Hurricanes Show Some Playoff Bruising In Game 2 Adversity

Carolina took a hit in Game 2, and the reaction said a lot about how far this group has come. Teams do not build playoff resilience in a day, and the Hurricanes looked like they had picked up a few scars from past runs and knew how to keep skating through them. That matters in June, when the pretty hockey disappears and the series starts asking meaner questions. The next game will show whether that scar tissue is real or just a nice quote for the postgame scrum.