In Raleigh Monday night, the Carolina Hurricanes were riding a skid and hosted the Detroit Red Wings.
It was just what they needed as Micheal Ferland, Justin Faulk and Jordan Martinook scored for the Canes in a 3-1 win.
Carolina had lost three straight before Monday.
“There was no doubt who was the better team tonight,” Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “I liked our game tonight and I’ve liked it all year.”
Petr Mrazek made 20 saves in defeating his former club.
“It always feels a lot better when you win,” Mrazek said. “I’m really happy today.”
Andreas Athanasiou struck for the only Wings goal who dropped to 1-6-2.
Special teams turned the trick for the Canes as they scored twice in three chances on the power play and denied Detroit in four chances.
“If you look at the box score at the end of the night, you will see that the team that takes care of special teams wins the games,” Faulk said. “Both our penalty kill and power play have been brutal to start the season, but they were huge tonight.”
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Jimmy Howard made 36 saves in the loss.
He made 20 stops in the first period alone.
“Carolina has been doing that to teams all year, creating a lot of shots and a lot of chances,” Howard said. “We took some good steps forward in the last couple games, but that didn’t carry over tonight.”
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