With an overtime loss last night in Calgary, the Carolina Hurricanes have played 11 games since the start of the new year. They’ve won seven of them and lost just three in regulation, picking up 15 out of a possible 22 points. A renewed pace was badly needed after an abysmal month of December that may have set them back too far in the standings for a miraculous playoff run. So what’s been driving the strong play in 2019? To put it bluntly, the Hurricanes really haven’t looked like the Hurricanes lately.
Rod Brind’Amour’s club was 30th in the league in goals scored coming into the new year.