Getting Back on Track
The Hurricanes are still looking for their first win of 2020, having fallen to Washington, 4-3, and Tampa Bay, 3-1, in the new year.
The Canes seemed particularly uninspired in their loss to Tampa on Sunday, especially in the first two periods.
"We were flat. It's tough to find someone who was really having a great game out of our group," head coach Rod Brind'Amour said after the game. "Disappointing, for sure, but we haven't had really one of those all year. That's the first one for me where I can say I was disappointed in that."
Those games happen in the course of an 82-game season, though. What's more important is how the team responds.
"You want to go over how we can get better from last night, put it behind you and move ahead. We've got another tough game tomorrow," Brind'Amour said after a good hourlong practice on Monday. "Games just keep coming. You can't dwell on what went on. We'll try to learn from it and hopefully have a great effort tomorrow."
Pesce Streaking
Brett Pesce recorded an assist, his 99th career point, on Sunday and is currently riding a three-game assist streak, matching both his longest assist streak and longest point streak of his career.
PROJECTED LINEUP
Pesce has posted seven points (1g, 6a) in 18 career games against Philadelphia.
The Last Meeting
The Hurricanes dropped two games to the Flyers in November, first losing 4-1 in Philadelphia on Nov. 5 and then having a four-game winning streak snapped in a
5-3 final in Raleigh
just over two weeks later. In that game, the Canes put their first two shots of the game by Brian Elliott, an early 2-0 lead perhaps masking the fact that the team wasn't otherwise all that sharp. Claude Giroux finished the night with a pair of goals and assists, his second goal of the game holding up as the game-winner.
