Recap: Avalanche Top Canes In Overtime, 3-2

RALEIGH, NC. -Despite outshooting the Colorado Avalanche 48-15, the Carolina Hurricanes fell in overtime by a score of 3-2 on Thursday.

The Story

The Canes set the tone in the opening frame by dominating possession and holding the Avs to just five shots on goal.
Antti Raanta was up to par on four of the five, but Colorado's lone power play of the first period led to an Evan Rodrigues goal, giving them the game's first lead.
Although they were on the wrong side of the score entering the second, the Canes continued to push, eventually resulting in their first goal of the night. An offensive zone faceoff was won by Martin Necas and Sebastian Aho ripped a shot high past Pavel Francouz to even the contest.

The 18th point of the season for Aho made it a 1-1 game, but Colorado had a response just 7:06 later. Avalanche forward Alexander Newhook got open following a neutral zone faceoff, allowing himself to get a breakaway and beat Raanta.
Trailing by one entering the third Carolina continued to pepper Francouz with attempts. The Canes outshot Colorado 18-2 in the final frame of regulation, holding the visitors without a shot for the final 14:08 of regulation.
Again, the persistence paid off for the home team, getting a game-tying goal from Necas inside the final 10 minutes.
Some miscommunication between the Avalanche netminder and defenseman Andreas Englund resulted in a turnover in their own end, leading to Necas' eighth goal of the year.

Carolina, who went 0-for-4 on the power play on the night, had a chance to win the game with one final man advantage beginning with just 1:48 on clock. However, after no success, the game moved to overtime.
In the extra frame an odd-man rush for Colorado brought an Artturi Lehkonen one-time drive to life, culminating the contest after it beat Raanta.

They Said It

Rod Brind'Amouron how he felt following the team's effort...
"Obviously you want to win, you probably should, and we have to get a little bit better [on the power play], but with the guys we have, we will. I know it's going to turn around. You just don't want it impacting the other parts of your game and it didn't. Listen, it didn't go our way tonight, but it wasn't for lack of effort, nor execuition. At five-on-five I thought it was great."
Martin Necastaking onus for Colorado's second period goal and offering some thoughts on what could have been different...
"The second goal [against] was mine. I was supposed to get two to win the game. It's tough. We had a good effort and we played a good game. Our power play needs to start scoring. It's not good enough."
Sebastian Ahoon what he believes could be different about the man advantage...
"The execution part is not quite there. We could be better and on the same page. Everyone wants us to score so much, all five of us. It's not an effort thing. Everyone wants it. It's a confidence thing also. Sometimes you just have to calm down and let it happen."

Bonus Notes

• Tonight was Martin Necas' seventh multi-point game of the season.
• Andrei Svechnikov led Carolina with seven shots.
• Antti Raanta moves to 3-2-2 on the season, allowing three goals on 15 shots.

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What's Next?

The Canes are scheduled to hold a limited practice on Friday before flying to Minnesota to begin a two-game road trip. Their next game action will be Saturday night against the Wild at 8 p.m. EST.
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