3 Takeaways from the Carolina Hurricanes 3-0 Shut Out Win Over Arizona

Solid Start

After giving up the game’s first two goals early in the first period of each of the past three games, good for a combined 9-2 deficit in the first ten minutes of those contest, the Hurricanes wanted to get off to a better start. You never want to trail in a game and when you’re playing from behind that early repeatedly it starts to become more mentally taxing than anything.

Finally breaking the trend, the Hurricanes came out with a jump in their step, testing Raanta early. Outshooting the Yotes 13-11 in the first, the Canes looked the better team from the drop of the puck and continued their great play throughout the period.

While they didn’t score on their power play, they did manage to generate a few semi-decent chances. That positive momentum continued into the penalty kill, after Niederreiter took an unnecessary offensive zone penalty, when Sebastian Aho almost capitalized on a short handed breakaway after a solid self pass.

Soon after Nino’s penalty expired, Andrei Svechnikov found Warren Foegele infront of the net with a beautiful pass. Foegele wasted no time putting home, giving the Canes an early 1-0 lead.

While they went into the intermission up by a goal, their lead could have been more. A few minutes in to the game Brett Pesce pinched at the right time and beat Raanta just not the post. Later on in the period, Erik Haula had an excellent defensive play that almost directly led to an absolute snipe of a goal, but unfortunately he too was bested by the cross bar.