There will be games where the team does most things right and plays well enough to win but comes out on the short end due to a few things going awry. Last night's 4-3 loss against the Coyotes was one of those games for the Hurricanes and it's very disappointing because this was one of their better efforts of the season. They had the powerplay going, held the Coyotes to less than 20 even strength shots and were getting a reasonable amount of production from all four lines. If that's the case, then why did they lose? Well, for one they continued their trend of playing awful four-on-four and surrendered the game-winning goal to Lauri Korpikoski in the third period in that situation. Phoenix goaltender Jason LaBarbera also played a very solid game stopping 34 of 37 shots compared to Cam Ward stopping 15 out of 19, although there wasn't much he could do about any of the goals he gave up. Phoenix converting on their one and only powerplay chance also played a factor while ...
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PLAYERS:
Lauri Korpikoski,
Jason LaBarbera,
Cam Ward,
Rostislav Klesla,
Jamie McBain,
Bryan Allen,
Tim Gleason,
Jaroslav Spacek,
Eric Staal,
Anthony Stewart,
Andreas Nodl,
Tuomo Ruutu,
Brandon Sutter,
Jiri Tlusty,
Riley Nash,
Drayson Bowman,
Alexei Ponikarovsky,
Justin Faulk,
Jussi Jokinen,
Jay Harrison,
Chad LaRose,
Boyd Gordon,
David Schlemko,
David Rundblad,
Oliver Ekman-Larsson
TEAMS: Carolina Hurricanes, Phoenix Coyotes
TEAMS: Carolina Hurricanes, Phoenix Coyotes
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