In Raleigh, Petr Mrazek made 32 saves as the Hurricanes blanked the visiting Chicago Blackhawks, 4-0, on Saturday.
“(It was) busy in the first period,” Mrazek said. “It’s good when you have a lot of stuff coming at you. I saw the puck very well and the guys did a great job in front of me.”
Andrei Svechnikov had two strikes in the win.
The win ended a three-game skid for Carolina.
“We had our moments,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “Not great, but overall I thought it was a pretty solid game. I love the way we played in the third with the lead, still going after it.”
Nino Niederreiter haf a goal in the win.
“When you don’t score you try to change something, which you shouldn’t do,” Niederreiter said. “You should probably keep your game. I’m happy one finally went in and I got that off my chest.”
Jordan Staal potted a power play goal for a 3-0 Carolina lead.
“They got the third goal, we started pressing a little bit, getting loose defensively,” Chicago head coach Jeremy Colliton said. “They got a lot of chances in the last 12 minutes, which I didn’t love.”
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Corey Crawford made 27 saves in the loss; the Hawks have lost four in a row.
“I thought we played pretty hard, pretty well for two periods,” Colliton said. “I’m disappointed we didn’t get better for that effort. We’ve just got to keep playing, stick to it.”
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