In Raleigh, the Carolina Hurricanes ended a four-game skid with a 302 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night.
“Four out of the last five games looked the exact same, [but] we just didn’t get the result,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “We were able to cash in on the power play, which we hadn’t been doing the past few games.”
The Hurricanes moved to 42-15-6.
Martin Necas had a power play goal for the Hurricanes.
“If you [see] a clear shot, you take a look at the goalie,” Necas said. “Sometimes I feel like it’s even better if you shoot as quick as you can because the goalie can’t read you as well.”
Frederik Andersen made 27 saves in the Canes win.
Nicholas Paul scored in his debut for
“In the first, I was thinking a little too much, but as the game went on I started feeling it out and getting more chemistry with the guys.” Paul said. “Putting one in the back of the net was great. Good first start, but I have to build off that.”
The Lightning dropped to 39-17-6.
“The penalties hurt us and we spent too much time in our zone,” Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said. “If you’re going to spend time in your zone, it’s tough to score.”
Tampa has lost five of its last seven matches.
“We played well in the first. We’ve just got to translate that to the whole game now,” Tampa Bay’s Steven Stamkos said. “They had a better second period than we did. We got on our heels a little bit and just couldn’t recover.”
Alex Killorn also scored for Tampa, his goal cut the Canes lead to 3-2 in the third period.
Sebastian Aho and Tony DeAngelo also scored for the Hurricanes.
“[The power play] hasn’t been bad,” DeAngelo said. “We’ve been moving it around. We’ve had a million of those chances the past 15 or 16 power plays. … When you’re playing a team like Tampa, those need to go in, and they did tonight.”
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 38 saves in the Lightning loss.
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