Recap: Canes, Raanta Shut Out Senators

RALEIGH, NC. -The Carolina Hurricanes opened a back-to-back set of games on the right foot, blanking the Ottawa Senators by a score of 4-0.

The Story

A key component to the Canes' success all season long has been scoring first and forcing the opposition to play from behind. Tonight was no different.
Just 3:48 in Brent Burns gave his team the first goal for the league-leading 38th time in 57 games, capitalizing on Senators netminder Cam Talbot being down and out in the play. Ottawa forward Alex DeBrincat pushed Seth Jarvis into his own goalie, allowing Burns to extend his point streak to five games with relative ease.

Then, just 2:41 later, Jarvis went from being in the net himself to putting the puck there.
Giving Carolina a 2-0 lead, it also extended the line of Sebastian Aho, Andrei Svechnikov, and Jarvis' scorching run to a total of 19 combined points in four games since they were placed together.
While Carolina was dominant in the opening 20 minutes, and those two goals would be the only ones on the board, Ottawa turned the tide of the contest in the second. Entering the contest with the league's fourth-best power play, their man advantage was offered three attempts alone during the first 10:42 of the middle stanza.
However, Tim Gleason's units were able to keep the visitors off the board, thanks in large part to Antti Raanta.
After the Canes had claimed 12 of the game's first 14 shots, Ottawa then put 28 of the contest's next 43 onto the veteran netminder, claiming all of the momentum.

Despite the fact that they remained down 2-0 after two, their push continued into the third.
As Raanta remained steady, it was Carolina who would claim the third and eventual fourth goals in the contest. An unforced error by Ottawa in their own end allowed Svechnikov to set up Martin Necas for a one-time drive, and later Brady Skjei would hit the empty net to close out the contest.
And when the final horn sounded, the scoreboard showed 32 stops for Raanta and a fifth consecutive win for the Metropolitan Division's leaders.

They Said It

Rod Brind'Amourproviding his assessment of the contest...
"It was a good start. It enabled us to have an iffy rest of the game, to be quite honest. When you can get ahead you don't have to chase the game. We got into penalty trouble and that was what turned the game the other way. But Rants was really good. He kept us in there, we got the two points, and now we move on."
Antti Raantaspeaking on the team's now five-game win streak...
"When we got back from the bye week, the first game (the 6-2 loss to the Rangers) wasn't what we wanted. Since then we've just tried to stick to our game plan and it's been working pretty well... It's been nice being home again and having some games here."
Seth Jarvisdiscussing his recent hot streak and what's gone well for him...
"It's fun. It's nice. Even on the goal, I put one on net and other times it might have kicked to the corner, but this one kicked right back to me and I was able to score. Things like that have worked well for me. As a whole, I think my game, forechecking-wise, especially, has upped and that's resulted in me scoring."

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Bonus Notes

• The Canes advance to 39-10-8 with the victory.
• Antti Raanta's perfect game is his third since December 27. He is 12-0-2 since mid-November.

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What's Next?

The Canes get right back to game action on Saturday night at PNC Arena as they welcome the Anaheim Ducks to town.
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