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Wednesday, Oct. 20 7:30pm ET
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TORONTO (AP) -- Maybe the Carolina Hurricanes should play all their games on the road this season. The Hurricanes, who have yet to play a home game, continued their strong road play when they rallied to tie the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-3 Wednesday night. "The road trip has really been a benefit to us," said Carolina's Gary Roberts. "We've got some good young players who have jelled well during this stretch and it's sometimes easier to catch teams a little off guard at home. "I think we'll ask for the first nine games on the road again next season." The Hurricanes started the season on the road while waiting for their new arena facility to be finished. The Hurricanes are now 3-1-3-0, with weekend games at Buffalo and Pittsburgh before opening their new rink Oct. 29 against New Jersey. The Maple Leafs appeared on their way to a win as goals by Alyn McCauley, Cory Cross and Yanic Perreault gave them a 3-1 lead early in the second period. "Then we went brain dead really fast," said Toronto coach Pat Quinn. "We were solid the first 12 or 13 minutes of the second period, then it was just a lack of concentration that let us down. "Give Carolina credit though. They've got a good-looking team." Roberts and Jeff Daniels late in the second to tie the game. Andrei Kovalenko opened the scoring in the first period. Daniels' tying goal came when linemate Kent Manderville intercepted a poor clearing attempt by Toronto goalie Curtis Joseph. Carolina had the best opportunity to win in overtime, playing with a four-on-three man advantage for most of the first two minutes after Toronto's Igor Korolev took a hooking penalty with 10 seconds left in the third "We practice four-on-fours, not four-on-threes," said Maple Leafs center Steve Sullivan. "It was a tough situation. "There was so much open ice out there. Usually the team with a four-on-three advantage is going to score." The Hurricanes managed one shot on Joseph during the advantage even though they controlled the puck in the Toronto zone for most of the man power play. Joseph also stopped Bates Battaglia on a partial breakaway midway through the extra period. Carolina goalie Arturs Irbe foiled Sullivan on a partial breakaway. Irbe turned aside 32 shots; Joseph faced 27. | ALSO SEE NHL Scoreboard Carolina Clubhouse Toronto Clubhouse Blues acquire Derek King from Maple Leafs
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