Recap: Svechnikov's Stellar Second Pushes Canes Past Kraken

SEATTLE, WA. -Forward Andrei Svechnikov led the way for the Carolina Hurricanes Monday night, tallying two goals and an assist during the second period en route to a 5-1 victory over the Seattle Kraken.

The Story

For the first time in three games the Canes got on the board in the opening period, wasting little time at all in taking the night's first lead. After Sebastian Aho claimed possession of an offensive zone faceoff, a Brady Skjei shot from the point glanced just wide of Philipp Grubauer's net. Aho got the first attempt at putting home a second chance, but then it was Seth Jarvis who came in to clean up the scraps.

The lone goal of the opening frame came just 3:35 in and thanks to some timely stops from Frederik Andersen the Canes were able to take both the lead and momentum into the second.
From there Rod Brind'Amour's team got to more of their game, keeping Seattle to the outside and limiting any high-danger chances.
Carolina then received back-to-back power play chances during the middle stages of the second frame, the first of which began Svechnikov's monster period. #37 first picked up a primary assist, teeing one up for Aho from the high slot.
Aho's second goal in three games was the first in a flurry of four goals that came just 2:23 apart.
The second tally in the sequence belonged to Seattle though, drawing them back within one courtesy of a man advantage marker from Andre Burakovsky.
However, that would be as close as the home team would get, as Svechnikov then took the goal-scoring responsibilities into his own hands to blow open the contest.
For his first of the pair, this time it was Aho's turn to set up the number two overall selection in the 2018 draft for a beautiful power play connection.

Then, just 70 seconds later Svechnikov did it again, catching a piece of a Martin Necas shot and deflecting into the back of the net.
The combined six points from Aho and Svechnikov sent Carolina into the final frame of regulation with a comfortable 4-1 lead, a lead that they'd extend one final time thanks to Jordan Martinook. The team's alternate captain cleaned up the scraps on a rebound in front, pushing the game to it's eventual 5-1 final.

They Said It

Rod Brind'Amouron the performances of Aho and Svechnikov following their three-point game...
"You need your best players to be your best players if you want to find any type of success as a group. So far, those guys three games in have done their job. We need to keep going."
Brind'Amouroffering his thoughts on the power play (that scored twice tonight), post-game...
"It wasn't great, but I thought we did a couple good things that we did try and work on. Give the other team credit, they were pressuring us pretty hard. We made a couple little adjustments and we got a couple goals out of it, so overall it was a good night."
Sebastian Ahoon where he feels his game is at following the three-point performance...
"It's early in the season and there's areas I can be better, but it was a solid game. We try to just take it a day at a time and build the game with my linemates, the power play, penalty kill, all of that. Just trying to be better every day."

Bonus Notes

What's Next?

The Canes are scheduled to practice in Seattle Tuesday before flying to Edmonton ahead of Thursday's meeting with the Oilers.
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