Recap: Svechnikov Records Hat Trick, Canes Win Kochetkov's Season Debut

RALEIGH, NC. -Forward Andrei Svechnikov produced his second hat trick of the season Thursday night as the Carolina Hurricanes took down the Edmonton Oilers by a score of 7-2.

The Three Big Things

Svech... He Did It Again

Three weeks ago to the day the Canes and Oilers met for the first time this season. Edmonton came out on top in the contest 6-4, but Andrei Svechnikov recorded the first regular season hat trick of his NHL career.
Tonight he did it again.
In the first period an attempted pass to Sebastian Aho deflected off of the stick of Oilers defender Tyson Barrie and past Jack Campbell to start the night's scoring.
During the second period he put his elite-level shot on display, beating Jack Campbell to the glove-side, eerily similar to one of his goals during the contest in Alberta.
Then, to close out the night, he jammed and jammed away, stuffing home his third goal of the night and also the 100th of his NHL career.

A Sensational Season Debut For Koochie

With Frederik Andersen injured and Antti Raanta having started Wednesday night in Florida, the services of Pyotr Kochetkov were needed against one of the most dynamic teams in the league.
Thrown into the fire right away, Kochetkov was faced with a first period penalty shot. One-on-one against Dylan Holloway, Kochetkov earned the decision after the Oilers rookie lost a handle on the puck.
#52 held the contest scoreless until Svechnikov was able to get the Canes on the board and then during the second period the up-and-comer displayed his wild aggression with one of the goaltending highlights of the year.
It would take a man advantage situation for Edmonton to be able to beat the 23-year-old in the second period and in the third the best player in the world used a remarkable individual effort to get his team's second of the night, but that was the entirety of what got behind him on the night.
In total he finished with 20 saves to advance to 4-0 in his NHL regular season career.

The Grass Turned Out To Be Greener

Rod Brind'Amour and the team's coaching staff deserve a great deal of credit for tonight's seven-goal explosion, shuffling their deck after being held without a goal on Wednesday.
The only line of the four that remained in tact for the two games was the trio of Jordan Martinook, Jordan Staal and Jesper Fast - all of whom wound up scoring in tonight's affair.
Svechnikov's historic night came skating alongside Sebastian Aho and Teuvo Teravainen, both of whom had multi-point nights of their own. Martin Necas' hot hands skated with Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Seth Jarvis, and Paul Stastny reentered the lineup in place of Derek Stepan to round out the lineup.
On the blue line Calvin de Haan led all defenseman with three shots on goal, picking up an assist as he too slotted back in the lineup in place of Dylan Coghlan.

They Said It

Andrei Svechnikovreflecting on his milestone and the win...
"It's special to be at home and to score my 100 goals here. It's just been amazing. It was a tough couple of games for us and we bounced back. We played hard today."
Rod Brind'Amouron the performance of Pyotr Kochetkov, post-game...
"I really liked Koochie's game. He came in in a tough spot against a high-powered team and he made some huge saves. That's the difference in the game for me."
Jesper Fastsharing how nice it was to get a win tonight after the team's difficult week thus far...
"I mean, we needed a response [after last night]. We had two games in a row that we lost, so we wanted to have a good game today and get back on the winning track. I felt that we deserved that win."

Bonus Notes

• Andrei Svechnikov joined Sami Kapanen (1997-98) as the second player in franchise history to score two hat tricks against a single opponent in a season. Kapanen's also came against Edmonton.
• Svechnikov is one of two NHL players since 2018-19 to score two hat tricks in his team's opening 14 games of a season. The other is Connor McDavid (EDM), who has also accomplished the feat this season.
• Sebastian Aho tallied two assists tonight, marking his fourth multi-point game and third multi-assist game in 2022-23. He now has 22 points in 12 career games against the Oilers.
• Teuvo Teravainen left tonight's game during the second period with an upper-body injury and did not return. Rod Brind'Amour said post-game that he would be evaluated Friday.
• Carolina moves to 9-4-1 on the season.

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What's Next?

The team is scheduled to practice Friday before traveling to Denver to take on the Avalanche Saturday night at 9 p.m. EST.
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