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The thing about playing the Carolina Hurricanes is they don’t stop moving, and they don’t stop shooting.

It’s not a perfect strategy — the Hurricanes have yet to play in the Stanley Cup final despite lots of regular season success — but it’s proven highly effective because it demands so much of the opposition. If opponents aren’t careful ,they’ll find themselves chasing long stretches of the game, just wearing themselves out.

The Canucks, playing without Quinn Hughes , were undermanned coming into the game and they looked it for much of the night. When they had the puck, they were able to create some havoc, but when Carolina had the puck, the game hit a whole new gear.

The Hurricanes managed to get 94 shot attempts across all situations toward the Vancouver goal, tying a Canucks recor