Canes fall behind early, lose 5-2 to Washington

The Hurricanes dropped their second straight home game to start the season, losing 5-2 to the Capitals as Brandon Bussi struggled in his second start of the year. Bussi, who was outstanding in the opener even though he allowed a very saveable overtime goal in the 1-0 loss to Florida, allowed 5 goals on 27 shots to the Caps. Unfortunately, three of them should have been stopped. The Canes weren't great by any means, but the eventual 4-0 deficit early in the 2nd period was too much to overcome. Sebastian Aho and Logan Stankoven scored for the Canes who failed to win either of their first two games for the first time in Rod Brind'Amour's coaching reign.