All good things must come to an end. The Carolina Hurricanes saw their nine-game home winning streak snapped on Friday afternoon (Nov. 29) in a 6-3 loss to the Florida Panthers. Despite clawing back from 3-1 down in the second period to make it 3-3 before the second intermission, they did not have enough against the defending Stanley Cup champions in front of their home crowd who gave them their 79th consecutive sellout. What went wrong to see them lose 6-3 after tying it 3-3?
Game Recap
Before we get to the third period, let’s rewind to the first period where, like the final frame, the Panthers scored three goals. Jesper Boqvist shot a backhander between the circles in the Hurricanes’ zone and got by Spencer Martin who had a little traffic in front of him. However, it was just enough of a floater that he had a chance to save it. Nonetheless, Carolina was down early once again for the third straight game.
The NHL’s leading goalscorer did not want to feel left out as Sam Reinhart scored his 18th of the season after the Hurricanes couldn’t control the puck in the neutral zone. After taking a great pass from Aleksander Barkov, Reinhart just went in on the net and shot it by Martin to give the Panthers the 2-1 lead. Just over two minutes later, Carter Verhaeghe got in on the action to make it a 3-1 game, a familiar sight for the home side as they were down two goals going into the first intermission. While not all the goals were Martin’s fault, the overall team play could have been better.
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The lone bright spot in the first period was Seth Jarvis who has now scored in three straight games since coming back from injury. Furthermore, it was once again on the power play, which at the time tied the game 1-1 and got Lenovo Center rocking. After that, it was all Panthers going into the second period.
Despite the first period being all Florida, it was the Hurricanes who controlled the second period. Once again coming back from a multi-goal deficit, they managed to claw back to tie the game 3-3. The first of the two goals came from a heavy traffic shot by Sean Walker who ripped a laser of a wrister as it went top shelf over the shoulder of Sergei Bobrovsky. It was his 100th NHL career point and it came at a crucial time. Later on in the period with less than three…
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