13-8-1. Not a terrible record 22 games in, right? Third place in the Metropolitan Division, and 9th place overall in the NHL. Not a bad spot for the Carolina Hurricanes to be in at the quarter-mark of the season, eh?
Both of those statements are true, and yet here we are, the day after the Carolina Hurricanes blew a game at home against a divisional opponent. I’m not happy about last night’s performance, and you shouldn’t be either, but the bigger picture shows a much more troubling problem: the Carolina Hurricanes are winning (for the most part), but by the skin of their teeth more often than they should be.