Shorthanded Canes get offense rolling to topple Wings

Nino Niederreiter celebrates his second goal of the night against the Detroit Red Wings, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021 in PNC Arena.It was a game that the Carolina Hurricanes could have easily lost and nobody would have batted an eye about or gotten too worked up.

Instead, the Canes dug in and beat the Detroit Red Wings by a final score of 5-3.

The Canes’ last game had been postponed because six of their players had entered COVID-protocol and because of the NHL’s salary cap rules, the Canes would only be able to bring up three players to replace them tonight.

Carolina came into the game without their captain and leading scorers, were two players short of a full on-ice roster, had two players…