Jordan Staal, Eric Robinson, and Jesperi Kotkaniemi each scored a goal and added an assist to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5-2 on Monday night in Las Vegas, handing the Golden Knights their first home loss of the season.
Tyson Jost and Jordan Martinook also scored for Carolina, which has now won 9 of its last 10 games. Pyotr Kochetkov made 30 saves in the win.
Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist, and Ivan Barbashev also scored for Vegas, which saw its franchise-record eight-game home win streak come to an end. Adin Hill stopped 17 of 21 shots before being replaced by Akira Schmid, who made 12 saves in his first game for the Golden Knights.
Carolina took the lead early at 4:24 of the first period when Robinson, positioned in front of the net, deflected Sean Walker’s shot through Hill’s pads for his fourth goal of the season.
Kotkaniemi made it 2-0 at 12:46 of the first when he scored on a rebound of his own shot after a three-on-two rush, marking his second goal of the season.
The Hurricanes increased their lead to 3-0 early in the second period when Staal picked up a turnover in the high slot and fired a one-timer off the crossbar for his second goal of the year, with the goal coming on a short-handed play.
A few minutes later, Jost made it 4-0 when a shot by Jaccob Slavin from the left point deflected off Jost’s leg and went inside the near post. That led Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy to replace Hill with Schmid.
Eichel pulled one back for Vegas at 6:11 of the third period, scoring his fifth goal of the season to make it 4-1.
Martinook sealed the win with an empty-net goal at 14:28 to put Carolina up 5-1. Barbashev scored a power-play goal with 13 seconds left in the game to make the final score 5-2.
