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I feel like I'm on a roller coaster or, better yet, in the stock market. Carolina goes on the road yesterday to Washington, plays about as well as can be expected for 55 minutes, then watch Semin blast in two goals in the final three minutes to lose 3-2, the last one with 10 seconds left and Ward had a clean look only to totally misread the shot coming in. Ward's propensity for making spectacular saves and then allowing in shots that are either from steep angles or on breakaways or rushes where he has good line of sight is irritating to say the least and that basically sums up both of Semin's goals.
Still, Carolina got over it, but only slowly as they had a home game tonight against Ottawa. The Senators grabbed the lead in the second, but Carolina struck for two in the third to get the win. The winner was potted by Joe Corvo who's apparently decided that playing Ottawa is up his alley (he netted a hat trick in the lone meeting between the two teams after he got traded from Ottawa to Carolina last year). He also got an assist on Carolina's other goal by Dennis Seidenberg.
Still, it's not a positive development when both goals come from defensemen. Of late, Tuomo Ruutu has just about been the only Carolina forward who has played with any excellence up front of late, though his point streak ended tonight after five games. Gotta get that fixed, especially while they're in this stretch of seven home games in eight. Four divisional games coming up, including a return visit by Washington sandwiched by a home-and-home with Atlanta and then followed by a game at home against Tampa Bay.
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