Recap: Canes Take Shootout Win Over Caps

RALEIGH, NC. -For a second consecutive contest the Carolina Hurricanes needed more than 60 minutes to earn a win, doing so Monday by way of a 3-2 shootout victory over the Washington Capitals.

The Rundown

The first period was one highlighted by special teams for Carolina, setting the tone with a power play goal and back-to-back successful penalty kills.
Stefan Noesen earned the Canes the game's first lead just 4:27 in, redirecting a Brent Burns shot from the point.

Burns, who entered the contest with goals in back-to-back games, extended his point streak to four games with the primary assist.
Although they made it challenging on themselves, the Canes were able to take their 1-0 advantage into the middle frame after killing off penalties to both Brett Pesce and Stefan Noesen just 2:42 apart.
They would not have the same fortune in the second period.
Dylan Strome evened the affair just 1:23 into the second period, the first of two goals in the frame for Washington. Later in the stanza, while on the power play, Alexander Ovechkin put the visitors in front for the first time.
As the third period inched closer and it looked as if Carolina would have to play from behind to close out regulation, another timely goal from a big name player early in the season evened the contest.
Martin Necas, who also picked up a helper on Noesen's first as a Hurricane, threw a puck toward Darcy Kuemper in the Capitals' cage, one that sprung a rebound right into the lap of Andrei Svechnikov. #37 had a wide open net to shoot for and wouldn't miss, evening the contest at 2-2.

The two sides would then play to a scoreless final period of regulation and overtime, necessitating the first shootout of the season for both sides.
In the skills competition both Burns and Svechnikov were able to strike for Carolina and Frederik Andersen shut the door twice, finalizing a 3-2 victory for the home side.

They Said It

Rod Brind'Amouroffering his initial thoughts, post-game...
"Everybody played extremely hard and I thought we played really well. The first ten minutes of the second period wasn't great, we had to kill two penalties in there and the flow couldn't get going, but I thought it was a hard-fought game. I'm really happy with it, to be honest with you."
Brind'Amourcontinuing on his assessment of the contest...
"We know how they're going to play and the game went exactly how we thought it would. I like that we stuck with what we were trying to do and didn't get away from it. There's things that could've been better, sure. I'd have loved to score on the power play [in the third period or overtime], but not letting that affect the rest of our game was pretty solid."
Frederik Andersenwhen asked if it's difficult to get into a rhythm when only facing a total of 20 shots on goal...
"Maybe a little bit. We had the puck a lot, that made it more tough for me. They didn't really fire a lot of easy ones at me, they were battling for their chances. They obviously got some on their power plays, but in terms of the rhythm, it's probably tougher on the players because some of them have to sit for longer. They've got to be out there at different times, on different times. But that's not something you can control, so you just have to deal with it."

Bonus Notes

• Frederik Andersen earned his fourth win of the year, turning away 18 of 20 tries from Washington.
• Tonight was Martin Necas' third multi-point game in nine games this season. He, like Burns, also now has a point streak of four games, with this being his second four-game point streak of the season already. Four consecutive games with a point ties the longest stretch of his career.
• Andrei Svechnikov is the second player in franchise history to score eight goals through Hartford/Carolina's first nine games of any campaign, joining Geoff Sanderson (1993-94).

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What's Next?

The Canes are scheduled to be off on Tuesday and then return to practice Wednesday before taking off for Tampa. They'll then have their second back-to-back of the season, taking on the Bolts Thursday before coming home to take on the Sabres Friday.
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