Carolina Hurricanes: Three Takeaways From Game Three

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RALEIGH, NC – May 1: Nino Niederreiter #21 of the Carolina Hurricanes battles between goaltender Robin Lehner #40 and Nick Leddy #2 of the New York Islanders in Game Three of the Eastern Conference Second Round during the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at PNC Arena on May 1, 2019, in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Karl DeBlaker/NHLI via Getty Images) /

2. Powerplay Woes Continue.

The ‘Canes powerplay went goalless yet again this game, to extend their powerplays drought to 0-21, and making the powerplay a stunning 0 for 9 this series. Only to add on to their lackluster powerplay woes from the Washington series where they went 3 for 25.

This also just hasn’t been just a playoff problem for the Hurricanes. They finished the regular season in 20th place on the powerplay at 17.8%. Which at this point that 17.8% on the powerplay, would be a dream.

The powerplay struggles to get into the zone and once they do, its not always a sure thing they’ll take a chance they do have before passing the puck maybe one too many times and its tossed back into our defensive end.

Although the ‘Canes have found ways to make up for their nonexistent powerplay, they cannot rely on this forever. Even in the Washington series, they showed the ‘Canes if their powerplay wasn’t works and the Caps’ powerplay was, it was gonna bite them, and it did.

Obviously, the powerplay has been questioned, over and over again, so when will we really see any change from it? Whether its moving guys around, or finding a new strategy that fits this team better than the current one, something needs to change, and if not we could see the potential consequences.

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