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The Carolina Hurricanes have gone up 1-0 at the end of the first period thanks to a goal from Derek Ryan (2) at 17:51 of the frame.
[Goal GIF] @DerekAllenRyan puts the #Canes up 1-0! #Redvolution #CanesAfterDark #CARvsLAK pic.twitter.com/Z9OZfFFW50
— Carolina Hurricanes (@NHLCanes) December 9, 2016
Assisting on the play were Andrej Nestrasil (4) and Justin Faulk (6). Nestrasil did good to draw both L.A. defenders to him in order to free up the lane for Ryan, who did the rest with a slick deke to open the scoring.