 after matching a franchise record with eight wins in October. Andre Svechnikov and Brett Pesce each added two assists, and Petr Mrazek stopped 26 shots for his eighth win of the season.The Hurricanes lost 4-1 at Ottawa on Saturday and were eager to get another chance at the Senators.''We needed to bounce back and play well,'' said Hamilton, who is tied for the team lead with eight goals this season.Colin White and Brady Tkachuk scored for Ottawa, which had won three of its previous four games. Anders Nilsson gave up four goals on 19 shots before being pulled in the second period, and Craig Anderson stopped 20 of the 24 shots he faced.The Hurricanes had scored a total of seven goals during the four-game losing streak.''It was nice to see the puck go in,'' Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour said. ''The last couple of weeks, it has just been tough sledding to find the back of the net. We really capitalized on our chances.'' Foegele put the Hurricanes up just 44 seconds into the game, and Necas' power-play goal with 2:05 left in the period made it 2-0.''We didn't like our first period in Ottawa,'' Aho said. ''This was us setting the bar for ourselves. That's the work we have to do every game.'' The Hurricanes scored three goals in the second period to go up 5-0. Aho used a turnover by Dylan DeMelo at the Carolina blueline to start a one-man breakaway for a short-handed goal at 4:06 and Fleury made it 4-0 with 7:15 left, ending Nilsson's night.Hamilton fired in a shot from the slot, off of a feed from Teuvo Terravainen, to beat Anderson with 3:35 remaining.''We haven't been scoring a lot of goals,'' Hamilton said. ''It was good for everyone to get a good feeling.'' White got the Senators on the scoreboard with 1:35 to go in the middle period after Mrazek misplayed the puck from behind his own net.Aho pushed the lead back to five on a deflection at 1:07 of the third.Tkachuk scored for the second straight game against Carolina at 9:54 to pull Ottawa to 6-2. Dzingel and Edmundson scored 4:01 apart later in the period to cap the scoring for the Hurricanes.Senators coach D. J. Smith thought his team's effort was better than the final margin.''I think we've worked really hard,'' Smith said. ''Every mistake we made kind of compounded and that happens sometimes. They're a real good team at home. We're just going to move on.'' Edmundson's outburst, his first goal and three points after the defenseman went without a point in the first 17 games, summed up the Hurricanes' effort.''I don't really focus on the points but after 15 or how many games it has been, it does creep into your mind,'' Edmundson said. ''I was just happy to help out.'' NOTES: The Hurricanes have won five of six against the Atlantic Division this season. ... The Senators' power play ranks last in the NHL. They were 0 for 3 and gave up a short-handed goal. ... Carolina rookie C Eetu Luostarinen got his first career NHL point with an assist on Fleury's goal.UP NEXTHurricanes: At Buffalo on Thursday night.Senators: At New Jersey on Wednesday night.----More NHL: https://apnews.com/NHL and https://twitter.com/-Sports)
The Carolina Hurricanes had one of their most disappointing outings in their most recent game.The next game comes as a rematch with the Ottawa Senators on Monday night at PNC Arena in Raleigh, N. C."We'll see what this group is made of," Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "It's a soul search time for our group." This game comes two nights after Ottawa's 4-1 home victory against the Hurricanes, who've lost a season-high four games in a row.It's different for the Senators."It looks like the guys are having fun," Ottawa coach D. J. Smith said. "We're starting to get that belief a little bit more that we can play with some of these teams. I think Carolina, on any given night, can outskate anyone in this league." Ottawa has won two straight games, and the Senators might be becoming more comfortable in certain situations."We're starting to get good play with the lead," Smith said.While the Hurricanes are expressing frustration, the Senators sound completely opposite."Everyone is hungry and everyone wants to win and it's really fun right now," left winger Filip Chlapik said.The confidence for the Ottawa team probably in part stems from the way that Saturday night's game developed against Carolina.The Senators were sharp at the beginning and that set the tone. A repeat of that won't come automatically."Now we have a tough task to go into their building where they get a zillion shots and stay on you," Smith said. "They're a team that gets a lot of shots." Brind'Amour saw elements of Ottawa's performance that he would expect from the Hurricanes."They came ready to go," he said. "Our guys were not ready. We were not winning any battles, just playing carefree. That's the most disappointing part for me." In many ways, Brind'Amour has issued a challenge to the Hurricanes."That's what you get in this league if you're not ready to a man," Brind'Amour said. "When you're in this situation, you can't afford that. We're having a tough time scoring. We just need to hunker down and not give them any opportunities. When you're not scoring many goals, everything is going to be magnified." Andrei Svechnikov scored the only goal for Carolina. The second-year player has put together a solid recent stretch, with two goals and two assists in the past five games."Our young guys can't be our best guys every night," Brind'Amour said. "The guys who've been around have to lead the group a little better." The Hurricanes are bound to turn to goalie Petr Mrazek for this rematch after he served as the backup Saturday.Ottawa has won two games in a row but is 1-5-1 on the road. The Senators have scored more than two goals only twice in those games.Carolina is without forward Erik Haula, who has a knee injury and his status has been described as day-to-day. However, he didn't make the trip to Ottawa so there's the possibility that his absence could turn into more of a long-term issue for the Hurricanes.This will be the second of three meetings between the teams this season. Ottawa lost two of three matchups with Carolina last season.--Field Level Media
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