"Not in a while I haven't been a part of anything like that. That was a tough game," Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "We didn't come out ready, it wasn't everyone, but we had a couple guys sleeping, and it cost us. Got back in and we had the game in hand, and then just fell asleep, took a little breath, and against a team with high high-end talent, you can't do that. It's another tough lesson. I would have rather lost 8-0 to be honest because we were so bad to start."
Marner scored at 11:01 of the third to cut the Hurricanes lead to 6-5, and Barrie scored off a pass from Marner to tie the game 6-6 at 11:54. Marner put Toronto up 7-6 six seconds later when he stole the puck and scored on a breakaway at 12:00.
Carolina took a timeout following Barrie's goal.