It was one of those games for the Carolina Hurricanes as they fell behind early and ended up with a lackluster, 5-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night in Pittsburgh. Three minutes and change into the game, Sidney Crosby scored his 21st of the season. Before the end of the first period, it […]
It was one of those games for the Carolina Hurricanes as they fell behind early and ended up with a lackluster, 5-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night in Pittsburgh.
Three minutes and change into the game, Sidney Crosby scored his 21st of the season.
Before the end of the first period, it was 3-0 and the Hurricanes had no answer.
With the score 5-0, Mark Jankowski finally got Carolina on the board late in the second with a nice shot but that would be it for the rest of the game.
It was Jankowski’s second goal of the season in 28 games played.
Fred Andersen took the loss in net as he made 23 saves on the 28 shots he faced. The goalie now has a 5-9-2 record with a GAA of 3.38 and a SV% of .865.
For the third game in a row, Alexander Nikishin led the team in ice time, this time playing 22:39. Like the rest of the team, he did not have his best game though and finished at (-2).
Will Carrier had a team best six hits.
Logan Stankoven was moved back to center midway through the game and won 5 of 9 faceoffs.
The Canes will need to put this game behind them quickly as they face Montreal at home on Thursday night, (New Year’s Day) and then will have another back-to-back challenge this weekend against Colorado and New Jersey.
Game Summary – https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20252026/GS020619.HTM
Event Summary – https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20252026/ES020619.HTM
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