The Carolina Hurricanes did not play well against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night. They got to their game “in spurts” as both Rod Brind’Amour and multiple players said after, but they made too many sloppy mistakes and were hemmed into their own zone way too often.
Yet, thanks to Petr Mrazek’s heroics and a couple big goals from Andrei Svechnikov and Brady Skjei, the Canes managed to erase a 2-0 deficit en route to earning an all-important point in the standings before falling 3-2 in overtime.
Let’s talk about last night.
Not good enough
Let’s start with the obvious.