Carolina Hurricanes at Vancouver Canucks

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Carolina Hurricanes

8-2-1

Final
6 - 3

Vancouver Canucks

2-8-1

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Defending champion Hurricanes beat Canucks 6-3 to take NHL lead

Carolina Hurricanes vs. Vancouver Canucks: Game Highlights

Nicolas Deslauriers also had two goals for the defending Stanley Cup champion Hurricanes (8-2-1). Jackson Blake added three assists, and Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 14 shots, They rebounded from a 3-2 loss at Calgary on Sunday night.

Linus Karlsson, Jonathan Lekkerimaki and Max Sasson scored for the Canucks (2-8-1).

Leevi Merilainen provided a bright spot for Vancouver with 38 saves. He stopped Sebastian Aho on a penalty shot in the second period after Canucks center Elias Pettersson was caught throwing his stick.

Up next Hurricanes: At Edmonton on Thursday night.

Canucks: Host Detroit on Thursday night.

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Regular Season Series

CAR wins series 2-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 4:44	Logan Stankoven Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Jackson Blake (8), Juuso Valimaki (1)
Goal	1st Period 10:10	Linus Karlsson Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Elias Pettersson (8), Jake DeBrusk (3)
Goal	1st Period 12:09	Nikolaj Ehlers Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Jackson Blake (9), Logan Stankoven (3)
Goal	1st Period 19:58	Jonathan Lekkerimaki Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Jake DeBrusk (4), Brock Boeser (6)
Goal	2nd Period 2:26	Nicolas Deslauriers Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Jesperi Kotkaniemi (3)
Goal	2nd Period 13:07	Max Sasson Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Zeev Buium (2), Brendan Gallagher (2)
Goal	3rd Period 4:07	Nicolas Deslauriers Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Bradly Nadeau (2), K'Andre Miller (3)
Goal	3rd Period 10:22	Nikolaj Ehlers Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal	3rd Period 17:57	Logan Stankoven Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Nikolaj Ehlers (5), Jackson Blake (10)

Statistics

CAR		VAN
9	Blocked Shots	14
10	Hits	26
2	Takeaways	4
44	Shots	17
0	Power Play Goals	1
5	Power Play Opportunities	2
0.0	Power Play Percentage	50.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
29	Faceoffs Won	32
47.5	Faceoff Win Percent	52.5
16	Giveaways	17
2	Total Penalties	4
4	Penalty Minutes	10

Vancouver Canucks Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Marco Rossi, C	Out	Oct 20
Jack Thompson, D	Injured Reserve	Sep 29
Akil Thomas, C	Injured Reserve	Sep 29
Mackenzie MacEachern, LW	Injured Reserve	Sep 29
Thatcher Demko, G	Injured Reserve	Sep 28

Carolina Hurricanes Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Taylor Hall, LW	Injured Reserve	Oct 19
Mark Jankowski, C	Out	Oct 18
Seth Jarvis, C	Injured Reserve	Oct 16
Jordan Staal, C	Injured Reserve	Oct 15
Alexander Nikishin, D	Injured Reserve	Oct 14