The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Chicago Blackhawks 9-2 on Saturday at Lenovo Center, scoring four goals in the first period and never trailing. Sebastian Aho finished with a goal and two assists for three points, and Andrei Svechnikov scored twice as Carolina improved to 14-3-2.
Jordan Martinook scored twice in the opening period to help stake Carolina to a 4-0 lead after 20 minutes. Connor Bedard had a goal and an assist for Chicago, which fell to 4-13-1 and has now lost both meetings in the season series to the Hurricanes.
Takeaways From Hurricanes’ Win Over Blackhawks
Carolina buried Chicago early
The Hurricanes scored four times in the first period, getting goals from Seth Jarvis, Jackson Blake and two from Martinook. Carolina outshot Chicago 33-20 for the game and won 63.6% of its faceoffs, controlling play from puck drop.
The Blackhawks struggled to generate offense until it was too late
Chicago did not score until Roman Kantserov’s goal 5:56 into the third period, by which point Carolina led 7-0. Bedard added a power-play-free third-period goal before the Hurricanes answered with two more to close it out. Chicago finished with 19 giveaways compared to Carolina’s defense contributed offensively
Defensemen Alexander Nikishin and Shayne Gostisbehere each scored.
Nikishin also assisted on Gostisbehere’s goal. Six different Hurricanes scored, showing the depth of the division leader.s seven.
Carolina’s blue line chipped in offensively
Defensemen Alexander Nikishin and Shayne Gostisbehere each scored, with Nikishin also drawing an assist on Gostisbehere’s third-period goal. Carolina got scoring from six different players, a sign of the depth that has carried the team to the top of the Metropolitan Division standings.
Player Of The Game: Sebastian Aho
Aho had one goal and two assists, went 6-for-10 on faceoffs and finished plus-4. He assisted on both Svechnikov goals and scored Carolina’s sixth goal in the second period.
Hurricanes Vs Blackhawks By The Numbers
- Shots: Carolina 33, Chicago 20
- Faceoffs: Carolina won 28-16 (63.6%)
- Giveaways: Carolina 7, Chicago 19
- Hits: Chicago 22, Carolina 8
- Goaltending: Kochetkov (Carolina) 18 saves on 20 shots (.900 save percentage); Soderblom (Chicago) 13 saves on 16 shots (.813), Knight 11 saves on 17 shots (.647)
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