In the eighteenth weekly Metropolitan Division snapshot, there was a lot of winning at the top - and not so much in the bottom half. The New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers swept their weeks, while the Pittsburgh Penguins, New Jersey Devils, and Washington Capitals only won once. All this and more in this week’s snapshot.
Martin Necas scored for the second straight game and Michael Bunting also scored for Carolina, but the Hurricanes were without injured forward Andrei Svechnikov and had a hard time against goalie Filip Gustavsson.
Not every night has to be a referendum on the Hurricanes’ season. Not every frustration is a harbinger of eventual doom. Nevertheless, Sunday’s loss felt like visit from the Ghost of Playoffs Past.
The former second-round draft pick from Harvard won a roster spot in training camp, and has become a fixture in lineup whose recent surge is fueling the Canes’ success.