The Canes lost 4-0 to the Wild Saturday night.
The Carolina Hurricanes dropped a dud Saturday night as their flat and uninspiring play led to the team's third shutout loss of the season as they fell 4-0 to the Minnesota Wild.
The team was bad from the get-go but an uncharacteristically bad night on special teams only further sunk that.
After the game, Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour along with captain Jordan Staal and forward Andrei Svechnikov spoke with the media. Here's what they had to say:
Rod Brind'Amour
On him stating that the team was completely flat during a mid-period interview: And it never got better. It was a tough game right from the start. I think the power play sucked the life out of us right at the start. We had a four-minute and then we just never got going. Give them all the credit. They played their game to a tee. That's it.
On the lack of emotion in the game despite how emotional the Florida game prior was: We put a lot into that one and I think we just didn't respond here. That's the way you have to play every night. We just didn't get to it.
On Andrei Svechnikov's frustration level: I don't know. He's always chirping. I wouldn't say that is anything. But he probably is a little frustrated. That's how it is.
On the team's inability to string together wins: Yeah, I mean, that's what's been happening. It's gotta change. We have to get on a roll. But that consistency has been a big issue with our group right now. Play really well and then not so good. Finding that consistency is what we have to get to.
On Pyotr Kochetkov: He's not the reason. We don't score and you don't create much offense it doesn't matter what he does. It's gotta come. We have to get a little more to our identity every game. We have to find it and not in spurts. All four lines. When we're going well, that's kind of how it is. Their guy played great too. You have to tip your hat. Especially early when Jarvy had a couple of those little in-tight ones. The game goes a different way maybe if we get one, even that one that gets called back could have given us some life, but I don't know. We just couldn't get going.
Jordan Staal
On the team coming out flat: I don't think we ever started anything good. We were kind of just hoping that something good was going to happen and hoping maybe that someone else was going to do it. We lost the special teams battle which always hurts. I mean, our 5v5 play was pretty ugly. So it wasn't great. We got a game tomorrow and we have to learn from bringing some more emotion and just dragging each other into the fight. There really wasn't enough push at all.
On the team's inconsistent play: There's 82 games and we had an emotional game the other night and played great. I think it's just our mindset. I think we were just kind of moseying on into the game. It's the NHL. You can't just kind of show up and see what happens. When you do that, it looks like that. The execution, the battle level, the 50/50s, the special teams, just the mindset — everything was wrong. And then that's what it looks like. I feel bad for our fans tonight.
Andrei Svechnikov
On his frustration levels: No frustration, to be honest. I don't know what you saw there but obviously I have that stretch right now and I have to find a way just to put the puck into the net. I tried to shoot today, it just didn't go in. I had a good couple of chances. I guess I just have to find it.
On if he tries to change things up: Some days you do try to do something different, but the main thing I feel like is that you don't want to do anything different. Just stick with your game.
On the power play's struggles: We watched the video before the game and they kind of stay up in the blueline. That was kind of the main thing for us. We didn't get in their zone and obviously I made a couple of bad passes in the zone when I probably could have kept the puck and all that stuff.
On the lack of emotion: The first period was kind of a tricky one. We got a four minute power play and just those first 10 minutes were kind of bad and all that stuff. But, I mean, we have to find it somehow.