Passionate Canes persevere over Leafs

Photo by Josh Lavallee/NHLI via Getty ImagesIt isn’t often that the Carolina Hurricanes find themselves as the team on its heels. The one trying to survive wave after wave of opposing lines and shots. But that’s exactly the position that they found themselves in against the Toronto Maple Leafs Saturday night at PNC Arena.

And even though they seemed to be the team on the ropes, they survived and countered at the perfect times to ultimately pull off a 5-3 win.

While the overall game wasn’t ideal, the Canes could look to a few crucial aspects of their game that led them to the win. Namely, special teams and goaltending

The Hurricanes had a 5-on-3 opportunity within the first 1:30 of game time,…