Recap: Canes Overtime Struggles Continue In Boston

BOSTON, MA. -For the fourth time in five games the Carolina Hurricanes fell in overtime Friday, this time suffering a 3-2 defeat at the hands of the Boston Bruins.

Three Things

A Breakthrough For The Power Play

A big factor in the Canes going 0-3-1 in their four most recent outings leading into today's contest was their inability to score on the man advantage. They'd been held without success in their last 20 attempts, but it was a streak that they were able to snap early in today's contest.
On their first attempt of the afternoon an assertive batch of Canes created an opportunity that was polished off by Stefan Noesen.

The third of the year for #23 was the first of what would be two power play goals for Carolina in the first period. 8:31 after Noesen opened the scoring, Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored the first goal of the year for the Canes' second power play unit.

Another Stellar Outing For Kochetkov

After he became the first goaltender to start three games in a row for the team on Wednesday, Pyotr Kochetkov extended his streak to four games in the matinee.
Rod Brind'Amour said pre-game that Antti Raanta was healthy enough to back up again, but he's still not 100% after being nicked up at Wednesday's morning skate.
The 23-year-old rookie was stellar once again, including two tone-setting stops on Matt Grzelcyk and Taylor Hall in the first 31 seconds of the game.
In total he would finish with 38 stops. His record moves to 2-1-3, despite allowing a total of just 14 goals in the six games played.

A New Look Up Front

After being held scoreless Wednesday night by Arizona, Rod Brind'Amour and staff rolled out an entirely new selection of their four forward lines today.
The changes unfortunately did not lead to any even strength goals, marking the third consecutive contest that Carolina was held off the board at five-on-five.
For Captain Jordan Staal it was his first time dating back to last season not playing with Jesper Fast.

They Said It

Jesperi Kotkaniemioffering his thoughts on what hurt the Canes after having an early 2-0 lead...
"We took too many penalties. That's hurting us right now. Five-on-five we're doing a really good job and I thought we started good tonight, but we just couldn't keep that up."
Jordan Martinookexpressing similar thoughts...
"That power play has been too good for a long time and you don't want to give them chance after chance. We had our chances in the third to get ahead, I had the two-on-one with Jordo, we had the two-on-one with Fishy and Neci. We had our chances; it wasn't like we weren't getting anything. You give them those chances and it's a law of averages. We have to know when to not take penalties and try to play at five-on-five."
Rod Brind'Amourproviding his assessment on the contest...
"We were in the penalty box [the whole time]. What do you want me to say? That's it. We can't take penalties at the end, especially when it is four-on-three and then five-on-three. We did a hell of a job working our butts off tonight. We killed most of the penalties. They got a weird one there to tie it up, it's a flip of the coin I guess... We had a mistake there with a change [in overtime] and that's a tough one."

Bonus Notes

• The Canes finished 2/6 on the power play. They unfortunately gifted Boston six opportunities on the power play as well, with David Pastrnak's overtime winner coming as their lone success.
• Brent Burns led the way for Carolina with six of the team's 36 shots.
• Boston's starting netminder, Linus Ullmark, left the game due to an injury with 13:03 remaining in the third period. Jeremy Swayman came in to replace him, stopping all six shots faced in 13 minutes of work.
• The Canes move to 10-6-5 on the season. The Bruins advance to 18-3-0.

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What's Next?

The team will travel back to Raleigh immediately post-game to prepare for a Saturday afternoon showdown (4 p.m.) at PNC Arena against the Calgary Flames.
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