The Carolina Hurricanes came out of the gates jumping to open up their 2025-26 season and it didn't take them long before they found themselves on the board.
Taylor Hall was the first of the Canes to score this year as he redirected a Shayne Gostisbehere blast in past Jacob Markstrom to give his team a 1-0 lead over the New Jersey Devils in Thursday's season opener at Lenovo Center.
"It was a good play off the faceoff," Hall said. "[Eric Robinson] got in there and forced a turnover, which is huge. Turns a shift from where they have the puck and they're breaking out and whether we score on that or not, it's just a really good play. It's a route that we've talked about off of faceoffs, the guy coming off the wall might be alone in front and I was. I don't score a lot of deflection goals, tip goals, but I'll take any I can get."
Hall, who's skating on the fourth line with Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Eric Robinson, look to be a potent trio for Carolina and one that can potentially take advantage of potential mismatches as the season goes along.
"For a lot of my career, I was against top D-pairs and top lines and checking lines and all of that," Hall said. "A little bit different now and for us, we actually might get more offensive zone faceoffs because the guys that we're out against, especially at home, are going to be defensive players, maybe faceoff specialists. It's just the way it goes. You never know what to expect in a game and throughout a year, there's going to be a lot of different stuff that happens. But I'm happy to be here and excited to be with this group and see what we can do this year."
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