Sebastian Aho scored with 18.9 seconds remaining, supporting Pyotr Kochetkov and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Florida Panthers 1- on Thursday night time.
Kochetkov stopped 44 photographs in his third shutout of the period. Carolina has gained 4 straight and six of its previous seven games.
Florida had won 11 straight highway video games, just one quick of tying the NHL report.
It was a rematch of last year’s Jap Conference Ultimate, and it felt like a playoff activity in February. Equally playoff game titles in Raleigh in May perhaps went into further time, including a 4-overtime marathon in Activity 1.
“It felt truly like we ended up nearly correct back again at it the way it was (in the playoffs),” Carolina mentor Rod Brind’Amour mentioned.
Aho lifted Carolina to the get when he conquer Sergei Bobrovsky immediately after a shot attempt by Andrei Svechnikov was blocked ahead of it could get to the web.
Aho had a prime scoring possibility with 3:46 remaining in regulation but couldn’t control a tip-in possibility in front. Aho claimed he “skipped an empty-netter.”
Florida adopted Aho’s first skip with what was initially dominated a objective for Eetu Luostarinen with 3:19 still left. But the Panthers had been dominated offside immediately after a thriving challenge by Brind’Amour.
“I received one more chance and was equipped to put that in,” Aho mentioned of his team-primary 21st intention of the season.
It was the goalies who did the major lifting. Kochetkov’s glove conserve on Evan Rodrigues on a 2-on-1 rush just 3:30 into the 3rd period of time was one particular of a lot of highlights for the Carolina goalie.
“One objective is all we obtained,” Brind’Amour explained. “We wanted (Kochetkov) to be excellent and he was.”
Bobrovsky, the star of the Panthers’ playoff sweep of Carolina, was equally impressive. He also received some assistance from the cage. Jordan Martinook had a shot go off the remaining write-up in the to start with period, and Tony D’Angelo experienced one particular in the next.
For Kochetkov, a 24-calendar year-aged Russian, there was more which means to outdueling his 35-calendar year-outdated countryman. Bobrovsky finished with 28 saves.
“He’s an unbelievable goalie and unbelievable man,” Kochetkov reported. “For me, it is a very little bit of a unique day and a specific game.”
The Panthers played the remaining two intervals with no ahead Matthew Tkachuk and defenseman Gustav Forsling.
UP Next
Panthers: Host Washington on Saturday.
Hurricanes: Host Dallas on Saturday.
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