Recap: Canes Suffer Setback Against Islanders, 6-2

RALEIGH, NC. -The Carolina Hurricanes' weekend back-to-back started on a sour note Friday, falling to the New York Islanders by a score of 6-2.

Three Things

1) Necas Stays Hot

Although it wasn't a strong night as a whole for home club, one positive from the effort was the ninth point in seven games for Martin Necas.
After New York had claimed their first lead of the night, #88 and Brady Skjei combined for a must-see give-and-go goal that evened the contest for Carolina.

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2) Burns Gets His First

After the first period concluded with each team posting single-digit shots on goal, each turned up the output for the middle frame.
One of Carolina's 17 shots came via Brent Burns, who threw one on from his post at the point, squeaking by Islanders netminder Ilya Sorokin. The goal now gives him points in back-to-back games and his five points (1-4--5) lead the team's blueliners in scoring.

3) New York's Penalty Kill Stays Perfect

Entering the game a perfect 25-for-25, a key component to the Islanders victory was their ability to hold the Canes off the scoreboard on their man advantage. Rod Brind'Amour's crew only had three power play attempts on the night, but two came as a five-on-three scenario during the late stages of the second period.
Trailing by one, Carolina had a glowing opportunity to even the contest and take the game into the third tied. However, the NHL's best won the battle.
The Canes managed to put five shots on Sorokin during the 1:23 two-man advantage, but as the cliché goes, New York's netminder was their best penalty killer.
In total, the Islanders' goalie turned away 33 out of 35 placed upon him over the course of the contest.

They Said It

Jordan Staalon what went wrong for the team tonight...
"Give them credit, I thought they did a good job of keeping their game simple and getting the pucks out when they needed to. They didn't let us sustain any pressure. They made us make mistakes and that's our game, that's our style. They did that to us. I think we were still sloppy with the puck a few times. We had our miscues and they made us pay."
Rod Brind'Amouroffering his thoughts on the defeat...
"We had a couple tough bounces and they capitalized. They played well. Give a lot of credit to the other team. The puck was on us, we coughed it up and it was in the back of our net. Once we got behind we almost tried too hard. We tried to make plays that weren't there and that fed right into what they wanted to do."

Bonus Notes

• Frederik Andersen suffered just his second loss of the season in net for Carolina, allowing five on 31 shots against.
• Brock Nelson led the way offensively for New York with a pair of goals, both coming in the third period.
• Islanders forward Josh Bailey, who was playing in his 1,000th NHL game tonight, also recorded a goal for his team.
• New York finished the night with 28 blocked shots.

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What's Next?

The Canes are scheduled to travel to Philadelphia post-game for the second half of their back-to-back set. The team will take on the Flyers at the Wells Fargo Center Saturday night at 7 p.m.
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