The first regulation loss always stings. It’s a little easier to swallow when you go on a five-game point streak to start the year, and it’s easier still when you can come out of it saying, “Not a bad effort.”
Undoubtedly a little winded from an action-packed overtime win in Minnesota, the Hurricanes came up on the short end Sunday against the Jets, 3-1. A first-period goal would have been huge to helping Carolina pull a point out of Sunday’s game, but Laurent Brossoit’s pads plus big saves on Sebastian Aho and Andrei Svechnikov made it quite tough for the Canes to convert a few lethal chances.