oof.
That is, yet again, the best word to sum up last night’s game from the Carolina Hurricanes.
The New York Rangers always play well against the Carolina Hurricanes. It is just a fact at this point. The Rangers could be the worst team in the league, and still find a way to dunk on the Canes.
Normally, Henrik Lundqvist is the guy doing the dunking, but rookie phenom Igor Shesterkin has successfully carried that torch as of last night.
Many, many things went wrong last night. Bad defense, not-so-great goaltending, lack of scoring (again), and apparently the officials are cool with Erik Haula eating Jacob Trouba‘s shoulder for dinner, but not cool with Mika Zibanejad‘s stick breaking shortly before Jordan Staal‘s stick made contact with it.