In Raleigh, ames Reimer made 41 saves as the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the visiting Los Angeles Kings, 2-0, on Saturday.
“[Reimer] was obviously the difference,” Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “It’s nice to have a couple games like that where our goalies have been that solid. We survived, no doubt, the last … almost two periods. We just took our foot off the gas a little. I give [the Kings] a lot of credit, they worked really hard. They had a game plan and they stuck to it, and they kind of dictated the play.”
Nino Niederreiter had a goal for the Canes.
By the end of the game, Reimer was done in.
“Just a little dehydrated, that’s all,” Reimer said. “Honestly, it wasn’t too much about strategy. It was more about seeing if my body would unwind a little bit so I could play the last 30 [seconds].”
Teuvo Teravainen added an empty net goal with two seconds left in the game.
“It definitely helps a lot when you’re struggling to find the net,” Niederreiter said. “It was definitely nice that the puck came back to me, even though I should have shot it first.”
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Jack Campbell made 28 saves in the loss.
“It stings a lot,” Campbell said. “It almost stings more when you play that well and can’t win the game. This team might be the best I’ve played against, personally,”
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