Recap: Canes Throttle Blackhawks, Advance to 7-0-0

RALEIGH, NC -Competing in the second half of a home back-to-back set, there were no signs of slowing down from the Carolina Hurricanes Friday, as they took down the Chicago Blackhawks by a score of 6-3.

Early Determination
The Chicago Blackhawks had two first period leads in tonight's contest, 1-0 and 2-1. The real story in both of those was the responses that the Canes had, giving the visitors a cumulative time ahead of just 3:46 in the opening frame.
First, it was Tony DeAngelo jumping up in the play to slam home a Vincent Trocheck feed on a two-on-one, then Jordan Staal jamming home a bouncing puck that was shuffled to him by Ethan Bear.
Both goals were incredibly timely for the fact that the two goals that had gotten past Antti Raanta were ones he felt he should have had. The team put their work boots on, rallied in front of their goaltender and not only halted Chicago's advantages but rode the second tally to a big lead following.
It only took 17 seconds after Staal's goal for Derek Stepan to get his first as a Cane and the team would never look back from that 3-2 lead.

Raanta's Start
After Freddie Andersen played lights out in the team's first six games, it was finally time for Antti Raanta to get a shot in the net. Being the team's second game in two days, Brind'Amour shared pre-game that he wanted to get the 32-year-old Finn in and allow him to shake off any rust he may have.
The head coach's prefacing certainly did come to light but after the first two early goals, Raanta settled in and was able to play much more comfortable with his team having the lead.
In total he finished with 24 stops, picking up his first win as a member of the club.
Post-game Raanta shared that it was a very emotional day for him, the first time he played a game since his father's passing this summer.
DeAngelo's Big Night
Tony DeAngelo recorded his first goal as a member of the club on Thursday night and further endeared himself to the Canes faithful Friday, recording the team's first "Gordie Howe Hat Trick" since 2012.
His aforementioned goal got the night started for Carolina and then he recorded an assist on Sebastian Aho's second period power play tally. Then, in the third, he dropped the gloves and headed to center ice for a main event-style fight against Reese Johnson.
Johnson had caught Jaccob Slavin with two checks on the previous shift but after the contest, DeAngelo said that it was Johnson who had asked him for the scrap after DeAngelo caught him with a sizeable check during the second period.

They Said It:
Rod Brind'Amouron the team's resiliency after falling behind twice early:
"I love the group. I mean, we weren't bad at the start, it just wasn't perfect, that's for sure. Then we had some good shifts, we got some good breaks again tonight. A couple bounces went our way."
Tony DeAngeloon the early battle back from Antti Raanta and the team's assistance in front of him:
"The first goal was a really nice play by them, the second goal, he could probably couldn't see, I know I could hardly see it from the bench and I had a good view of it. He's really good, he settled in and then he made a lot of good saves after that. For us to get four for him I'm sure helped take the pressure off of him.
Antti Raantaon getting his first game action of the regular season and how he felt:
"It felt pretty much like a first game. There were some moments where it started to feel really good and then a few times where I felt like I was a little late on some things and you didn't get the right read. If I would have done the right things, I would've been able to make almost every save, especially those goals. There were a lot of emotions in the game. It was nice to just get back in there and play behind this team. When you get a lot of goal support like that, you need to deliver also and make sure the team is winning."
Worth A Note:
One unfortunate item that came from Head Coach Rod Brind'Amour's post-game media availability was him sharing that forward Nino Niederreiter suffered a lower-body injury during the third period and he "may miss some time".
What's Next?:
The Canes now welcome the Arizona Coyotes to town Sunday afternoon to conclude the team's four-game homestand. It'll be a special afternoon start time of 1 p.m. as the club aims to advance to 8-0-0.