Carolina’s goalie Pyotr Kochetkov made 32 saves to record his first shutout of the season, leading the Hurricanes to a 4-0 win over the New York Islanders on Tuesday night in Raleigh, N.C.
Sebastian Aho scored a goal and had an assist, while Andrei Svechnikov, Jordan Martinook, and Tyson Jost also found the net. The Hurricanes won back-to-back games for the first time this month.
Shayne Gostisbehere contributed two assists, helping Carolina bounce back from a 4-3 loss on the road to the Islanders on December 7. The Hurricanes completed a 3-1-0 homestand, which will be their last home game until after Christmas.
The Islanders lost their second consecutive game, bringing their record in December to 3-4-1. They failed to score on their only power-play chance, which came in the first period.
Ilya Sorokin made 19 saves on 23 shots through the first two periods, before Marcus Hogberg stopped six shots in the third period. This was Hogberg’s second game of the season.
Kochetkov, who did not play in Sunday’s win over Columbus, stopped nine shots in the third period to earn his ninth career shutout.
Svechnikov scored the first goal just 35 seconds into the game’s first power play at 5:47 of the first period. It was his 12th goal of the season, with three of those coming against the Islanders on the power play.
Less than three minutes later, Martinook scored off a rebound from Jordan Staal’s shot. Martinook, with eight goals, has scored in two straight games.
The Hurricanes have outscored opponents 34-21 in the first period this season, while the Islanders have been outscored 27-22 in the opening 20 minutes.
Jost, who scored his second goal of the season, and Aho, who scored with 16 seconds left in the second period, each contributed to the win. Aho has scored in back-to-back games after an eight-game goal drought, bringing his total to nine goals for the season.
Despite outshooting Carolina 32-29, the Islanders came up short in the game.
