Well, that was, um, bad. No need to overcomplicate things. Just three days after a 6-2 loss to the New York Rangers, the Hurricanes dropped a 4-1 lauger to the Ottawa Senators, one of the NHL’s bottom feeders.
It got so bad that a visibly frustrated Rod Brind’Amour joked (I think) after the game that he was thinking about getting dressed and going in. Here a few takeaways from the loss.
Hemmed in- The Canes struggled with exiting the zone cleanly all night, and repeatedly got trapped in the zone after turning the puck over on clearing attempts.