BOS@CAR: Aho breaks the deadlock in the 3rd to make it 2-1

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Pyotr Kochetkov won his eighth straight start to begin the season, and the Carolina Hurricanes ended the Boston Bruins’ eight-game point streak with a 2-1 victory at Lenovo Center on Tuesday.

Sebastian Aho scored the tiebreaking goal on the rush at 10:19 of the third period. William Carrier tipped a pass from Andrei Svechnikov to Aho, who reached to his backhand to chip the puck under Jeremy Swayman’s blocker and make it 2-1.

Jackson Blake also scored for the Hurricanes (10-2-2), who extended their point streak to four games (3-0-1). Kochetkov made 14 saves.

Carolina killed two minor penalties in the final 4:41.

Pavel Zacha scored, and Swayman made 28 saves for the Bruins (9-3-1), who were 7-0-1 in their previous eight.

The Bruins took a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal at 1:31 of the first period. David Pastrnak made a backhand pass to Elias Lindholm, who spun in the left face-off circle and fed Zacha for a tap-in at the right post. 

Blake tied it 1-1 at 19:08. Nikolaj Ehlers stripped the puck from Frederic Brunet below the goal line on the forecheck and passed to Blake, who skated it out of the left corner and scored around Swayman’s left pad with the goaltender sprawled in the crease.