In his sixth start of the season, Eddie Lack made 34 saves in a 3-0 shutout for the Carolina Hurricanes over the Ottawa Senators Friday night in Raleigh.
Eddie Lack picked up shutout for Canes Friday – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
“I felt like I saw it well today and I had a little luck when I needed to,” Lack said. “The boys really wanted this one to end the losing streak.”
Jordan Staal opened the scoring for the Canes when he scored his 12th of the campaign with just over a minute elapsed time in the first period.
Phil Di Giuseppe had two assists as the Canes snapped a five-game skid with the win.
“I think Jordan was trying to throw it to him,” Di Giuseppe said. “I believe it hit [Senators defenseman Erik] Karlsson’s skate or stick. I didn’t have a shot, and I knew [Lindholm] was there. It was a good play by him just to put it in.”
Elias Lindholm and Viktor Stalberg also scored for Carolina.
“I feel like I haven’t shown my best here in Carolina. I feel like I played so much better when I played in Vancouver. While I’ve been sitting on the sidelines (recovering from a concussion), I’ve been thinking about what can I do differently,” Lack said. “Once that I’m out here playing, I’m thinking too much about technical stuff instead of playing and having fun. That’s something I’m trying to work on lately. That’s obviously when I play my best hockey. It was fun tonight.”
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Craig Anderson made 41 saves in the loss as the Senators dropped to 32-21-6.
“In the second period we started to be better,” Sens head coach Guy Boucher said. “We got scoring chances and gave less and less, then we just gave two freebies. [It was] faceoffs in our zone in the second period, stuff that we normally don’t give. We paid for it.”
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