Carolina Hurricanes head coach Bill Peters was asked, after his team's 2-1 loss to New Jersey on Monday night, what the cure is for the Hurricanes' offensive woes.
"That's the million dollar question," he responded.
A witty fan replied to the tweet with "Correction: $7M question"—a reference to Alexander Semin, who has scored just once this season and watched Russian music videos in the press box while sitting out Monday's game with an injury—and indeed, the question should have been corrected.
But not in that way.
The 'Canes don't have an offensive problem. They have a scoring problem.
The hometown team's offense pummeled the visiting Devils in essentially every category, including a downright ridiculous 41-16 margin in shots on goal and 94-42 differential in shots attempted (also known as Corsi), yet lost.
The L dropped Carolina's final record on a now-concluded homestand to 1-4, including three consecutive losses with just one goal scored to end the five-game streak.
The 'Canes outshot their opponents in all four losses—34-33 vs. Pitt ...
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