Game 2 overtime victory against Philadelphia<\/a>.<\/p>\nBut coach Rod Brind\u2019Amour isn\u2019t satisfied with his team\u2019s play.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s another level we\u2019re going to have to get to, and it\u2019s there for us,\u201d Brind\u2019Amour said Tuesday. \u201cI think that\u2019s kind of the takeaway. We\u2019re getting by, we\u2019re finding ways to get a win. It wasn\u2019t a bad game by any stretch, but I think there\u2019s another level we\u2019re going to have to find.\u201d<\/p>\n
Philadelphia hosts Carolina for Game 3 of their second-round playoff series Thursday. Carolina leads the series 2-0 after Monday\u2019s 3-2 come-from-behind overtime win. It was the first game in which the Hurricanes have trailed this postseason, which began with a four-game sweep of Ottawa.<\/p>\n
The most obvious for improvement is with the Hurricanes\u2019 top regular-season scorers. While the second line of Taylor Hall, Jackson Blake and Logan Stankoven has been exceptional \u2014 11 goals and 13 assists in six games, including Hall\u2019s game-winner on Monday \u2014 Carolina is still looking for more from its top line.<\/p>\n
Seth Jarvis, the team\u2019s top goal scorer in the regular season, got his first of the postseason in Game 2 after a midgame switch to a line with Nikolaj Ehlers and Jordan Staal.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know how much he cares,\u201d Brind\u2019Amour said. \u201cHe wants to be the difference every game, every shift. There was probably a little weight I\u2019m hoping lifted off him to just go out and just keep playing because we know how valuable he is to us. So hopefully that springboards him a little bit and gets him feeling good about his game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ehlers, second on the team in regular season points (71), also scored his first goal of the postseason in Game 2.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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