Recap: Canes Cap Road Trip with Win in Anaheim

ANAHEIM - Jump-started by Clark Bishop's first career NHL tally, the Carolina Hurricanes scored four unanswered goals en route to a 4-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks.
Brett Pesce (game-winner), Justin Williams and Sebastian Aho (empty-netter) added goals in the third period to help the Canes to their first win of this three-game road trip.
Here are five takeaways from the Canes' road trip finale.

One
After a tough pair of games to start this road trip, the Hurricanes needed this one. And they earned it, too. Going up against a club that got the better of them in overtime a week prior, a club that had one five straight games, a depleted Hurricanes squad put an early deficit from a shorthanded goal behind them to win the last two periods and leave Anaheim with two points.
"Everyone's head is in the same area here. We're a hard-working team. No one wants to give up. We come to the rink every day with the same attitude," Bishop said. "Whether we're down a goal or up two goals, no one really lets off the gas."

"It was a great effort, all the way up and down the lineup," head coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "We had a lot of guys banged up, a lot of guys who just muscled it out. We deserved that win."
Two
One day, Clark Bishop is going to be asked how he scored his first goal in the National Hockey League, and the story he'll have to tell with be rather unique.
"It was definitely kind of a weird goal," Bishop smiled. "Not something I ever pictured on scoring my first NHL goal like that, but they all count. Luckily that one did."
"It was a little weird, but that's how you get the goals. Crash the net," Aho said. "It was a great goal, a huge goal for us. I'm happy for him."
See, here's what happened. Bishop drove the net with speed and was upended by Ducks defenseman Hampus Lindholm. As the two fell to the ice, the puck lodged itself under Bishop's left skate. Bishop continued to slide along the ice, and the net came off its pegs - but not before the puck crossed the goal line. The original call on the ice was no goal.
"When I was down on the ice, the ref kind of said if the net didn't come off then that's a good goal. I got a little bit excited then," Bishop said.

A review did indeed overturn the original call, and rightfully so. Then, Anaheim challenged for goaltender interference, but the call was upheld. Good goal (again).
"My heart was racing pretty high," Bishop said. "It's good that I scored, but it's good that we got a win on this road trip, too."
Even though Dougie Hamilton, trailing the play, threw his hands in the air at the sight of what he correctly deduced was a goal, Bishop couldn't properly celebrate due to the call on the ice. But, when the review ruled in his favor, he was mobbed by his teammates at the bench. Warren Foegele squirted him with water and grabbed his head. Fist bumps and smiles abound. Brock McGinn retrieved the puck and tossed it to Canes equipment manager Bob Gorman for safe keeping.

"We had a lot of guys rise to the occasion. Bish's first goal got us started. Everyone stepped up," Brind'Amour said. "It's kind of a lucky one for us, but you have to give Bish credit for taking it to the net like he did. He really had the puck the whole way, drawing the penalty and everything. He was impactful, and that's what we need."
Three
Tied 1-1 heading into the final frame, the Hurricanes simply needed to win the period to take home two points, and they did just that.
Just about two minutes deep in the third, Pesce joined the rush and dished off to Teuvo Teravainen on the far wing. Teravainen backhanded a pass back, and Pesce smacked a quick shot past John Gibson to put the Canes up 2-1 with his third goal of the season.

Just 61 seconds later, Williams located a loose puck in the crease off a Bishop shot and whacked it in to stretch the Canes' lead to two goals.

"He was having a bit of a tough game. He took a couple of penalties. He knew that. That's the thing about him. He knows he had to get it back. He just keeps playing," Brind'Amour said. "It's good to see that goal go in. We've been snake bitten on getting some bounces, so tonight it was nice to see us get a few."
Four
The Canes' penalty kill was a perfect 5-for-5 on the night, and it came up big in the third period to preserve the team's two-goal lead. The Canes held the Ducks without a shot on goal during 1:16 of a two-man disadvantage and then killed off the remainder of Calvin de Haan's minor penalty.
With Jordan Staal sidelined with a concussion, Aho was called upon on the penalty kill and was tossed over the boards on the two-man disadvantage.
"I've been in the meetings, so I know what I'm supposed to do. I've played now and then some shifts lately," Aho said. "That was the first game I actually played the whole game on the PK."
"On the 5-on-3, we had to use him," BrindAmour said. "He's never done that before, and he looked pretty good out there."

Aho logged 2:30 of shorthanded ice time, a portion of his forward-leading 21:07. Aho totaled a goal, five shots on goal, two hits, a blocked shot and a 61 percent faceoff win rate in what he felt was his most complete game of the season.
"He played well. That line was good for us," Brind'Amour said. "They had some tough match-ups. It was the effort."
Five
Saku Maenalanen became the fourth player to make his NHL debut with the Hurricanes this season. He only logged 6:49 of ice time, but he was noticeable on his first shift, when he was flying around the ice, banging bodies.
"thought he was fine. I didn't use him that much, but you can tell he's got speed," Brind'Amour said. "When you're a big guy who can skate, you have a chance in this league."
Up Next
Time to go home. The Canes will host the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday.