They say old habits die hard, and that was true on Thursday night when the Carolina Hurricanes and the New York Islanders played a game that looked a heck of a lot like the high-scoring shootouts the two teams combined for a season ago.
In a Metropolitan division where teams are as tightly packed as the vehicles clogging up the Long Island Expressway, the Hurricanes entered tonight’s contest against the Islanders two points behind their opponent with a game in hand.
The Islanders got the first big opportunity of the game when Josh Jooris was whistled for taking down Josh-Ho Sang in the corner of the Carolina zone.