Tonight, the Carolina Hurricanes look to finish up their first miniseries versus Chicago in the 2020-21 regular season with a sweep against the Blackhawks. If the Canes can pull it off, this will be the second miniseries sweep they’ve managed to pull off this season after sweeping the Dallas Stars at home in Raleigh last week.
In Tuesday night’s game, Chicago proved to be a more worthy opponent than was first anticipated; the Carolina Hurricanes couldn’t finish them off in regulation or the overtime period, and the teams resolved their differences in a shootout.
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James Reimer made an incredible glove save on Patrick Kane, which allowed Andrei Svechnikov to seal the deal for the Canes and close out the first of 8 meetings between the two teams this season.
Tonight’s game should hopefully end a bit sooner; we all love bonus hockey, but for all of our cardiovascular health’s sake, I’m hoping for a regulation win. Not only will this give the Canes a 7-1-0 record, but it’ll keep Chicago from collecting a slew of consolation points by forcing games into overtime or the shootout.
For the Carolina Hurricanes to make their second sweep of the season a reality, I think we’ll need to see more continued dominance from Vincent Trocheck, continued success on special teams, and continued stability in the crease.