Brandon Bussi made 34 saves to win his 19th game of the season as the Hurricanes beat the Senators, 4-1. Bussi's victory helps to continue a record breaking start to his career. No NHL goalie has ever won 19 of his first 23 starts. In Bussi's 23 starts he's allowed 4 or more goals just twice and 8 times -- including the last three -- he's allowed 1 or fewer goals. Carolina wasn't very good in the win, but they managed to score 3 times in the first period as William Carrier, Seth Jarvis and Taylor Hall staked the Canes to the big lead. Andrei Svechnikov's 18th of the season, on the power play, made it 4-0 early in the 2nd period.

The Canes lost to the Chicago Blackhawks, 4-3, in a shootout on a night when the power play -- which had been excellent of late -- went 0 for 5 and conceded a shorthanded goal. Joel Nystrom scored his first NHL goal and was joined on the scoresheet by Jordan Staal and Jackson Blake in the loss. One thing Carolina did well on Thursday was bounce back. They never led in the game, but each time Chicago scored the Canes seemed to get the game back even quickly. Alexander Nikishin took part in his first NHL fight as Chicago's Oliver Moore challenged him after a clean hit on Rick Lardis in the second period. Nikishin didn't appear interested in fighting, but ended the bout quickly as Moore was knocked to the ice in 3 punches. Moore would have the last say, however, as it was his shootout conversion ended the game in the 6th round and gave Chicago the bonus point.

Brandon Bussi only had to make 17 saves. But, you ask Buffalo's Tage Thompson if Carolina's goalie played well. Thompson, a 25 goal scorer already this year, easily could have had a hat trick against the Canes were it not for Bussi. One save was so amazing, the game broadcasters -- both local and national -- assumed that a goal had been scored. It was THAT good. Andrei Svechnikov scored for the 3rd straight game and Seth Jarvis' power play goal, 2 minutes into the 3rd period, was the game winner.