Carolina Hurricanes: Takeaways from Huge Win in Edmonton

3. Did the Canes Stay Out of the Penalty Box?

Nope, but it didn’t really matter.

The Edmonton Oilers went into last night’s game with the best powerplay in the league. The only goal they’d score on the man advantage last night was Nugent-Hopkins’ marker, which was scored with 8 seconds or so left on a long Oilers man advantage.

The Carolina Hurricanes had the 3rd best penalty kill in the league heading into last night’s game, and the 9th best powerplay in the league; the Canes managed to score on all but one powerplay chance last night; the Oilers scored on only one chance despite having a total of six chances last night.

Apparently this season, and last night’s game in particular, is a funhouse mirror image of what should happen in a standard NHL game, and instead of going the way it should’ve gone, it went off the rails and illustrated the most ridiculous of possibilities, thereby proving that we do, indeed, live in a simulation. Thanks for breaking the space-time continuum with your cybertruck, Elon Musk.

All joking aside, the Carolina Hurricanes played a tremendous first period, a kinda ‘meh’ second period, an awful first half of the third period, and an incredible second half of the third period to secure the win on the road at Rogers Place and kick off their long road trip with two more points in the standings.

Let’s hope they continue the trend. It’d sure be nice to go undefeated while on the road in the Great White North this holiday season. Maybe Santa will be nice enough to throw us a bone this year.

Question for CC Readers: What was your favorite goal from last night’s matchup?