They also improved to 3-0-1 in four games under Brunette, who took over a week and a half ago following the resignation of Joel Quenneville as part of the fallout from how the Chicago Blackhawks ignored a player’s claims of sexual assault by a video coach in 2010.ĭuclair had three of his points in the first period, sparking Florida’s 4-0 game-opening burst. The Panthers played without captain Aleksander Barkov, the team’s best player, who was a surprise scratch with a lower body injury. “We were terrible on those, and they were good. “Special teams was the difference tonight,' Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour said. “It's definitely a good start and gets us going in the right direction.'įrank Vatrano, Anton Lundell and Patric Hornqvist also had goals for Florida, which got two assists from Carter Verhaeghe and Brandon Montour.ĭuclair clinched it with an empty-netter with 58.5 seconds left. “I mean, 9-1's a great start,' Hurricanes defenseman Jaccob Slavin said.

Vincent Trocheck had a goal and an assist for Carolina, and Jesper Fast also scored for the Hurricanes.

The Hurricanes hadn’t trailed by more than two goals in any of their first nine games, but were down 4-0 in the first period against Florida and couldn’t pull off a comeback.

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