"We got a couple and then a couple more. It was a good feeling to see the puck go in," Teravainen said. "When you score goals, you get some confidence. It's more fun to play when you score some goals and have the lead."
Two
Teravainen's assists were his 50th and 51st of the season. Sebastian Aho also recorded his 50th with the secondary helper on Brett Pesce's goal in the second period. The last Hurricanes skater to post 50 assists in a season was Ray Whitney (53) in 2008-09, and the last pair of Hurricanes teammates to each do so was Whitney (51) and Brind'Amour (56) in 2006-07.
Teravainen now sits at 70 points (19g, 51a) on the season, while Aho leads the team with 80 (30g, 50a). The last Canes player to surpass 80 points in a season was Eric Staal, who tallied 82 points (38g, 44a) in the 2007-08 season.
Teravainen and Aho are a dynamic Finnish duo - and they've been continuing to produce apart from each other on different lines for the better part of 2019.
Three
The Hurricanes brought a one-goal lead into the third period on Thursday, and the Lightning proceeded to score four unanswered goals in a 6-3 final.
Justin Williams said after the game that the Canes "pissed it away." They expected to win that game, just as they expect to win every game, and they didn't. That didn't sit well in the locker room.
"We know we can beat any team. We played against the best," Teravainen recalled. "I feel like we had the game, but we weren't smart enough and didn't battle enough to win the game."
"We expect to win every night, and we also expect a certain level of play," Brind'Amour said. "When it's not there, everyone wasn't too happy."
So, when the Canes brought a one-goal lead into the third period on Saturday, they didn't let their foot off the gas. They stuck to their game, went after the next goal, got it and kept pushing until the final horn (and the team still hasn't lost consecutive games in regulation since mid-January).
"We came out confident. We didn't stop, which I think was key," Pesce said. "We kept on the gas, and the results came out."
"That was the way to play in the third. That was a tough game," Brind'Amour said. "We hung in there and then opened it up in the third. That was good to see."
Sandwiched between Svechnikov's goal at the 3:27 mark and Teravainen's tally about eight minutes later was a goal from Lucas Wallmark. Micheal Ferland threaded the needle cross-ice to Wallmark, who one-timed in his 10th of the season.