Hurricanes beat Chicago, season-opening win streak at 9

Thu, Nov 4, 2021
NHL News (AP)

CHICAGO (AP) - Jesper Fast and Martin Necas scored 3:09 apart in the third period, and the undefeated Carolina Hurricanes topped the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Wednesday night.

Derek Stepan had a goal and an assist as Carolina matched a franchise record with its ninth straight victory. Seth Jarvis added his first career goal, and Frederik Andersen made 27 saves in the opener of a challenging three-game trip.

At 9-0, the Hurricanes moved into a tie with the 2015-16 Montreal Canadiens for the NHL's third-longest win streak to begin a season. Next up is a trip to Florida for a Saturday matchup with the Panthers, who are 8-0-1 heading into their game against Washington on Thursday night.

Alex DeBrincat had two goals for Chicago, which lost 6-3 at Carolina on Friday night. Patrick Kane had a goal and an assist, and Marc-Andre Fleury made 28 stops.

OILERS 5, PREDATORS 2

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) - Leon Draisaitl had two goals and an assist to take the NHL scoring lead - a point ahead of teammate Connor McDavid - and Edmonton beat Nashville.

Draisaitl has 20 points on nine goals and 11 assists. McDavid assisted on both of Draisaitl's goals.

Kailer Yamamoto, Devin Shore and Jesse Puljujarvi also scored, and Mikko Koskinen made 31 saves to help the Western Conference-leading Oilers improve to 8-1-0.

Matt Duchene and Ryan Johansen scored for Nashville, and Conor Ingram stopped 24 shots. The Predators had won four in a row.

BLUE JACKETS 5, AVALANCHE 4

DENVER (AP) - Jake Bean scored twice, including the winner 1:12 into overtime, and Columbus rebounded after surrendering a late two-goal lead to beat Colorado.

Bean skated in and lined a shot through the pads of Avalanche goaltender Jonas Johansson as the Blue Jackets improved to 4-0 this season in games decided after regulation.

Cole Sillinger scored twice and Boone Jenner added a goal for the Blue Jackets, who finished their three-game trip with a 2-1 mark. Joonas Korpisalo stopped 28 shots.

Down 4-2 in the third, Colorado got a goal from J.T. Compher with 3:26 remaining and tied it up on Bowen Byram's second goal of the game with 52 seconds remaining. Logan O'Connor also scored for Colorado. Johansson made 32 saves for the Avalanche.

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