In Raleigh, James Reimer made 21 saves and the Carolina Hurricanes stopped the Florida Panthers, 4-2, on Sunday.
The Canes improved to 17-6-1.
“Both teams were playing on top of each other, and I like the fact that we hung in there and didn’t get frustrated,” Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “We just kept playing and made some big plays when we had to.”
MacKenzie Weegar, and Jonathan Huberdeau scored for the Panthers.
“Over the course of the season, there’s a couple games that you know, whether it’s fatigue or scheduling, it caught up to you,” Panthers head coach Joel Quenneville said. “I’m not making excuses, but tonight we weren’t great.”
Florida dropped to 15-5-4 with the loss.
“The big turn was we have it all alone with (Huberdeau) at the end of the second period, and then they score the (shorthanded goal) to start the third,” Quenneville said. “That’s a two-goal swing there.”
Vincent Trocheck, Nino Niederreiter and Warren Foegele had goals for the Hurricanes.
“I think it’s just luck of the draw on that one,” Trocheck said. “Obviously it’s nice to get one against the former team. There’s motivation every night, so I don’t think it’s any different.”
Sebastian Aho also scored for the Canes.
“Great heads-up play by (Slavin) and (Martinook) too; that was a nice pass on his backhand,” Aho said. “It was a big goal.”
Chris Driedger made 22 saves in the loss.
“I think (Quenneville) was trying in the third to get some offense going, and it worked out,” Huberdeau said of playing with Marchment. “He’s a smart player, and he obviously gets in the right spot. He can score some goals.”
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