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Martinook extends goal streak to 4 and Hurricanes spoil Knights’ perfect home record with 5-2 win
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Martinook extends goal streak to 4 and Hurricanes spoil Knights’ perfect home record with 5-2 win

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jordan Martinook scored for the fourth straight game and the Carolina Hurricanes handed the Vegas Golden Knights their first home loss with a 5-2 victory Monday night.

Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Eric Robinson and Jordan Staal each had a goal and an assist. Tyson Jost scored the Hurricanes’ other goal. Jaccob Slavin had two assists and Martin Necas extended his point streak to 10 games.

Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 31 shots for Carolina.

Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist for the Golden Knights, giving him eight points in three games. Ivan Barbashev scored his other goal.

Carolina chased down Vegas goaltender Adin Hill at 6:13 of the second period after allowing four goals on 21 shots.

The Hurricanes bounced back from Saturday’s 6-4 loss to Colorado, which ended their eight-game winning streak. They became the first visiting team to win in Vegas this season after the Golden Knights set a franchise record by starting 8-0 at home.

Carolina forward Seth Jarvis, who has 11 points, did not play because of an upper-body injury.

The Golden Knights honored Hurricanes forward William Carrier with a video tribute in the first period. It was his first game against his former club, which took Carrier in the 2017 expansion draft.

Takeaways

Hurricanes: Carolina quickly showed there would be no consequences from its loss in Colorado. The Hurricanes finished the first period with a 2-0 lead and a 16-4 advantage in shots on goal.

Golden Knights: Hill received little help from his defense. The Hurricanes had outscored Vegas 21-8 when he was replaced, including 9-3 on high-danger chances, according to Natural Stat Trick.

Key moment

The Golden Knights suffered a 2-0 power play early in the second period when Vegas’ Shea Theodore committed a turnover in his own zone. Staal pounced on the puck to pretty much extinguish any hope of a Golden Knights comeback.

Key statistic

Robinson’s two points gave him 100 for his career.

To be continued

Both teams are on the road Wednesday: Carolina plays at Utah and Vegas travels to Anaheim.

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