About last night: A tough-luck loss

Photo by Mark LoMoglio/NHLI via Getty ImagesThe Hurricanes played a much better game than their previous two losses to Tampa Bay Thursday night, but weren’t rewarded in a 3-1 loss.

Carolina outshot the Bolts 32-22 and carried play and chances, but lost, largely due to the power play going 0 for 5 and losing the goalie battle.

Let’s talk about last night:

Tough luck loss

As mentioned in the opening, the Canes probably deserved a win in this one. They had numerous grade-A chances, including a shot off the post from Andrei Svechnikov early, one off the crossbar from Dougie Hamilton and myriad of quality stops from former Hurricane Curtis McElhinney.

Both of Tampa Bay’s non empty-net goals saw…