{"id":1692,"date":"2026-06-04T13:06:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T13:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=1692"},"modified":"2026-06-04T13:06:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T13:06:24","slug":"hurricanes-need-to-fix-these-5-problems-as-they-head-into-game-2-against-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=1692","title":{"rendered":"Hurricanes need to fix these 5 problems as they head into Game 2 against Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Carolina Hurricanes have a problem in the Stanley Cup Final.<\/p>\n<p>In truth, more than one.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022<b> First:<\/b> The Vegas Golden Knights are not the Montreal Canadiens. The Golden Knights do not have a young team that will become rattled by the Hurricanes\u2019 aggressive pressure and strain game. It\u2019s an experienced, hardened group.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=1690\">Do Canes players buy tickets for family &amp; friends to watch the Stanley Cup?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As Canes coach Rod Brind\u2019Amour put it Wednesday, this series is about \u201chard hockey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <b>Second:<\/b> Vegas, which took a 5-4 win in Game 1, has the most disruptive forecheck the Canes have faced in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s going to be ebbs and flows, and you might spend more time in your D zone than you\u2019re used to, or we have in the first couple of rounds,\u201d defenseman Sean Walker said Wednesday. \u201cJust tighten up a couple of things and I think we can swing it our way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>\u2022 Third:<\/b> The Canes\u2019 power play has been generally punchless much of the playoffs, and again may not be a factor in the Stanley Cup Final.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s definitely something that we want to fix and fix quickly,\u201d forward Taylor Hall said. \u201cI don\u2019t think it was about turning down shots. It was more about execution, more about being a touch more patient.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <b>Fourth:<\/b> The Canes\u2019 top line, centered by Sebastian Aho, has not posed enough of an offensive threat much of the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we can be a little bit smarter with the puck,\u201d Aho said Wednesday. \u201cWhen you have the chance to shoot, you have to shoot. At the same time, you have to play the game the right way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, I know we have better in us. We have to show it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <b>Fifth:<\/b> After the Game 1 loss, If the Canes don\u2019t win Game 2 Thursday at Lenovo Center, they will go to Vegas down 0-2 in the series.<\/p>\n<p>Ask the Colorado Avalanche how that worked out against Vegas. The answer: The Western Conference Final was over in four games, a sweep.<\/p>\n<p>Some might say that\u2019s seeing the glass half-empty when it comes to the Hurricanes. They did some good things in Game 1: Nikolaj Ehlers scored twice, the penalty killing was sharp, the Canes twice came from behind to tie the score.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=1689\">Two \u2018dangerous\u2019 escapees include suspect in parking lot shootout, NC officials say<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Against the Canadiens, the Canes took a 6-2 beating in the opening game of the Eastern Conference Final at Lenovo Center. But the Canes made some adjustments, took away the stretch passes to forwards blowing the zone, stayed above the puck more defensively, pressured on the forecheck more and straightened things out quickly.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadiens crumbled, to a certain extent.<\/p>\n<p>The Golden Knights are a far different animal, as they say.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s the two best teams going at it,\u201d Hall said of the Cup Final. \u201cThey\u2019re heavy. They\u2019re big, bigger than we\u2019ve played. They\u2019ve lived up to the billing in a lot of ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vegas made the Canes look indecisive and mistake-prone in the Carolina zone in Game 1. They kept the puck in the Canes zone and made shifts run long too many times, having a wear-and-tear effect during the course of the game.<\/p>\n<p>The Canes did not practice Wednesday, going through another lengthy video session.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s similar to the last series in that there were a lot of areas we didn\u2019t like in the game,\u201d Brind\u2019Amour said. \u201cYou not going to win if you don\u2019t play to your capabilities. Again, you\u2019ve got to give the other team a lot of credit. They\u2019re making you play that way. We have to be sharper in a lot of areas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Canes had a chance to tie it up late, when the work along the boards by Andrei Svechnikov and setup pass by Aho gave Jarvis a good look from the right circle. But Vegas goalie Carter Hart gloved that attempt and that was that for the Canes. Vegas\u2019 Tomas Hertl scored the winning goal moments later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey made more plays than we did,\u201d Brind\u2019Amour said. \u201cTip your hat to them. It\u2019s clear they know how to win. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>What to expect in Game 2?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou never know what\u2019s going to happen,\u201d Vegas coach John Tortorella said Tuesday. \u201cI\u2019ve said it all through the playoffs, it\u2019s a find-a-way league. We found a way tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If the Golden Knights find it again in Game 2, that\u2019s a huge problem for the Canes.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=1687\">Alleged drug dealer is charged with killing her mom. 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