Hakanpaa scores to lead Hurricanes past Predators
Jani Hakanpaa scored his first goal with Carolina to break a tie in the third period and the Hurricanes beat the Nashville Predators 3-1 Saturday night.
The Canadian Press Jani Hakanpaa , The Canadian Press
RALEIGH, N.C. Jani Hakanpaa scored his first goal with Carolina to break a tie in the third period and the Hurricanes beat the Nashville Predators 3-1 Saturday night.
Hakanpaa, a defenceman acquired Monday at the trade deadline from the Anaheim Ducks, was in his second game with Carolina. Suddenly, he’s on a team with one of the best records in the NHL.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) â Jani Hakanpaa scored his first goal with Carolina to break a tie in the third period and the Hurricanes beat the Nashville Predators 3-1 Saturday night.
Hakanpaa, a defenseman acquired Monday at the trade deadline from the Anaheim Ducks, was in his second game with Carolina. He blasted in a shot with 11:05 left after receiving the puck when Vincent Trocheck won a face-off.
Hakanpaa didnât have a goal in any of his 42 games with Anaheim this season. This tally marked just his second goal in 49 career games in the NHL.
Jaccob Slavin scored in the first period and Andrei Svechnikov had an empty-net goal for the Hurricanes, who completed a season-high homestand at 5-2-1.
Rebuilding isn’t a word Poile wants to use, not the GM who built this franchise from the ground up starting with expansion.
“Obviously at the start of this season we were perfect fodder for any conversation for trades and a rebuild, and that’s going to continue until we either climb higher in the standings or we actually make a trade,” Poile said Tuesday on ESPN 102.5 The Game.
Yet Nashville is just 1-8 against the top three teams in the Central Division after a 5-4 loss to Florida on Thursday night. After winning four of five to show signs of improvement, the Predators have lost two straight. Injuries to defenseman Ryan Ellis and goalie Juuse Saros don’t help either.
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