7-5-1.
Does it look as sexy as October's 8-0-0? Of course not. But let's look at who the losses were to and how they happened:
Saturday, November 6 @ Florida: The Cats have established themselves as a beast in the Atlantic Division and have flirted with being the league's highest scoring team in the league all year. Carolina afforded them four power play opportunities in the first period and Florida made them pay. You can't do that against a team of that caliber and the Canes know that, but these things happen.
Friday, November 12 vs. Philadelphia:The Canes brought the house that night, but it was a 39-save performance by Carter Hart that was the deciding factor. Goaltenders have nights like this sometimes, what can you do?
Monday, November 22 @ San Jose:San Jose had an agenda - lock up their own zone and have two layers of shot blockers. It worked. They blocked as many shots as the Canes got through. Mind you, just like the Philadelphia game, the Canes only allowed two goals.
Wednesday, November 24 @ Seattle:Two nights later, same story. The Canes only allowed two goals and were on the wrong end of a 35-save performance. In this one Brind'Amour felt like his team didn't capitalize, but they quickly amended that before avenging their loss back in Philadelphia two days later with a six spot.
Sunday, November 28 vs. Washington:Like Florida, Washington has also established themselves as a real threat this year. Carolina trailed by a pair entering the third period, but battled back, showing great resolve once again. In the end it was penalty troubles that cost the team again, a very correctable mistake.
Tuesday, November 30 @ Dallas:Once again, an outsanding goaltending performance. The Canes had 40 shots on goal but Braden Holtby was able to keep 39 of them out, stymying the Carolina offense.
So, why did we just recap the losses? To summarize, each game had its own reasoning for the outcome, but in none of the games thus far this season could you say that the whole team was just flat out bad. Which might sound weird, but if you ask the other 31 head coaches around the league, most would likely say that their team has had at least one bad performance this season.