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10/17 17:42 CDT Ehlers' power-play winner lifts Hurricanes past Jets 3-2 for a
seventh straight win
Ehlers' power-play winner lifts Hurricanes past Jets 3-2 for a seventh straight
win
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) --- Nikolaj Ehlers scored a power-play goal 6:43 into
the third period to lift the Carolina Hurricanes to their seventh straight
victory, 3-2 over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday.
The former Jet fired a wrist shot past the glove of Clay Stevenson.
Mark Jankowski --- also on the power play --- and Jesperi Kotkaniemi also
scored for Carolina. Defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere had two assists.
Pyotr Kochetkov made 21 saves and has posted victories in all five starts this
season. With fewer than 40 seconds remaining, Kochetkov made a pad save on Cole
Perfetti, following that up with a save on 18-year-old Viggo Bjorck off the
helmet to preserve Carolina's lead.
Mark Scheifele and Alex Iafallo scored for Winnipeg, which lost its first game
this season on home ice in regulation. Stevenson stopped 34 shots.
Winnipeg held 1-0 and 2-1 leads, before trailing in the third period. The Jets
are 1-1 in matinee games this season, with nine more to play. After a
three-game point drought to start the year, Scheifele is now riding a five-game
point streak with two goals and six assists.
Carolina made the Jets pay on special-teams, scoring two goals while the power
play and killing off Winnipeg's lone opportunity with the man advantage.
Jankowski's second-period goal extended his NHL-leading active goal streak to
seven consecutive games.
Up next
Jets: Visit the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night.
Hurricanes: Visit the Calgary Flames on Sunday.
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