Bruins 2, Hurricanes 8
Martin Necas, Andrei Svechnikov and Jack Roslovic all shined offensively to lead the Carolina Hurricanes to their fifth straight victory, 8-2 against the Boston Bruins at Lenovo Center.
Necas scored a goal and had three assists while Svechnikov had two goals and an assist. They notably found themselves at the heart of a three-goal surge by the Hurricanes (7-2-0) in the space of 52 seconds in the first period, which allowed Carolina to find itself with a 4-1 lead. .
Svechnikov started the push at 17:14 by deflecting a shot from Shayne Gostisbehere, then Dmitry Orlov scored in turn at 17:52. Necas followed with his fifth goal of the season at 18:06, which he scored on the power play when he saw the pass he was directing to Svechnikov deflect instead off the skate of Brandon Carlo.
Roslovic scored his fifth and sixth goals of the campaign, opening the scoring at 6:28 of the first period then giving his team a 6-2 lead at 9:32 of the second.
Sean Walker, his first with Carolina, and Jesperi Kotkaniemi, his first of the season, then added to the score in the third period.
Gostisbehere and Seth Jarvis each had two assists on the night, while Pyotr Kochetkov made 13 saves.
Brad Marchand, on the power play, and Hampus Lindholm responded for the Bruins (4-6-1), who suffered a fifth loss in their six most recent meetings (1-4-1). David Pastrnak had two assists.
Jeremy Swayman was called to the bench after allowing six goals on 22 shots. Joonas Korpisalo gave up two goals on 15 shots in relief.
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