Hurricanes Bounce Back From Flyers Defeat, Down Penguins To Move Over .500 In November

By AIDAN JENSEN

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November’s been a bit of an up-and-down month for the Carolina Hurricanes.

The Canes are currently 4-3 through seven November games, an impressive mark considering how difficult it is to win in professional sports. On Saturday night, Seth Jarvis scored two, third-period goals in leading the Canes to a 4-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.

After future Hall-of-Famer Sidney Crosby put Pittsburgh up 1-0 in the opening period, Sebastian Aho tied things up at one apiece in the second. Aho started the sequence when he intercepted a pass, then passed it to Jarvis. Teravainen took a pass from Jarvis, who sent the puck to a waiting Aho across the net.

Canes defenseman Brent Burns joined the scoring party in Period 3, breaking a 1-1 tie just 2:46 in by hammering home a slapshot. Crosby tied the game back up at two, then Jarvis gave Carolina the lead for good (11:52 into the third) by deflecting Jaccob Slavin’s wrist shot past Tristan Jarry.

“Father Finn,” as Canes fans like to call now-starting goalie Antti Raanta, was also solid in net on Saturday night. He stopped 24 of 26 Penguins shots, improving to 3-1 in November.

Early in the month, however, the Canes lost starting goaltender Frederik Andersen indefinitely to blood clots. This is something that no player can tell off the bat, but with medical testing instead. Carolina wishes Andersen well and hopes he returns at some point this season, but luckily, it has another solid starter in Raanta.

The Canes stay home for a while, hosting the Edmonton Oilers at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 22. Carolina and Edmonton split a pair of games last year,