"It was a pretty surreal experience," he reflected afterward. "From puck drop, I wasn't really thinking, just kind of in the moment. It was great."
Keane finished the evening with one shot on goal, two additional shot attempts and two hits in 19:34 of ice time.
"I knew it was going to be another hockey game, so that's what I focused on," Keane said. "It was a great experience, and I'm looking forward to the next one."
Minus: The final score
That's an obvious one, right? But don't dwell on it for too long. The Canes aren't.
"We're going to flush it. We played 56 games, and in 55 games, we were in every one," Brind'Amour said. "This is the one game the whole year we weren't in. It's kind of flushed for me."