Necas gets 4 points, Hurricanes cruise past Bruins for 5th straight win
Carolina scores 8 goals; Pastrnak has 2 assists for Boston
Bruins at Hurricanes | Recap
RALEIGH, N.C. — Martin Necas had four points for the Carolina Hurricanes in an 8-2 win against the Boston Bruins at Lenovo Center on Thursday.
Andrei Svechnikov had three points, Jack Roslovic scored two goals and Pyotr Kochetkov made 13 saves for the Hurricanes (7-2-0), who have won five in a row. Shayne Gostisbehere and Seth Jarvis each had two assists.
Hampus Lindholm and Brad Marchand scored for the Bruins (4-6-1), who are 1-4-1 in their past six. Joonas Korpisalo made 13 saves in relief of Jeremy Swayman, who allowed six goals on 22 shots.
Roslovic gave the Hurricanes a 1-0 lead at 6:28 of the first period. On a delayed penalty, Sebastian Aho passed to Roslovic, who scored on a wrist shot from the slot.
Marchand scored with a 5-on-3 advantage to make it 1-1 at 13:11. Marchand’s pass intended for Pastrnak deflected off the right skate of Carolina defenseman Jaccob Slavin and into the net.
The Hurricanes answered with three goals in 54 seconds.
Svechnikov tipped Gostisbehere’s shot from the left point for a power-play goal and a 2-1 lead at 17:14.
Dmitry Orlov pushed the lead to 3-1 at 17:52 off a rebound that popped out to the left circle in his 800th NHL game.
Necas scored on the power play to make it 4-1 at 18:06 when his pass across the slot deflected in off the skate of Boston defenseman Brandon Carlo.
Lindholm made it 4-2 with a wrist shot from the slot at 3:38 of the second period.
Svechnikov stuffed in his own rebound for his second power-play goal of the game and a 5-2 lead at 8:51.
Jordan Martinook forced a turnover behind Boston’s net before passing to Roslovic, who scored from the slot to make it 6-2 at 9:32 of the second. Martinook earned his 200th NHL point.
Sean Walker scored to extend the lead to 7-2 at 7:36 of the third period, and Jesperi Kotkaniemi’s first goal of the season made it 8-2 at 12:13.