a Shorthanded Goal from Tampa Bay Lightning vs. New York Islanders

One thing old people — especially old hockey people — love to talk about is how much better things used to be, and how bad they are today.

Over the past three seasons only one team in the NHL — the Los Angeles Kings — has allowed fewer shots on goal per game than the 27.3 allowed by the Hurricanes. Despite those low shot totals the Hurricanes are only 19th in the NHL in goals against. The are the only team in the top-eight in shots against that finished outside of the top-12 in goals against and the only one that has not made the playoffs at least once.

Serbia is going home with a medal in women’s volleyball for the second straight Olympics. The Serbians beat South Korea in straight sets Sunday to win the bronze medal in Tokyo. Serbia bounced back from a lopsided straight-set loss to the United States in the semifinals with the 25-18, 25-15, 25-15 victory.