Carolina 6, Winnipeg 3
When: 8:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Where: Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Referees:
Pierre Lambert, Dan O'Halloran
Linesmen:
Brian Murphy, Andrew Smith
Attendance:
15325
By Field Level Media
Sebastian Aho collected two goals and an assist, and Andrei Svechnikov scored a lacrosse-style goal as the visiting Carolina Hurricanes breezed to a 6-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday.
Captain Jordan Staal scored twice, Lucas Wallmark added a power-play tally and Petr Mrazek finished with 30 saves for the Hurricanes, who improved to 5-0-1 in their past six games. Dougie Hamilton contributed three assists, and Nino Niederreiter had two helpers.
Winnipeg's Mark Scheifele scored his team-leading 16th goal to extend his point streak to seven games, and Patrik Laine and Jack Roslovic also tallied.
Connor Hellebuyck yielded five goals on 23 shots before being relieved by Laurent Brossoit, who finished with four saves as the Jets saw their five-game home winning streak come to a halt.
After Laine deflected home defenseman Nathan Beaulieu's shot from the point to forge a tie at 2 at 12:18 of the second period, Svechnikov showed some creativity en route to regaining the lead for Carolina just 52 seconds later.
The 19-year-old Russian skated out from behind the net before lifting the puck on his stick and tucking it between Hellebuyck's right side and the post.
Aho doubled the advantage just over 3 1/2 minutes later by backhanding the puck between Hellebuyck's pads to boost his team-leading goal total to 20, with seven coming in his past five games.
Staal cleaned up a rebound to conclude Carolina's four-goal uprising in the second period, and then he capped his two-goal performance by scoring deep in the left circle at 3:16 of the third.
Carolina made Winnipeg pay after defenseman Josh Morrisey was whistled for a delay of game late in the first period. Wallmark converted on the ensuing power play to open the scoring with 1:37 remaining. Wallmark cleaned up a loose puck for his fifth goal of the season after Niederreiter lost the handle.
Roslovic answered with eight seconds remaining in the first after redirecting Nikolaj Ehlers' shot from the point, but Carolina regained the advantage at 8:39 of the second.
Teuvo Teravainen's spinning pass found Finnish countryman Aho at the back post for an easy conversion. Teravainen's assist was his club-best 27th of the season and eighth in his past five contests.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Carolina |
|
Winnipeg |
|
Sebastian Aho 3 |
Points |
Blake Wheeler 2 |
|
Sebastian Aho 2 |
Goals |
Patrik Laine 1 |
|
Dougie Hamilton 3 |
Assists |
Blake Wheeler 2 |
|
Jordan Staal 1 |
Power Play Goals |
Mark Scheifele 1 |
|
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
|
Petr Mrazek .909 |
Save Percentage |
Laurent Brossoit .800 |
|
Petr Mrazek 30 |
Saves |
Connor Hellebuyck 18 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
| Carolina
|
28 |
6 |
2-2 |
1-2 |
4 |
38 |
| Winnipeg
|
33 |
3 |
1-2 |
0-2 |
4 |
29 |
Upcoming Games
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Winnipeg will play their next game at home against Chicago. The Jets have a W/L % of .429 after a win and .846 after a loss.
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Carolina will play their next game on the road against Colorado. The Hurricanes have a W/L % of .650 after a win and .571 after a loss.
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