Carolina Hurricanes Hand the Arizona Coyotes Their Eighth Loss Straight 5-1, 2/16/24

 

Happy #Canes, happy Caniacs 😄#CauseChaos | #WinningSmiles pic.twitter.com/nqgoogpAHC

— Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) February 17, 2024

*Sorry for the lack of photos! Hoping to get permission eventually.*

   The Arizona Coyotes had lost their eighth game straight against the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday, February 16th. Pyotr Kochetkov made 30 saves for Carolina in a 5-1 win. Karel Vejmelka had been replaced by Matt Villalta, who made four saves in his NHL debut.

Hurricanes lineup against the Coyotes:

Svechnikov - Aho - Fast

Bunting - Drury - Necas

Martinook - Staal - Jarvis

Teravainen - Kotkaniemi - Noesen

Slavin - Burns

Skjei - Pesce

Orlov - Chatfield

Kochetkov

Coyotes lineup against the Hurricanes:

Keller - Hayton - Schmaltz

Maccelli - Bjugstad - Crouse

Cooley - McBain - Guenther

Carcone - Kerfoot - Zucker

Moser - Durzi

Dermott - Dumba

Valimaki - Kesselring

Vejmelka

Villalta

   Only 16 seconds into the first period, Jordan Martinook scored his ninth goal of the season and gave the Hurricanes a 1-0 lead early. Martinook scored on the rebound of Brady Skjei's shot from along the left-side boards... Martinook got the puck in the net with a backhanded shot. Off a wraparound by Martin Necas, Jalen Chatfield struck his fifth goal of the season to extend Carolina's lead to 2-0. Dylan Guenther cut it 2-1 with the lone goal for Arizona late into the first frame. Before Guenther's breakaway goal, Logan Cooley had prevented Carolina from taking control of the puck in the neutral zone.

   At 13:32 of the second period, Seth Jarvis pushed it to 3-1. Jarvis had gotten ahold of the puck from a pass by Travis Dermott, who intended to send the puck over to Nick Schmaltz... however, the puck deflected to Jarvis in the left circle and he scored a one-timer. Teuvo Teravainen struck his 17th of the season later in the middle frame to get the Canes a three-goal lead on the power play. After Karel Vejmelka saved Jack Drury's one-timer in the slot, Teravainen put in a rebound at the left post.

   Michael Bunting scored a backhanded shot at 15:23 of the final frame. Bunting scored the backhand from the slot for a 5-1 final.

Notes:

- Both Jack Drury and Martin Necas recorded two assists

- Karel Vejmelka made 21 saves before getting replaced by Matt Villalta, who made four saves in his NHL debut.

- Jordan Martinook's game-opener tied for the fifth-fastest goal to start a game in Hurricanes history... Shane Willis - :09 (2000-01), Trevor van Riemsdyk - :12 (2019-20), Keyvn Adams - :14 (2002-03), Brett Pesce - :14 (2017-18), Alexander Semin - :16 (2012-13), Jordan Martinook - :16

- Brett Pesce has played 600 NHL career games

 

Congrats on 600 games, Pesh! 👏 pic.twitter.com/3nBTDEqc64

— Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) February 17, 2024