Logan Stankoven scored three straight goals and Sean Walker collected four assists to lead the Carolina Hurricanes to a 7-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks at Lenovo Center on Thursday.
Carolina grabbed control in the opening period with three goals in the first ten minutes. K'Andre Miller opened the scoring with a snap shot 1:18 into the contest for his first goal of the season. Andrei Svechnikov followed with back-to-back power-play goals, scoring on a backhand at 7:11 and adding a snap shot at 9:25 to establish a 3-0 cushion.
Mark Jankowski extended the lead to 4-0 at 3:20 of the second period before Jake DeBrusk got Vancouver on the board 43 seconds later with his first goal of the season. Stankoven then took over for Carolina, scoring shorthanded at 13:13 and adding a power-play marker at 19:02. Stankoven completed his hat trick at 11:36 of the third period at even strength to push the score to 7-1 before DeBrusk scored his second of the night for Vancouver at 13:04.
Special teams shaped the outcome as Carolina converted all three of its power-play chances and added a shorthanded goal, while the Canucks went 0 for 4 with the man advantage. Pyotr Kochetkov earned the win in net for Carolina by stopping 18 of 20 shots. Kevin Lankinen took the loss for Vancouver, allowing six goals on 18 shots over two periods before Leevi Merilainen stopped 14 of 15 shots in relief during the third period.
The Hurricanes improved their record to 3-1-1 and extended their winning streak to three games. Vancouver fell to 2-3-0 with the defeat, stretching its winless streak to two games.
Carolina visits the Calgary Flames on Sunday, October 18, at 8:00 PM ET. The Canucks return to action on Tuesday, October 20, when they host the Hurricanes at 10:00 PM ET.
