Sunday's divisional match-up with the New York Rangers took the fun to new heights, as the Hurricanes overcame four separate deficits (2-0, 3-2, 4-3, 5-4) to defeat the Rangers, 8-5. Warren Foegele (2g, 1a), Jordan Staal (1g, 2a) and Justin Williams (3a) each tallied three-point nights, while four other players chipped in with multi-point efforts.
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"We can't expect to give up five goals and win hockey games. It's not going to be a recipe for success," head coach Rod Brind'Amour said on Monday. "At the same time, you can't reign them back too much, especially with a young group. They need to go, go, go and figure it out from there."
Fine Tuning
Considering both the Canes' playing style and their young group, mistakes are to be expected. Team defense has been a bit loose. But, these are correctable issues. So, instead of practicing Monday, the Canes went through video and put in an off-ice workout.
"We had a lot of teaching today on video. I thought that was more prudent than going out there and doing stuff on the ice. Tough first week," Brind'Amour said. "We went through special teams and 5-on-5 stuff. It's a good day to do it."
In an ideal world, Brind'Amour would spend less time with video instruction.
"We're still showing more than I would like. I just know the attention span of guys and how much they actually take in is probably a third of what you think they're taking in," he said. "There's so much to go over that you can't not go over it."
