Sometimes you have to give credit to your opponent. That may be the best penalty killing I have seen in a long time. They made the Flames powerplay look really, really bad. I think there was a stretch of 2.5 powerplays where the Flames didn't even get a shot on net. They were also very lucky as you could play that game 10 times and 9 out of 10 they don't fish the puck on the goal line in all those instances. That one where the defender one handed his stick against the puck and post and the puck not going into the net was a 1 in 100 play. That said for the talent level on that team I feel the Hurricanes play a style reserved for teams with less talent that want to slow down the game and reduce scoring events.
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