On if he’s feeling more and more comfortable with the team: Yeah every day it’s getting better. If the goals are there it’s perfect, but it’s got to be there in a week. It’s just the preseason, but obviously every time you score and things are going well it feels good. On being able to see pucks go in the net: It’s nice. It’s nice to get a couple touches in the game and the feel for it. We’ve played basically two teams and everybody is working hard. The whole preseason has been good so far. You can’t play the young guys the whole game. We shut a lot of guys down, but you still have to play guys. On if he’s just holding his breath in the third period of a game like this with injuries: You just never know. On if there’s anything to worry about with Brett Pesce: Nope. It shows the young guys what it takes to play in this league. But they all still went out there and did their job. It’s tough to play these games, especially for older guys who understand that we’ve got 82 games coming up here that are going to count for real. That’s the thing we talked about after the game. But he’s definitely earning his stripes here. On if Derek Stepan is closer to a contract after that game: That’s not a question for me. He’s definitely been impactful in every game that he’s played. But it’s certainly better than not seeing it. It’s preseason, he’s got to continue that when it counts for real. His pace has been there since we got him. I don’t really see any difference in his play. On Necas’ confidence and game: He’s played well. The Hurricanes will finish up the preseason Tuesday night in Buffalo, looking to make it a perfect 5-0 before the real season begins next Wednesday against Columbus in Raleigh. Martin Necas with perhaps the easiest one he's ever put home after another sweet setup from Ryan Dzingel. The #Canes had gone 17 minutes without a goal, but they've rectified that now. And just 31 seconds into the man advantage, Kotkaniemi blasted a beautiful wrister past Daniil Tarasov off a nice feed from Burns. His shot beat Raanta through the five-hole, giving the Blue Jackets a 1-0 lead.īut Carolina quickly got it back on the power play, as Jamieson Rees drew a penalty along the boards. There was a tie up around the dot, and Yegor Chinakhov picked up the puck and fired in one fluid motion. Raanta stopped 24 of 25 shots faced, making a couple really good saves in the final frame.Ĭolumbus opened up the scoring early in the first period on an offensive-zone faceoff. #INTERMISSION GIF FULL#The Canes went 2 for 4 on the power play and 1 for 1 on the penalty kill, as Carolina simply commanded every facet of the game.Īntti Raanta played the full game in net for the Canes, and while he wasn’t tested a ton he was very good. Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Stefan Noesen, Derek Stepan, Brent Burns, Martin Necas and Brady Skjei all scored for the home team, with Necas and Stepan both scoring twice. The utter dominance of the Canes’ preseason run continued at home Monday night, as Carolina beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 8-1 in an overwhelmingly one-sided affair. The 2022 (preseason) Carolina Hurricanes.
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