sided affair.
The news before the game wasn’t what Hurricanes fans wanted to hear. After participating in the morning skate, it was announced shortly before warm-ups that Sebastian Aho would miss the game with an upper-body injury.