The story for Carolina lartely has been the team playing well at even strength but the powerplay stumbling and costing them the game. In tonight's 4-2 loss against the Penguins, it was a different story. Carolina came out strong and outplayed Pittsburgh for the first 20 minutes but couldn't score. Then the Pens woke up and Carolina was outchanced 18-6 at even strength for the last two periods and ended up taking the loss. It could have been a lot worse had it not been for the powerplay which generated 8 total chances, scored a goal and could have had at least one more. The Canes were given a 5-on-3 (eventually 6-on-3 w/ Boucher pulled) late in the game and could have tied the game there but the bounces weren't going their way. Jussi Jokinen had an open net to shoot at with 17 seconds left but, unfortunately, the shot went right off the post and goaltender Brent Johnson was able to cover it before anyone could get to the rebound. That's just the way things were going....
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PLAYERS:
Jussi Jokinen,
Brent Johnson,
James Neal,
Jamie McBain,
Bryan Allen,
Tim Gleason,
Eric Staal,
Anthony Stewart,
Andreas Nodl,
Tuomo Ruutu,
Brandon Sutter,
Jiri Tlusty,
Alexei Ponikarovsky,
Joni Pitkanen,
Derek Joslin,
Justin Faulk,
Brian Boucher,
Tomas Kaberle,
Jeff Skinner,
Chad LaRose,
Tim Brent,
Sidney Crosby,
Matt Niskanen,
Robert Bortuzzo,
Simon Despres
TEAMS: Carolina Hurricanes, Pittsburgh Penguins
TEAMS: Carolina Hurricanes, Pittsburgh Penguins
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