Hurricanes remain undefeated, deny Blackhawks first win

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Carolina Hurricanes extended their franchise-record season-starting winning streak to seven and kept the Chicago Blackhawks winless with a 6-3 victory at PNC Arena on Friday.

Tony DeAngelo had a goal and two assists, Sebastian Aho had a goal and an assist, and Vincent Trocheck had two assists for the Hurricanes. Antti Raanta made 23 saves in his Carolina debut.
"There were some moments where you start to feel really good, and a few times where you feel you didn't get the right read on the plays," Raanta said. "But it's good to get back in there and play behind this team. Obviously you get a lot of goal support."

Brandon Hagel, Adam Gaudette and Alex DeBrincat scored, and Kevin Lankinen made 29 saves for the Blackhawks (0-6-2), who at eight games tied their longest season-opening stretch without a victory.
"Obviously eight games in and we don't have a win, it's terrible," Chicago coach Jeremy Colliton said. "Early on, it's like, 'Let's keep playing the same way. We're going to get out of this, we're going to get out of this.' I think we're still trying to do that, we're still trying to stay positive, we're still trying to say, 'Let's find a way out of this.' But obviously the first win is in the back of everyone's mind. For us, we just have to focus as much as we can on what we need to do to win."
The Hurricanes scored four times in the second period, but coach Rod Brind'Amour was frustrated with penalties they took. The Blackhawks were 2-for-8 on the power play and played 14:09 with the man-advantage.
"It wasn't a very fun game to coach," Brind'Amour said. "It didn't have any flow. But we had done enough damage to get ahead and kind of just get through it."
Hagel gave the Blackhawks a 1-0 lead at 6:12 of the first period when he scored in the slot off a short backhand feed from Jonathan Toews.

DeAngelo finished a Trocheck pass that went through the legs of Chicago forward Reese Johnson to tie it 1-1 at 7:10.
"The first goal, I think I could have scored if I was left-handed because 'Troch' made such a good pass," DeAngelo said. "Those kinds of things come in waves sometimes. The points are great. Obviously, it's something I've got to bring to the team."
Gaudette's backhand from the left face-off circle gave Chicago a 2-1 lead on the power play at 10:21.
"If we can play like we did in the first 18 minutes or so, I think we're going to come out of this," said Blackhawks defenseman Erik Gustafsson, who had two assists. "I know everyone wants to win in there, and it's tough right now, for sure. I think the team we have, we're much better than this."
The Hurricanes scored two goals in 17 seconds to go ahead. Jordan Staal chipped the puck under Lankinen's glove to tie it 2-2 at 13:09, and Derek Stepan made it 3-2 at 13:26 when he skated out of the right corner and tucked a shot inside the near post.

Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored off a pass from Aho on a 2-on-1 to extend the lead to 4-2 at 18:40.
"We have the ability to counter quickly and some high-skill players. That's kind of what can happen," Brind'Amour said. "That's a good sign to have that. We've just got to limit the other chances. We gave up a ton. That's the work in progress for me."
Aho scored on the power play at 3:43 of the second period to put the Hurricanes ahead 5-2, and Andrei Svechnikov made it 6-2 at 6:16.
DeBrincat scored on the power play from the right circle after skating through the Carolina defense to cut it to 6-3 at 8:08 of the third period.
NOTES: Blackhawks forward Tyler Johnson left the game after a cross-check from Trocheck at 9:47 of the second period. Colliton said he does not expect him to play at the St. Louis Blues on Saturday (8 p.m. ET; BSMW, NBCSCH, ESPN+, NHL LIVE). … Chicago defenseman Isaak Phillips had two shots on goal and played 11:07 in his NHL debut. ... The Blackhawks were winless through eight games in 1953-54, when they were 0-7-1 (tie); and 1999-00, when they were 0-4-4 (ties). … Hurricanes forward Nino Niederreiter sustained a lower-body injury in the third period, and Brind'Amour said he "could be out for a while." … Svechnikov (11 points; seven goals, four assists) and Aho (10 points; five goals, five assists) each extended his season-opening point streak to seven games. … Carolina was coming off a 3-0 home win against the Boston Bruins on Thursday.