by Matt Karash | Nov 24, 2019 | The Drive Home
A theme throughout my game preview for Sunday’s match up between the Carolina Hurricanes and Detroit Red Wings referenced the teams’ first match and wondered whether the Hurricanes could at the same time capitalize on the openings that Detroit offers but...
by Matt Karash | Nov 23, 2019 | The Drive Home
The last time the Hurricanes recorded a disappointing home loss like Thursday’s was, it snowballed into a four-game losing streak. More than anything Saturday’s win immediately cut short a negative at a single game and put the Hurricanes back in the...
by Matt Karash | Nov 22, 2019 | The Drive Home
In my game preview, I called this a perfect trap game when I said: The game sets up as a perfect trap game in the first game back home and against an opponent that is lower in the standings. The game preview also said: As noted above, if this turns out to be a pause...
by Matt Karash | Nov 19, 2019 | The Drive Home
The Hurricanes roller coaster of a November continued its upswing on Tuesday. The Hurricanes played their best game in the current three-game road winning streak (with four in a row overall) in a collecting a solid win in Chicago. The first period had good pace in...
by Matt Karash | Nov 17, 2019 | The Drive Home
One can easily nitpick the Hurricanes 4-3 overtime win over the Minnesota Wild for its many imperfections just like was possible with Thursday’s overtime win in Buffalo. Especially in Saturday’s game, I do not think the Hurricanes were the better team....
by Matt Karash | Nov 14, 2019 | The Drive Home
At the beginning of the month, I noted that the stretch of schedule was generally very favorable. The Canes had a run of 13 straight games against teams that missed the playoffs last season. With a 1-3 start to that stretch, the Hurricanes demonstrated how little...
