About Last Night: Happy New Year!

Photo by Emilee Chinn/NHLI via Getty ImagesThe Carolina Hurricanes are the most electric team in hockey.

After a 2021 that saw the Canes lead the NHL in regular season wins, 2022 opened up with Carolina beating the Columbus Blue Jackets 7-4 in an insane game in which it trailed 3-0 after the opening period and 4-0 in the second.

But the Canes clawed back, as they’ve done in other games this year (though not quite to this extent), and scored seven straight goals for the just the fifth time in team history and the first time since 2009.

Some thoughts on a stupidly fun hockey game:

A recap

So, what happened?

The Blue Jackets netted three goals in the first period, as Zach Werenski, Adam Boqvist and…