Sebastian Aho scored two goals as the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Seattle Kraken 4-1 on Thursday at Veikkaus Arena in Helsinki.
Carolina built an early lead with a pair of goals late in the first period. Nikolaj Ehlers broke the scoreless tie at 11:44 with a wrist shot set up by K'Andre Miller and Logan Stankoven. Just 1:06 later, Aho redirected a pass on the power play to give Carolina a 2-0 edge, with assists going to Jackson Blake and Ehlers.
The Hurricanes added to their advantage in the second period when Juuso Välimäki beat Philipp Grubauer with a snap shot at 9:34 off a pass from Stankoven. Aho pushed the score to 4-0 at 11:41 of the third period with a slap shot assisted by Miller and Andrei Svechnikov. Seattle ended the shutout bid at 13:15 of the final frame when Frederick Gaudreau converted a wrist shot off a pass from Mackie Samoskevich.
Carolina limited Seattle to 13 total shots on goal, with Brandon Bussi stopping 12 of them to earn the victory. Grubauer made 26 saves on 30 shots for Seattle. The Hurricanes converted one of their three power-play chances, while the Kraken went 0 for 2 on the man advantage.
The win pushed Carolina to a 15-3-2 record and extended their winning streak to three games. Seattle fell to 9-7-1 with the defeat and has dropped two consecutive games.
The two teams meet again on Saturday, November 14, when the Hurricanes host the Kraken at 1:00 PM ET.
