In Raleigh, Petr Mrazek made 32 saves as the Carolina Hurricanes shut out the visiting Arizona Coyotes, 3-0 on Friday night.
“[Mrazek] was solid, especially in the second period when we had a few turnovers and they came right at us,” Carolina head coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “He came up huge, obviously, when we needed him too.”
Warren Foegele, Lucas Wallmark and Martin Necas provided the offense for the Canes.
“They’re a huge part of what we’re doing,” Brind’Amour said. “We need everyone to contribute, but when they’re scoring, that takes a lot of pressure off of our other guys as well. They all had good games tonight.”
It was the second straight shut out loss for the Coyotes.
“They capitalized on their chances, we didn’t,” Arizona defenseman Jason Demers said. “I thought we worked hard tonight and had a way better effort than we did last night (a 4-0 loss at the Tampa Bay Lightning). Especially when we’re a little bit tired, we’ve just got to be a little bit harder and play a simpler game.”
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Antti Raanta got the start for the Coyotes but left the game after the middle frame with a lower body injury; he made 25 saves.
Adin Hill iced the crease for the Coyotes in the third period and recorded one save.
“You want to get better each and every night, especially after a loss,” Clayton Keller said. “I think we just want to get some rest here and get ready to play [the Pittsburgh Penguins] at home with a fresh mind, and I think we’ll be fine.”
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