Recap: Hurricanes Fall to Red Wings

The Carolina Hurricanes couldn't extend their winning streak, falling 4-1 to the Detroit Red Wings on the tail end of a back-to-back set.
Sebastian Aho scored the lone goal of the game for the Hurricanes, while the Red Wings took a lead into the third period and built on it to snap the Canes' three-game winning streak.
Here are five takeaways from tonight's game.

One
The Hurricanes brought a three-game winning streak into tonight's match-up and, even though they didn't have to travel for the second half of this back-to-back set, they certainly looked like the more tired hockey club against a Red Wings squad that was resting and ready.
"They were hungrier than us, for sure. They were the better team. We were trying to claw our way back and get some momentum," Jordan Staal said. "In the end, we didn't have enough."
Detroit had the jump on the Canes for seemingly the entire game, and though the Canes recorded the first goal of the game, once the Red Wings found the back of the net once and then grabbed the lead, they were able to shut it down from there.
"I thought they were the quicker team to start the game. They had a lot of jump, and it seemed like they were beating us to a lot of pucks," Stempniak said. "Once they got the lead, they shut things down pretty effectively, and we were never able to get more than one."
"They were quick tonight. They won a lot of foot races, a lot of loose puck battles that they got to first and made us defend," head coach Bill Peters said. "I think they established body position a lot all over the ice, so we were second to a lot of the battles."
Two
Danny DeKeyser ripped a point shot through bodies to tie the game in the final five minutes of the first period. In the second, Trevor Daley scored on a bomb of a shot in transition to give Detroit a 2-1 advantage.

"They clamped things down, and we didn't get many quality chances," Stempniak said.
"They beat us up ice," Peters said. "We gave up too much quality tonight."
Three
Down two goals with a little over eight minutes remaining in regulation, the Hurricanes had a golden opportunity to snag some momentum back and draw back within a goal. And it was a good-looking man advantage, too. The Canes dominated puck possession, holding the zone for the entirety of the power play. Justin Faulk even nicked the iron with a one-time clapper.
"I don't think we're going to change much there," Staal said. "We had a lot of good chances. That's the stuff that when we continue to create shots and havoc, they're going to end up going in."
But at the conclusion of the power play, Teuvo Teravainen's point attempt careened off Luke Glendening out to the neutral zone, right where Darren Helm was sprinting out of the box. Helm picked up the puck and hammered a shot home from in between the circles, stretching Detroit's lead to 4-1.
"Unfortunate finish to that one," Staal said.
"I don't think that was the turning point in the game, to be honest with you," Peters said. "I think we could have been a little more diligent throughout the game."
Four
On the power play in the first period, Justin Faulk let a blast go from the point with Elias Lindholm providing a screen in front of Petr Mrazek. The puck bounced straight up in the air off Mrazek and was drifting back and falling into the net. Aho was there to smack the puck in out of midair, just to be sure, for his team-leading 18th goal of the season.

Aho has now scored two goals in his three games since returning from injury.
Five
As a team, the Hurricanes gave up too much quantity and quality in shots tonight. With a goal of support in front of him, Darling stopped 15 of 16 in the first period and finished with 34 saves on the night.
"I thought he was real good, to be honest with you. I thought we gave up too much in transition. Their transition from defense to offense was very quick," Peters said. "We gave up a lot of odd-man rushes, and I don't know what the shots ended up but we gave up a lot of shots. On those, there's quality also. I don't think we managed the puck as good as we needed to."
"It's hard to win when you score one goal, no matter what," Stempniak said. "They're a good team. They play a very structured game."
Up Next
The Hurricanes' eight-game homestand continues on Super Bowl Sunday with a 1 p.m. matinee match-up against the San Jose Sharks.
"It's a huge game, and we have to bounce back," Stempniak said. "I think we'll have a positive outlook come Sunday, hopefully come tomorrow. Put it tomorrow, have a good practice and get ready."
"We can't let any of them slip," Staal said. "We're going to have to regroup, have a good practice tomorrow and get ready for an afternoon game."