Monthly Performance Review: February

RALEIGH, NC. -52 regular-season games down, 30 to go.
The All-Star break is in the rearview mirror and we're officially in the grind of the year. Most of the postponed games have been made up and two months from today we'll be at the end of the 82-game marathon.

Previously Monthly Reviews:
October: 8-0-0
November: 7-5-1
December: 7-2-0
January: 9-2-1

February: 6-2-2

It's not how you start, it's how you finish, right? After coming out of the All-Star break 1-2-2, the Canes wrapped up the month on their current five-game win streak.
As a part of that win streak, the team earned a record of 35-11-4, matching the 2005-06 team for the organization's best through 50 games.
Here are some of the biggest stories that have come to life over the last 28 days.

A Successful All-Star Weekend

Sebastian Aho, Frederik Andersen, and Rod Brind'Amour showed up to Vegas for the league's midseason event and all left winners.
A night before the
Metropolitan Division was crowned champions
of the tournament, Aho made some history. In the final event of the evening, the Canes top-line center showed off his skills,
going four-for-four in the Honda NHL Accuracy Shooting
, becoming just the sixth player in league history to accomplish the feat.

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Andersen Continues To Be Amazing

Following his 29-save victory against Edmonton on Sunday, Frederik Andersen moved back into the league lead with his 29th win of the season.
Reaching the mark in just 37 starts, the first-year Hurricane continues to not only rank among the league leaders in wins, but also save percentage (SV%) and goals-against average (GAA) as well. In fact, he only trails Igor Shesterkin of New York in both (min. 25 games played).
While it's going to take some sort of second-half skid from the Rangers Russian netminder for him to lose grip on his driver's seat in the Vezina Award discussion, Andersen is likely the guy right behind him should that happen.
It will also be worth monitoring that the organization has never had a goalie win 40 games in a season. Andersen has 29 with 30 games remaining.

Hitting The Turbo Boost

The Carolina Hurricanes scored eight times on the man advantage during the month of February. Teuvo Teravainen factored in on seven of them, with the only one he didn't being an empty-net connection between Andrei Svechnikov and Jaccob Slavin to conclude the victory over Nashville.
Only Sidney Crosby has also etched seven power-play points so far this month. Teravainen's 22 power-play points for the year also pace the Hurricanes.
He's red-hot right now, including a now eight-game point streak that is also the longest by any member of the team this season. With four goals and seven assists during that span, #86 is up to 43 points in 47 games.

Offense From The Defense

Another reason for the team's success this month is the contributions they've received from their defense. Highlighted by Tony DeAngelo's 40 points in 43 games, the Canes defensive group has provided the second-most points by a unit among any team in the NHL this season, only behind Cale Makar and the Colorado Avalanche.
While
DeAngelo is expected to miss the next several weeks due to an injury
to his midsection, Brady Skjei has also caught attention though, being the only defenseman in the NHL to record six goals since the turn of the calendar year. Now just one shy of his single-season career-high, Skjei also has a chance to get within the ballpark of his career-best 39 point season.

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