Recap: Canes Close Out Road Trip With Victory In Vancouver

VANCOUVER, BC. -The Carolina Hurricanes scored twice just 37 seconds apart in the third period, pushing them to a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks Monday.

The Story

Entering the building of the only team in the NHL without a win yet, the Canes jumped on an opportunity early to take control of the game. Coming into the evening Vancouver's penalty kill ranked dead last in the NHL, successfully killing off just 55.6% of their tries, and 5:55 in they provided Carolina with a chance to get the first one.
Courtesy of Andrei Svechnikov they did just that.
As the Canucks allowed the seam to remain wide-open for Martin Necas, #88 capitalized and put one on the tape for #37's seventh of the season.

In the moments following the tally that gave Svechnikov a share of the league lead, it looked for a moment as Carolina had doubled their lead courtesy of Paul Stastny. Another hard-working shift from the line of Stastny, Derek Stepan and Stefan Noesen resulted in a chance for the veteran forward, which wound up going by Thatcher Demko after going off of his skate.
Nearly immediately following though the officiating crew signaled no goal on the ice, citing incidental contact between Stastny and the Vancouver netminder. Rod Brind'Amour and staff would challenge, but to no avail.
As a result of the unsuccessful challenge that then allowed the home team to get their first try on the power play of the night.
Like Carolina, they too would cash in.
J.T. Miller evened the score at 1-1, putting a feed from Captain Bo Horvat by Frederik Andersen.
The evened score would hold into the middle period and after a sleepy second 20 minutes of hockey, the two sides headed to the final frame of regulation deadlocked.
In their final period of play on their 13-day road trip, Sebastian Aho then did his part to ensure his club would be coming home happy. After second-year skater Seth Jarvis created an opportunity by utilizing his speed in a one-on-one situation, #20 continued crashing the net, tapping home the rebound home just 50 seconds into the frame.

Then, just as the Canes took momentum, they doubled it up.
At the 1:27 mark of the third period Jordan Staal sent a pass across to a streaking Jesper Fast, one that would redirect off of Fast's skate and in for the game-winning goal.

J.T. Miller would take advantage of a fortuitious bounce to earn his second of the night to pull his team back within one, but it wasn't enough for Vancouver.

They Said It

Rod Brind'Amourproviding his opening thoughts following the contest...
"You've got to have your top guys contributing nightly or it's going to be hard. They've come to play every game this year and I've been real proud of the group, honestly. I know it's early in the year but we've really come out hard in every game. Tonight was tough sledding. I felt like we were in control but it was a tight game. Guys just kept working and we got the two points. That's what we wanted."
Seth Jarvisdescribing the initial go-ahead goal at the start of the third...
"It was a great play by [Teuvo Teravainen] getting it out to Fishy. I knew I had the defenseman beat and when he moved it up to me my instinct was just to take it to the net. I thought I scored, I went five-hole, but then I saw Fishy knock it in and that was awesome. It was a great way to start the period."
Jordan Staalsummarizing the trip as a whole, post-game...
"It was a long one, but I thought we played some good hockey. We had some lulls with our special teams. Our power play was iffy now and then but I think our five-on-five game for the most part was great. We're excited to get home, play in front of our fans and see our families. It was a good road trip."

Bonus Notes

What's Next?

The Canes are scheduled to stay in Vancouver post-game and travel back to Raleigh on Tuesday. They'll then return to practice on Wednesday before a Friday-Saturday back-to-back set against the Islanders and Flyers.
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