Recap: Canes Fall to Ducks in OT

The Carolina Hurricanes took a 1-0 lead late into the game but settled for a point in a 2-1 overtime loss to the Anaheim Ducks.
Andrei Svechnikov scored the lone goal for the Canes, but it was Ryan Getzlaf netting the game-winner for Anaheim in overtime.
Here are five takeaways from Hockey Fights Cancer Night at PNC Arena.

One
Though the Hurricanes added a point in the standings, they let a second slip through their fingers when their 1-0 lead was nullified with 3:50 remaining in regulation.
"You've got to be a little sour that we had it at 1-0 with three minutes left and let it get away, but points - one or two points - are big in this league," Jordan Martinook said. "You want to bank as many as you can."
"You can call it a gut punch, but we didn't necessarily have the game in the second and third period to win," Justin Faulk said. "We didn't follow up that first period like we needed to."
Two
Head coach Rod Brind'Amour talked this morning about the Hurricanes needed to get back to the recipe that makes them successful. They did just that in the first period, as they controlled play, out-shot Anaheim 21-6 and took a 1-0 lead to the locker room thanks to Svechnikov's sixth goal of the season.
In transition, Sebastian Aho slid the puck to Dougie Hamilton, who jumped in the rush. Hamilton then dished off to Svechnikov, who cut to the middle of the ice and ripped a shot through John Gibson's five-hole. That was the exclamation point on what was a dominant first 20 minutes for the Hurricanes.

"In a perfect world, we'd probably be up by a couple [goals]," Brind'Amour said. "We had a real nice start to the game."
Three
The Hurricanes couldn't sustain their start, though. They managed just five shots in the second period and eight in the third and were out-shot 22-13 over the final 40 minutes of the game. They had chances, like Phil Di Giuseppe's breakaway opportunity in the third period that Gibson snared with his glove, but they couldn't stretch their lead.
"In that first period, we were dictating the pace of the game," Martinook said. "Then, for whatever reason, we slowed down or just got off what we were doing."
"It was a great start for us," Brind'Amour said. "Then, it wasn't great the rest of the way but not bad."
The power play finished the night 0-for-6, and when it had a couple of chances to make a difference in the third period, it came up empty.
"We didn't get in very clean on the entries. Seemed a little out of sync there," Faulk said. "It wasn't good enough. There was some sloppy play."
Four
It was going to take a bounce like Anaheim got to tie the game up.
In the waning minutes of the game, the puck popped into the air and Pontus Aberg slid in to whack it out of midair, right under the crossbar.
"They got a lucky goal to tie it up," Brind'Amour said. "That's really what it was."
Then, in overtime, Getzlaf skated into the zone uncontested and scored on a quick wrister.
"Their skill player took over at the end," Brind'Amour said.
Five
Though Curtis McElhinney didn't extend his winning streak to five games, he put forth another solid performance in net. One of his best saves came in the second period, when his left pad stoned Ryan Kesler's breakaway opportunity to preserve the Canes' 1-0 lead.

"He's been unbelievable," Martinook said. "You can't say enough good things about him. He's so calming in there."
"He's been great. I don't think you could ask for anything more out of him," Faulk said. "He's played great. He's calm back there and doesn't seem to get fazed by anything."
Up Next
The Hurricanes head west for a weeklong road trip through California. Los Angeles is first up on Sunday.
"We know if we play a full 60 minutes we're going to be fine," Faulk said. "We all know that we've got to have everyone on board every night."