Their six game point streak came to an end on Saturday night as the Carolina Hurricanes lost to the New York Islanders, 5-4 at the PNC.
The Canes fell behind early and they were playing catchup throughout most of the contest. They were just unable to get over the hump.
Goalie, Pyotr Kochetkov, who had played very well in recent games, probably allowed a couple goals he would like to have back but his teammates had a few too many turnovers as well.
Jaccob Slavin blamed the outcome on loose play.
“As a team, we have to be better defensively.