RALEIGH — Sunday night was a must-win affair for the Carolina Hurricanes, and for about 55 minutes, it looked like it was going to be another one of “those games”.
The night after their exciting 5-1 beatdown of the Minnesota Wild, the Canes were chasing the visiting Montreal Canadiens, seemingly all night, until some late heroics transpired that only add to what has been an unbelievable season full of righting the wrongs of recent years.
The first period’s shot clock told a slightly different story than what actually happened.
From the jump, Carolina pummeled Carey Price with shots on net, but the problem was that very few of them had any real chance of going in the net.