Sebastian Aho scored a minute into time beyond regulation to guide the Carolina Hurricanes to a 4-3 victory because the Chicago Blackhawks as soon as once more squandered an early lead.
BANG 💥
Sebastian Aho wins it for the @Canes along with his fourth @Energizer OT winner of the season! pic.twitter.com/8Okm7qfVmJ
— NHL (@NHL) January 21, 2025
The Blackhawks struck first when Philipp Kurashev took a Seth Jones move and flipped the puck previous Hurricanes’ goaltender Fredrik Andersen, who was showing in his five hundredth profession recreation. He turned the primary Danish goaltender to attain that feat and the seventh participant total.
Andersen, who got here off the injured record final Friday, noticed his first motion since Oct. 26.
The Blackhawks prolonged their lead on a Tyler Bertuzzi aim till Seth Jarvis and Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored to tug the Hurricanes even. Jaccob Slavin factored on each Carolina objectives to report his twenty fourth multi-assist recreation with the Hurricanes and moved right into a tie with Justin Faulk for the third most by a defenseman in franchise historical past.
Ryan Donato scored with lower than a minute left within the second interval to provide the Blackhawks the lead heading into the second intermission.
Jordan Staal scooped up the puck throughout a pile-up across the internet, tied the rating with simply over six minutes left within the third interval, and picked up his 700th profession level.
Staal additionally performed in his 1,three hundredth NHL recreation tonight. He’s simply the eighth energetic participant to succeed in the milestone, becoming a member of Ryan Suter, Brent Burns, Alex Ovechkin, Anze Kopitar, Corey Perry, Sidney Crosby, and Marc-Édouard Vlasic. He’s the 74th participant in NHL historical past to succeed in the milestone and the primary participant from the 2006 Draft class.
Martin Necas made a pleasant cross-ice move to set Aho up for the game-winning aim, his fourth time beyond regulation winner this season.
