About Last Night: Oh Captain, My Captain

Photo by Karl DeBlaker/NHLI via Getty ImagesThe Carolina Hurricanes battled back and got a strong 3-2 overtime win over the Pittsburgh Penguins Friday night, with Jordan Staal scoring twice and Andrei Svechnikov scoring the game winner in OT.

On the comeback win:

Oh Captain, My Captain

Jordan Staal is on a certified hot streak, folks.

The Canes captain, who joked last week that he was only getting started, has scored now scored five goals in the last seven games after scoring both of Carolina’s regulation tallies Friday night.

That nice streak for Staal comes after the driest spell of his entire career, a stretch of 35 straight games spanning from late October to mid February without a single…