Hurricanes Lose A Marathon, But Nobody Can Question The Effort

Carolina got dragged into a double-overtime slog that belonged in the deep-end section of playoff misery. The kind of game this was does not leave much room for neat takeaways, because the Hurricanes kept swinging even when the night started to look cursed. In the end, the result stings, but the effort says plenty about a team that refuses to coast when the legs are gone and the building is still buzzing.