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Three takeaways as Hurricanes lose frustrating game in Dallas

By Conor Power

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 20: Teuvo Teravainen #86 of the Carolina Hurricanes in the second period at Staples Center on November 20, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 20: Teuvo Teravainen #86 of the Carolina Hurricanes in the second period at Staples Center on November 20, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /
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DALLAS, TEXAS – OCTOBER 05: Braden Holtby #70 of the Dallas Stars blocks a shot on goal against the St. Louis Blues in the second period of an NHL preseason game at American Airlines Center on October 05, 2021, in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
DALLAS, TEXAS – OCTOBER 05: Braden Holtby #70 of the Dallas Stars blocks a shot on goal against the St. Louis Blues in the second period of an NHL preseason game at American Airlines Center on October 05, 2021, in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) /

Braden Holtby shuts the door on Carolina

As this game brought a lot of fans back to the dark days of the franchise, Braden Holtby slammed the door in the face of the Hurricanes as they tried to push back into this game. Holtby never looked like the Canes were going to solve him as he returned to his form as a Washington Capital to haunt the Hurricanes again like it was 2015.

Carolina couldn’t solve the Lloydminster, Saskatchewan native, and he really re-enforced the narrative for the Canes scoring issues. He’s was a wall, and the Canes kept crashing into him time and again, doing whatever they could to disrupt his flow or vision of the puck, but Holtby had an answer for everything the Canes threw his way, and he helped the Stars shut this game down.

It’s a disappointing result, but the fact that Holtby kept the Canes to just 1 goal on nearly 40 shots really leads to the question about the Canes’ offense being able to turn the corner and get back on the board. It’s been problematic for the Canes as of late, and the team just did not find a way to beat Holtby. A lot of the players have been fighting their offensive abilities for a while, and this highlighted it.

Holtby just had to put a cherry on top of his performance in this game and had a save of the year candidate at the end in garbage time on Svechnikov. In case there wasn’t enough salt in that wound, just know that you’re going to be seeing that for the rest of the year. Anytime there’s talk about the save of the year, that’s going to come up. It’s just going to be annoying.

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