The Carolina Hurricanes visited Long Island and contended against the New York Islanders in Nassau Colosseum in search of their first five game win streak since 2016. Curtis McElhinney started in net for the Hurricanes and Thomas Greiss stop-gapped the pipes for the Islanders. The Hurricanes weren’t the only ones looking to extend a streak. The Islanders were looking for their seventh win in a row and so was Thomas Greiss, who was 6-0-0 against the Hurricanes in his last six match-ups against them.
The game started like any other matchup between these teams, with over ten quiet minutes of excellent defense.