7 Takeaways: Hurricanes Embarrass Blackhawks To Start Road Trip
Hurricanes dominate Blackhawks despite resting seven starters. Deep scoring and strong depth performances signal potential playoff readiness.
The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 7-2 Thursday night at United Center. It was an epic beatdown by the Hurricanes, who were even without seven starters, as they continued to hold strong to their spot atop the Eastern Conference. Here are seven takeaways from the win: Carolina dominates Chicago 7-2 1.
Seven Starters Sitting The Carolina Hurricanes came into the game against the Blackhawks with one thing in mind: getting their top guys some rest. Now that's both a comment on the Hurricanes' current playoff position, locked in to the top spot of the Metropolitan Division, but also to how lowly the Blackhawks, the league's 31st ranked team, are. Because even despite resting seven key players — Sebastian Aho, Andrei Svechnikov, Seth Jarvis, Jordan Staal, Jordan Martinook, Jaccob Slavin, Jalen Chatfield — they still laid the boot to Chicago, scoring seven goals on 22 shots.
"You score on the first shift and that just set the tone," said Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour. "It's obviously better to play ahead and then we didn't really have too many lapses in the game. I thought we just played a solid road game.
Overall, just everybody had their hand in it. " 2. The Regulars Held It Down...
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