Recap: Canes Mount Another Comeback, Top Los Angeles In Overtime

RALEIGH, NC. -For the second time in five days the Carolina Hurricanes put together a wild come-from-behind effort on home ice, this time stealing a 5-4 victory from the Los Angeles Kings.

The Story

Playing their final tilt at PNC Arena before the league's All-Star break, the Canes took control of the contest in the first period with a strong sequence of 20 minutes.
Highlighted by their ability to possess the puck in Los Angeles' end, Frederik Andersen also made a few timely stops to begin his evening.
Then, just moments after the second stop, Brent Burns would give the Hurricanes the first goal for the 33rd time in 50 games.

Extending his point streak to six games, Burns' ninth goal of the season would be the lone goal of the frame.
Taking their lead back to the locker room, there was a lot to like about the way the home team played to begin the night.
Then, unfortunately, the game flipped completely upside down.
For the first time all season Carolina allowed four goals in a period, going down by a trio rapidly. Adrian Kempe evened the contest for the Kings just 1:51 into the second period and after Andersen had to come up big with a few more big saves for his club, the floodgates then opened for the visitors. Kevin Fiala and Anze Kopitar would join Kempe, who would add a second tally, all scoring within 3:47 to give Los Angeles a commanding 4-1 lead and completely take the wind out of the sails of the home crowd.
Coming back out for the third, Carolina knew they would be fighting an uphill battle, so Head Coach Rod Brind'Amour decided to shuffle his forward deck almost entirely. It turned out to have some magic in it.
In their first shift together, Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Derek Stepan created a rebound chance for Paul Stastny's second goal in as many games.

Then, the tally was followed by a Jordan Staal redirection to pull Carolina back within one with 10:06 on the clock.

With momentum back on their side, the Canes then completed the comeback inside the final eight minutes. On the power play after a delay of game penalty, Teuvo Teravainen completed what felt impossible just moments prior.
Entering the night Carolina led the league with 17 overtimes thus far this season and just behind them was Los Angeles with 14, so inevitably, the game needed extra time.
And while it needed extra time, it wouldn't be much.
On another man advantage, after Andrei Svechnikov was tripped, Sebastian Aho extended the Canes' win streak to six.

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They Said It

Rod Brind'Amouroffering his summary of the wild win...
"It was a great third period. We decided to dig in a little bit and play the way we wanted to play. You're not always going to score like that, but if gives you a chance. That's basically what we did. The second period was tough. We just didn't have it. We basically gave them some goals and you can't do that in this league. Give them credit for not packing it in, it was 4-1. We weren't playing very well and we decided to put a good effort out there. Then we got rewarded."
Paul Stastnyon what transpired during the second intermission...
"We just wanted to try and get something positive out of it. I don't think we were thinking about winning the game, it was about trying to build something knowing that we were playing tomorrow. We didn't want to lay an egg tonight and have that bad feeling going into tomorrow. Not much needed to be said. We knew we had to give a little bit more compete level out there. From the first shift [of the third period] on, I think we did and I think we were fortunate enough to catapult that into a win."
Teuvo Teravainenspeaking on the team making the most of their limited chances on the man advantage...
"It's all about confidence and working hard out there. We didn't have many power plays today, so when we got one chance, we had to be ready for that. We got a couple good looks and then got a big goal. You just always have to ready."

Bonus Notes

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What's Next?

The Canes will travel to Buffalo immediately post-game for their final game ahead of the All-Star break. Puck drop against the Sabres on Wednesday is set for 7:30 p.m., as it will be a special TNT broadcast.
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