After back-to-back tough losses in Alberta, the Carolina Hurricanes looked to close out their five-game Pacific Division road trip on a high note.
Luckily for them, their opponent was the Vancouver Canucks, the only team in the NHL still without a win in 2022-23. After Monday night, they remained winless, and the Hurricanes improved to 4-1-1 on the season with a 3-2 win.
An early interference penalty on Dakota Joshua gave the Hurricanes the game’s first power play at 5:55, and they didn’t waste much time getting on the board.
Martin Necas dished a beautiful cross-seam pass to the tape of Andrei Svechnikov at the backdoor of the Vancouver net, and the red-hot winger continued his goal-scoring rampage.