Hurricanes shut out Bruins, remain undefeated

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Carolina Hurricanes remained undefeated with a 3-0 win against the Boston Bruins at PNC Arena on Thursday.

Frederik Andersen made 33 saves for his first shutout with Carolina, which won its franchise-record sixth straight game to start the season.
"Our goaltending through these six games has been elite, and obviously, that's helped," Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "Everything has to go your way. You get a bounce here, a bounce there. Tonight, we got the bounces, really the [first] two goals."
Tony DeAngelo, Nino Niederreiter and Andrei Svechnikov scored from the Hurricanes. Andersen also had an assist in his 20th NHL shutout.
"I'm just happy to be winning," Andersen said. "That's our goal every night, and I think that's what matters. Just one of those games where you battle, and I think I got a lot of good help from the guys."

Jeremy Swayman made 21 saves for the Bruins (3-3-0), who were shut out for the first time this season. Boston has lost two in a row after a 4-1 loss at the Florida Panthers on Wednesday.
"I think we kept coming against a good team, a rested team," Boston coach Bruce Cassidy said. "A little different luck around the net and I think it's a different outcome. It's a couple games in a row we haven't been able to generate much, so obviously, we've got to look at that."
DeAngelo scored his first goal with the Hurricanes for a 1-0 lead at 15:16 of the first period. DeAngelo one-timed Brady Skjei's pass from the left point. The puck appeared to redirect off the stick of Boston defenseman Brandon Carlo, with Jesperi Kotkaniemi in front of the net for Carolina.
"Any time the goalie can't see us, it makes it easier for the puck to go in somehow," DeAngelo said. "Our forwards, all 12 of them, do a great job of getting there. We always have traffic. "
Carolina made it 2-0 on the power play when Niederreiter's centering pass deflected off the left skate of Bruins defenseman Derek Forbort and past Swayman at 13:35 of the second.

Svechnikov scored an empty-net goal with 25 seconds remaining in the third to extend his point streak to six games (six goals, four assists). Aho earned the secondary assist to extend his six-game point streak (four goals, four assists).
The Hurricanes killed three penalties in the third period, including 1:01 of a two-man advantage.
"We just haven't gotten the end result," Cassidy said. "[Carolina] pressed hard. They're a good penalty-killing team, but we had to finish the 5-on-3. One went by the back post and (Taylor) Hall missed a bunny, a tap-in. I still think we're turning down some shots that we typically get from the right elbow from (David Pastrnak) that plays into the bumper to (Patrice Bergeron). The shot tips we typically make were not as clean."
NOTES: The previous best start for the Hurricanes/Hartford Whalers was 5-0-0 in 2019-20. … Andersen's six-game winning streak is third-best in Hurricanes/Whalers history (Cam Ward, nine, 2008-09; Martin Gerber (seven, 2005-06). … The Bruins had 46 hits. … DeAngelo's goal was the first by a Carolina defenseman this season. … The Hurricanes have killed all 11 penalties in three home games. … Defenseman Jakub Zboril was minus-1 with one shot and four hits in 15:03 of ice time in his season debut for the Bruins.