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Ryan O'Reilly Jersey Womens , I just had to battle to give us the extra save. We gave a good effort, everyone was hustling back and not giving them easy outlets.”Dougie Hamilton and Teuvo Teravainen scored for Carolina, and Petr Mrazek made 18 saves. The Hurricanes have missed the playoffs the last nine seasons.The Hurricanes would have moved into the second wild-card spot ahead of idle Pittsburgh with a win.“Right now there is a sour taste because this game; we should have won that game,” Hurricanescoach Rod Brind’Amour said. “We needed it and they don’t, so that frustrates me.”The Devils are 13 points out of a playoff spot with 27 games to go.This was a tough game for Kinkaid in more ways than stopping shots. He took a stick in the face from Jordan Martinook with 7:23 left in the second period, was bowled over by Justin Williams later in the period and was knocked over again in the third when Nino Niederreiter interfered with Devils defenseman Damon Severson.Not only was Niederreiter penalized, the call nullified what would have been a tying goal by Sebastian Aho with 12:54 left.“It kept me engaged,” Kinkaid said. “I don’t mind the physicality as long as it doesn’t interfere with me stopping the puck.”Aho said the Hurricanes can’t dwell on this one.“This is one game,” he said. “We just keep playing the same way we played lately we can get to the playoffs.”Zacha and Johansson gave the Devils a 2-0 first-period lead.Hamilton cut the gap to 2-1 in the second
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