Tampa Bay strikes down Carolina 4-1

There are a lot of things I could say about the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. I could talk about how the Hurricanes, once again, got off to a slow start and allowed a goal on the first scoring chance of the game. Then, I could explain how they outshot Tampa Bay 36-26 but ended up losing because of being outplayed in the special teams department and getting worse goaltending than the opposition. After that, I should mention that a couple of Carolina's top guns in Eric Staal and Alexander Semin had a combined 13 shots on goal and 26 shots attempted but came away with no goals to show for it. That would provide a nice transition into how the Canes, as a team, have scored only two goals on 78 shots in their first two games. In the end, though it doesn't matter because this team has been outscored 2-9 on the season and remains winless. Anyone with common sense knows that the Hurricanes aren't going to continue to convert on 2.5% of their shots i...