The short story: The Islanders open up with three goals in the first period. Hurricanes say “That’s a good idea” and score three goals in the second period, then the Islanders go back to their first-period strategy and score three more to win.
The long story: Where to begin? Maybe the first period.
Even though they lost it in the third period, I think the lowest point for the Hurricanes was the first period by the sheer nature of the goals allowed.
First, Mathew Barzal skates away from a Hurricanes attack that was biting on the puck and puts it under the glove of Scott Darling.