SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Nick Bjugstad scored his second goal of the game to cap the Utah Hockey Club’s three-goal streak 2 1/2 minutes into the third period in a 4-1 win over the Hurricanes of Carolina. Wednesday evening.

Jack McBain and Mikhail Sergachev also scored for Utah, which won at home after losing three of four on the road. Michael Kesselring had two assists and Karel Vejmelka made a career-high 49 saves to earn his first win in five games.

Martin Necas scored for Carolina, which lost for only the second time in 11 games and ended a nine-game streak with at least four goals. Pyotr Kochetkov allowed three goals on 18 shots before being replaced after giving up Sergachev’s goal to make it 3-1 at 7:11 of the third period. Spencer Martin stopped two of the three shots he faced.

Vejmelka made 15 saves in the first period, 16 in the second and 18 in the third.

McBain unleashed the explosion at 5:09 of the third, and Bjugstad closed it out 17 seconds after Martin entered the game.

Bjugstad put Utah on the scoreboard first with 2:05 left in the first period with his first goal of the season and the 150th of his career. Necas tied it with a power play goal midway through the second.

Takeaways

Hurricanes: Carolina has scored 44 goals in its previous nine games and found the going tougher in Utah despite a 50-21 advantage in shots on goal.

Utah: After a road trip in which Utah went 1-2-1, the team got a four-day break – the longest of the season so far – but the Hurricanes consistently beat the home team to the puck and created almost double the score. chances until the third period.

Key moment

Just 22 seconds after McBain’s score, Lawson Krause hit the crossbar on a shot that was initially ruled a goal. After the review took the score off the board, Sergachev scored his goal and Bjugstad added it all.

Key statistic

Utah improved to 5-0-2 by scoring first.

Following

Utah hosts Vegas on Friday and the Hurricanes host Ottawa on Saturday.

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