RALEIGH - It isn't their first trip back to PNC Arena since leaving the Hurricanes but Elias Lindholm, Noah Hanifin, and Derek Ryan are hoping for a repeat performance of last year's visit.
On that trip, the trio led the Flames to a 4-3 victory on Feb. 3 in Raleigh, each scoring against their former club. Hanifin's slapshot from the point ended up being the game-winner that night, capping off an impressive run that saw Calgary win five of their first seven road games in 2019.
"You can't write that," head coach Bill Peters, who was also making his first trip back to North Carolina since joining the Flames, said afterwards. "I thought it was a (heck of a) hockey game."
"On the drive in from the airport, we looked at each other and were saying that this was so weird," Ryan added in his post-game media scrum. "We've driven this road so many times, not on a bus and not with another team. It's a weird feeling. A lot of positive memories, so all positive emotions. The boys will be smiling because all three of us played well, and we came in here and won."
RETURNING TO RALEIGH
Former Hurricanes pushing to pick up another win in North Carolina

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"Felt good to score coming back into this barn."

"We need all 4 lines chipping in"