It didn’t have a big crowd. There wasn’t a lot of energy in the building.
But to get hammered 7-3? The Carolina Hurricanes had a hard time Tuesday trying to explain such a lackluster effort and beating at PNC Arena, when they were booed at game's end.
“We weren’t playing good from the start right through to the end,” Canes center Jordan Staal said.
That pretty much covers the full 60 minutes. There were a few glimmers of a pushback — goals from Sebastian Aho and Teuvo Teravainen after the Oilers spurted ahead, each pulling the Canes within a goal.