Recap: Canes Fight Back to Earn Point in Arizona

GLENDALE - The Carolina Hurricanes erased a three-goal deficit and scored twice in the third period to earn a point in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Arizona Coyotes.
Jordan Martinook, Andrei Svechnikov and Jordan Staal tallied goals for the Hurricanes, but Michael Grabner won it for the Coyotes in 3-on-3 overtime.
Here are five takeaways from tonight's game.

One
The outlook of this game was bleak for the Hurricanes until a short 40-second segment in the third period morphed it into something completely different.
Down 3-0 after the first period, the Hurricanes fought back in the final 40 minutes of regulation to tie the game, force extra hockey and snag a point.
What could have been vapid loss evolved into an encouraging one-point result.
"We've got to be ready to start that game. We can't give ourselves that hole to dig out of," Martinook said. "On the other side of it, it just shows the attitude in this room that we won't quit. We fight until the very last second. One point is huge, but we wanted that second one."
"The boys dug in and found a way to get a point, to battle back and show some character in the way we want to play," Staal said.
"You have to always look at the positives. … The guys worked hard," head coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "That's our group. The margin is not there. We know that. We can't give them goals like we did tonight and expect to win games. That's what we've got to learn."
Two
Down two goals in the latter half of the third period, the Canes were able to draw within one when Svechnikov, positioned at the top of the crease, redirected a shot from Jaccob Slavin.

"I give him credit for digging in and helping us at least get a point," Brind'Amour said of the Russian rookie, who played on a line with Sebastian Aho and Micheal Ferland in the game's final two periods.
Just 40 seconds later, Brock McGinn tossed the puck at the net from along the near boards, and it bounced in off Staal, who was providing big-bodied traffic in front.

"We needed to get goals, so we were a little more desperate. We were definitely jumping on pucks and creating more shots and opportunities," Staal said. "Fortunately, we got a couple of bounces from our hard work to come back and tie it up."
The comeback began in the second period when the Canes went full bore with their offensive attack while the Coyotes seemed content to nurse their three-goal advantage.
The Canes finally broke through just past the midway point of the game at the tail-end of a shift in which they seemed destined to score. Moments before the goal, Dougie Hamilton had a wide-open net, but his shot was stymied by the skates of a diving Ilya Lyubushkin, and then Lucas Wallmark had a quality look that bounced off the outside of the post. Finally, though, the Canes beat Raanta. Slavin masterfully walked the blue line before going cross-ice to Wallmark, who then went back across to Justin Faulk below the goal line. His shot was deflected in by Martinook, a former Coyote, to get the Canes on the board.

"We've had trouble scoring goals lately" Martinook said. "I probably stole that one from Faulker, but to get it started was good, and for the guys to keep pushing and keep battling was huge."
Three
So, that was how the Canes scored three straight goals to orchestrate their comeback. But, how did they put themselves in that position?
In the span of just 3:45, the Canes got buried in a 3-0 hole in the first period, and special teams - or the lack thereof - played a key role.
The Coyotes scored their league-leading seventh shorthanded goal when Brad Richardson took advantage of a Canes' turnover and scored on a backhand shot in the slot.
"The shorthanded goal is unacceptable," Brind'Amour said. "It put us on our heels, and we didn't recover in the first."
Shortly after, Ferland was tagged for high-sticking, and on the ensuing Coyotes' power play, Brendan Perlini weaved through a triangle of Canes' defenders and scored far-side on a backhander to make it 2-0.
It took just 55 seconds for the Coyotes to add another, as Nick Cousins scored on a quick wrist shot from the near circle.
"You look at the first period, and there's not a ton of guys in here that could say they played their best. Everybody knew it," Martinook said. "Going out in the second, everyone knew we needed to play our game and start pushing the pace a little bit. You could see from the second period on we dictated it."
"You can roll down some excuses of the long trip yesterday and getting our legs going was tough, but beyond that, we just weren't ready to go," Staal said. "To a man, everyone knew they had better."
Four
The power play struggles didn't end with the first period, either. The Canes finished the game 0-for-6 on the man advantage (though one of those lasted all of 20 seconds) and have scored just six power play goals in their first 13 games of the season.
"We've got some areas we've got to shore up and figure out quick," Brind'Amour said. "We've changed and tried different things. We'll just keep working at it. That's all there is to it. There are no secrets to that. I think we all know what has to be done; it's just a matter of getting it done."
Five
Looking to spark something heading into the second period, Brind'Amour juggled his forward lines, moving around some pieces on the wings to create a bit of a different look than what the team has utilized over the last few weeks.
Perhaps it did spark something. Perhaps the team was naturally responding to a limp first period. In any case, changes were made and might continue to be made moving forward.
"It was time to shake it up," Brind'Amour said. "I give the guys credit for at least answering the bell after being knocked down."
"We started skating again and playing the way we wanted to play," Staal said.
Up Next
Aho will look to begin a new point streak when the Canes challenge the Golden Knights in Las Vegas on Saturday night.