"I think we executed, first of all, had a shooting mentality, and that first goal was a typical example, hit a stick, get a rebound, and Boyle was right there," Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman said. "Then the 5-on-3 that turned into a 5-on-4, so just having that shooting mentality helped a lot, and that was the bottom line."
Killorn gave the Lightning a 3-0 lead at 13:22 of the second period with his 12th goal of the season. Matthew Peca carried the puck along the boards and passed it to Killorn, who beat Ward with a backhand flip to the near post.
"They have a great [penalty kill], and for us to get two goals was a huge momentum boost for our team," Killorn said. "I think we could be better throughout the full game. I think our starts is something that's been missing and I think [Saturday] we did a good job having a great start."
Aho scored 1:58 after Killorn when he beat Vasilevskiy on a breakaway.
"I think we were playing back-to-back, and [when] you come out on the road you have to build a game, especially when the other team is fresh," Hurricanes coach Bill Peters said. "It would have been nice to be able to have the opportunity the build a game a little more 5-on-5. Unfortunately we didn't kill the penalties that were assessed and we fell behind the eight ball."