There are games that are full sixty-minute efforts that end with a team taking a totally undeserved loss. And then there are games like Sunday, where the Hurricanes somehow overcame an abysmally bad first period and recovered from a fully earned two-goal deficit to take the lead. But a late goal from Jakob Silfverberg and an otherworldly performace by Ryan Miller in overtime gave the Ducks a chance, and eventually sent the crowd home disappointed after the Canes fell 4-3 in a shootout.
If you shut the television off in disgust after a first period that saw the Ducks, playing the second game of a back-to-back, completely control play, no one could blame you.