Season long disturbing trends (blown leads, lack of goals, defensive lapses, making unheralded goalies look like All-Star) continued last night in Raleigh as the Florida Panthers were beaten 3-2 by the Carolina Hurricanes to open a six-game road trip.
After squeaking out a win against Columbus on Saturday, the Panthers got off to a quick start against the Hurricanes.
Jonathan Marchessault opening the scoring with is team-leading tenth goal at the 5:41 mark with Cats on a power play. Aleksander Barkov fed Jaromir Jagr in front for an attempt and Marchessault was able to pounce on the rebound and put it home.