A lot has been made about the supposed struggles of former fifth overall pick Noah Hanifin in the early going of this season.
After a rough start to his season in the first two periods of Carolina’s opening night game against the Minnesota Wild, Hanifin buried a game-tying goal off of a jaw-dropping feed from winger Sebastian Aho.
That goal was seemingly wiped from the memory of the fans and pundits who discussed the game following it, and who can blame them? Given Victor Rask’s eventual go-ahead goal coupled with an enthralling shootout victory, it makes sense that the tying goal would become an afterthought.