Usually, the Carolina Hurricanes would be pretty pleased by forcing a shootout against the defending Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals with their outcast third-string goalie in net.
Friday night was an outlier.
When Teuvo Teravainen sniped a second-period power play goal past Braden Holtby to give the Canes a 4-1 lead less than halfway through the second period, it looked like the hockey game could turn into a route. Carolina was dominating, their top players were producing, they had scored two power play goal in just over two minutes, and the home crowd was having a splendid time.