The Hurricanes may be eating poop sandwiches right now, but they're not out of this Eastern Conference Final just yet. RoryBoylen explains why:
It’s a big decision for head coach Rod Brind’Amour. If you stick with Mrazek and he lets in three or more again in a loss, you open yourself up to criticism for not turning to the better-performing goalie of late. If you go to McElhinney and it blows up in your face, you’ll wonder if it would’ve been any different riding your de facto No. 1.Carolina has been outscored 11-4 in the East final so far and that would look much worse if not for a couple garbage time goals in Game 2.
Then it all reversed. Despite having favourable shot metrics to that point in the series and even outshooting Washington by two in Game 5, the Capitals earned the better opportunities and out-chanced Carolina 18-12. It got worse as the game went on. The Capitals scored more goals with each passing period and by the end of it the Hurricanes were blown out 6-0 and on the brink of elimination.
“We’ve done it before,” Williams said about how his team will overcome this 2-0 series deficit. “Experience. It’s what we lean on right now.In a best-of-seven series it’s no guarantee that stretches of good or bad luck will correct themselves. Where strong play with poor results is likely to swing back in a team’s favour over a six-month, 82-game schedule, that’s not necessarily the case over a two-week stretch.
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