Carolina hurricanes enter dangerous territory

He carolina hurricanes lost a disappointing game against the Minnesota Wild, losing by a score of 4-0. The game was a measuring stick contest against a quality team in the Western Conference, and the Canes failed miserably.

Loss in a nutshell is not a problem for the Hurricanesbut his play lately is deeply worrying. They are 5-4-1 in their last 10 games, and even in their wins they haven’t looked all that convincing.

A trend that stands out is that they are not taking advantage of the large number of quality opportunities they are generating. During this stretch, they have regularly matched or outshot their opponents. Check out their loss to the New Jersey Devils after the break.

The contest was relatively one-sided in the final score, with the Devils winning comfortably by a score of 4-2. But the Canes outshot the Devils 31-23 in the contest and also outshot the Devils throughout the game. According The MoneyPuck collapse At the end of the game, the Hurricanes produced 5.9 expected goals, compared to the Devils’ 3.82. That has been the case throughout these 10 games that Carolina is experiencing.

Another trend the team must counter is their inability to win consecutive games. The last time they won two games in a row was in mid-December. Since then, they have been alternating between winning and losing. The best teams accumulate wins, and they were doing that at the beginning of the campaign. They have to get back to it if they want to find their way back to their game.

Call it bad puck luck or call it a bad streak, either way the Hurricanes are playing decently and not reaping the rewards. Opportunities are being created and their team structure continues to provide quality opportunities to the team, but they are not having the success they enjoyed coming into the season.

The positive side of Canes It’s just that they have a slightly comfortable cushion. They have an eight-point lead over the Columbus Blue Jackets and Pittsburgh Penguins for the last guaranteed playoff spot in the Metropolitan Division and have one game in hand on both teams. However, that should provide no comfort to hurricanes. If they continue to play like they are now, it won’t be long before the Blue Jackets or Penguins overtake them. It is a dangerous territory that hurricanes have entered and it would be better to leave quickly.

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