Carolina Hurricanes: Takeaways from Road Loss to Columbus Blue Jackets

3. Did the Canes’ Superstars End Their Drought?

No, but Teuvo Teravainen got an assist off of a Jordan Staal redirection for the Carolina Hurricanes’ 2nd goal of the night last night.

Martin Necas also scored on a beauty of a breakaway, but Sebastian Aho and Andrei Svechnikov were largely ineffective.

I am not entirely sure what the cause of the recent drought is, but it is costing the Carolina Hurricanes dearly in the standings and on the scoresheet.

If Aho and Svech were performing to their normal levels last night, that game would’ve been an easy win for the Canes. The fact that they weren’t directly contributed to the game being a disappointing loss.

Now, for the most heartbreaking part of last night’s loss. Dougie Hamilton went down with a leg injury that not only looked painful, but serious. He seemed to tell the ref, and then subsequently the trainer, “I think I broke my leg”, while laying on the ice. He was helped off the ice by head trainer Doug Bennett and Trevor van Riemsdyk.

Only time will tell, but Dougie may be out for a long time. That kind of injury couldn’t have happened to a better person, and I’m sure you all stand with me when I say that I wish Dougie a quick, speedy, and effective recovery, and that we are all rooting for him.