The Carolina Hurricanes certainly didn’t play their best hockey game inside the Bell Centre Tuesday night, falling behind 2-0 to the Montreal Canadiens early while struggling to get to their game.
But in the end, the Canes found two points, beating the Canadiens in a shootout wrapped up by a delicious moment for Jesperi Kotkaniemi as an arena full of fans of the losing team reigned down boos on their former winger.
To add another sweet note to a fortunate two points, the New Jersey Devils fell in regulation to the Toronto Maple Leafs as the Canes extended their lead in the Metro to four points with one fewer game played.