The Canes come from behind once again but come up short against the Ducks
The Carolina Hurricanes started Sunday afternoon by celebrating the jersey retirement of Eric Staal, but ended up losing the ensuing game to the Anaheim Ducks by a score of 3-2, in overtime.
Once again, the Canes fell behind in this game.
Through two periods, it was 1-0 Anaheim and they made it 2-0 early in the third period.
But the home team did not give up. Later in the third, the Canes scored a powerplay goal off a perfect play when Sebastian Aho found Andrei Svechnikov at the doorstep.
This happened just after an apparent Aho goal was taken off the board when the Ducks wanted a review for goaltender interference. Their review was confirmed.
Still down by a goal, the home team tied the score off a nifty Martin Necas pass to Seth Jarvis with less than a minute left.
In overtime, the Canes had trouble getting a decent chance. The Ducks took possession and Cutter Gauthier scored the game-winner, his second of the game.
The Hurricanes did not allow very much and only allowed 20 shots on goal for the game. But they did not generate very many high danger chances themselves.
When they did, Anaheim goalie, Lukas Dostal was up to the task and stopped 35 of the 37 shots he faced.
The Ducks also had 28 blocked shots.
The Canes will get a couple of days off as their next game is in Buffalo on Wednesday night.
Game Summary – https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20242025/GS020687.HTM
Event Summary – https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20242025/ES020687.HTM
Team’s Recap – https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/news/recap-canes-rally-earn-point-on-staals-enshrinement-day