Peter Koutroumpis (@pksport)
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Honda Center – Attendance – 17,278
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Anaheim Ducks – Carolina Hurricanes – Oct 15, 2023 | NHL.com
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SCORING (Period/Time/Strength/Team/#Scorer/Assists)
1 6:52 EV ANA 39 S.CARRICK(1), 20 B.LEASON(1)
1 8:31 EV ANA 77 F.VATRANO(1), 6 J.DRYSDALE(2), 4 C.FOWLER(1)
1 12:06 EV ANA 34 P.MINTYUKOV(1), 60 J.LACOMBE(1), 16 R.STROME(2)
2 13:52 EV CAR 86 T.TERAVAINEN(3), 76 B.SKJEI(3), 22 B.PESCE(1)
2 16:44 EV ANA 77 F.VATRANO(2), 16 R.STROME(3), 23 M.MCTAVISH(1)
3 3:01 PP CAR 86 T.TERAVAINEN(4), 8 B.BURNS(1), 7 D.ORLOV(1)
3 15:29 PP CAR 88 M.NECAS(1), 58 M.BUNTING(1), 77 T.DEANGELO(3)
3 18:03 EV-ENANA4 C.FOWLER(1), 19 T.TERRY(1), 14 A.HENRIQUE(1)
3 18:41 EV-EN ANA 77 F.VATRANO(3), 23 M.MCTAVISH(2)
SHOTS BY PERIOD (1st/2nd/3rd/OT/Total)
- Carolina – 8/ 12/ 15/ – 35
- Anaheim – 11/ 6/ 6/ – 23
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What they said:
Hurricanes Rod Brind’Amour on the late rally in the third period:
“We just dug ourselves too much of a hole. And then we finally got going, it started looking a little better, and (we) obviously crawled back in the game, gave us a chance to possibly tie it up there. I credit the guys for at least realizing we weren’t going well, and they figured a way to try to get back into it.”
Brind’Amour on his team chasing the lead:
“Once you get down, you start kind of opening up. And that’s not good for us when you have a team like that; there’s a lot of guys that can really fly, and then they just got the lead even more. When we finally decided to play the way we got it, we kind of got it, ( where we) made a game of it, but it was too (much). You give them too many goals, that’s not gonna work.”
Hurricanes forward Martin Necas on falling behind early and need for team defense improvement:
“Yeah, I mean, it’s just the beginning of the season, but we’ve been giving (the puck) away too much these games, and usually when you play against us, or these last couple of seasons, it’s hard to create some chances (against us). We always play good defense, but so far it’s been kind of, you know, not great – too many odd-man rushes. Today, in the first period, we didn’t help Raants at all. And then, you know, after 3-0, (it was) tough to come back. I mean, we still could have came back, but we got to start better than that.
“Tough loss today, but we got something to build upon, and we got to learn from those mistakes that we made. Just play better defense.”
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