RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes are struggling to beat one of the NHL’s best goaltenders and facing injuries to two players who could help them change that.
Carolina trails 2-0 in the second-round playoff series against the Tampa Bay Lightning, twice losing one-goal games on home ice. Now the Lightning are returning home for Thursday night’s Game 3, and time is running out for the Hurricanes to create the one or two breaks that coach Rod Brind’Amour keeps hoping are close.
“To me, you have to stick with what we’re doing,” Brind’Amour said Wednesday. “Obviously we can clean up some things.