Recap: Canes Find Offense In Win Over Jets

RALEIGH, NC. -The Carolina Hurricanes snapped their two-game scoreless streak Tuesday, grounding the Winnipeg Jets by a score of 5-3.

The Story

After being shut out in back-to-back games for the first time since 2014, the Canes knew they were in need of offense in tonight's contest.
Despite being dealt with the tough news that they'd be without one of their leaders in that category, Andrei Svechnikov, for the rest of the season due to a torn ACL this afternoon, those that took the ice this evening made up for his absence.
Just 4:37 into the first period Jaccob Slavin took matters into his own hands, intercepting an attempted breakout by Winnipeg and cashing in. His first shot was turned aside by David Rittich, but continuing his momentum to the net, #74 extended his goal-scoring streak against the Jets to four games.

Their league-leading 42nd time grabbing the game-opening goal, Slavin's sixth of the campaign would be the only tally of the first period.
While Frederik Andersen was credited with turning away four high-danger chances in the opening 20 minutes, it was an effort by Jesper Fast that was most responsible for holding Winnipeg off the board.
Fast's goal-saving stickwork became even more necessary after the Jets were able to actually find twine just 19 seconds into the middle frame. A strange sequence that began with Jordan Martinook being injured on an attempted check resulted in the visitors taking the puck the other way and evening the contest.
As the PNC Arena crowd expressed its displeasure with the no-call, their boos quickly turned to cheers only 39 seconds later.
Brady Skjei was given too much room in the attacking end, going across the body of Rittich to put his team back in front.
As the game continued to turn in favor of the home side, Jesperi Kotkaniemi advanced his club's lead to two before the end of the second period.

Taking their 3-1 lead to the third, it turned out that the contest was far from over though.
For a second consecutive frame, Winnipeg found the board early, as Nikolaj Ehlers was left alone streaking down the wing, slipping one underneath Andersen to make it a one-goal game once again.
But the back-and-forth affair would continue. This time with the Canes taking their turn, Jack Drury made his presence felt in his first game after being recalled.
Recalled Monday evening, Stefan Noesen pounced on an error by Winnipeg in their own end, setting up his 2021-22 Chicago Wolves teammate for what would be the game-winning goal.

Former Hurricane Nino Niederreiter would bring the opposition back within one inside the final three minutes, sending the contest down to the wire, but Kotkaniemi would hit the empty net for his second goal, closing out the 5-3 score.

They Said It

Rod Brind'Amouroffering his assessment after the game...
"Out of our last three games, that's probably the least scoring chances we've had in any of them. It was probably our worst game too. But that's how it goes sometimes... Overall, I'll take the two points."
Brady Skjeisharing his thoughts on the team breaking out of their scoring slump and how nice it was to get the game's first goal...
"It was big. Obviously we were a little snakebitten for a couple of games there, but we knew it wouldn't last too long. It was nice to get one early and we ended with five, so that's a good game by us."
Jack Druryon the opportunity becoming available with Andrei Svechnikov being injured...
"First off, I feel awful for Svech. He's such a hard worker and he's such a great guy. Since I got drafted with him he's been so good to me. It's tough for him, but as a team, we know we have to step up and not let it bring us down. I think it was a good start today."

Bonus Notes

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What's Next?

The Canes are scheduled to be off Wednesday, before then flying to Toronto on Thursday. They'll return to game action Friday in Toronto, opening a road back-to-back that will conclude on Saturday in Philadelphia.
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