The Carolina Hurricanes hosted the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday night after their 12-game, six-game road trip. It was the final game of the season series between the two teams, as the Golden Knights won the first game 4-1 on October 20 in Las Vegas. Both teams were looking for a win as the visitors had lost two straight games, with the Hurricanes losing to the Dallas Stars on Saturday, October 25. As the final horn sounded, the Golden Knight completed the season sweep, won 6-3 above the hurricanes.
Summary of the game
The Hurricanes seemed to have control of the game early, at one point beating the Golden Knights 3-0. It was even more evident that on their first power play of the game, it took just one second on the man advantage to take an early lead. After playing pointless through the first eight games of the season, Andrei Svechnikov managed to put the puck in the net after Akira Schmid got a piece of it with his glove. They don’t ask how; just how much. Sebastian Aho was able to keep his points series alive with the assist, now after nine games. The Hurricanes’ power play to start the game was 2-for-29 (6.9%), and after one period it was 1-for-1.
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However, the Golden Knights struck for two of their own goals, including one on the power play. Both came from Pavel Dorofeyev, and he now has nine goals this season. After the first five minutes of the game where it was all Hurricanes, the last ten minutes of the game were all Vegas. The Hurricanes outscored the Golden Knights 8-6 through the first 20 minutes; however, the visitors held a 2-1 lead after one period.
Only one goal was scored in the second period, but it was a big goal for the Hurricanes. Jordan Martinook took the puck away from Jack Eichel with an individual effort, got a breakaway and scored to make it a 2-2 game. He was a one-man wrecking crew during that period, with two huge blocked shots, and even some having to be cleared due to penalty chances. His effort was rewarded with his first goal of the season. Frederik Andersen made some important saves during this period, with some help from his defenders, to keep the match at 2-2.
Joel Nystrom left in the period after his jaw dropped on Brayen McNabb’s shot. That left the Hurricanes down to four defensemen, as Shayne Gostisbehere (lower-body injury) left during the first period and was ruled out for the remainder of the game. Despite leading 17-8 in that period, the score was already 2-2 after 40 minutes.
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The Hurricanes were able to take their first lead of the game since the first period. The goal came after a great run from Taylor Hall to Jackson Blake to Logan Stankoven, who buried his third of the season. It looked like the Hurricanes might be able to maintain a lead; Unfortunately, the Golden Knights had other ideas. Eichel scored two in the third period, in the midst of a four-goal run from the visitors, as Brett Howden and Tomas Hertl bookended the attack.
The Hurricanes suffered their first home loss of the season and are now on a two-game losing streak. They will take on the New York Islanders on Thursday, October 30. The Golden Knights face the Colorado Avalanche at home on October 31.
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