Svechnikov gets hat trick, powers Hurricanes past Oilers

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Andrei Svechnikov completed a hat trick with his 100th NHL goal to lift the Carolina Hurricanes to a 7-2 win against the Edmonton Oilers at PNC Arena on Thursday.

Svechnikov scored his third goal at 15:49 of the third period when he followed his shot at the left post by lifting a backhand under the crossbar to make it 6-2.
"It's special for sure to be at home and score my 100th goal," Svechnikov said. "It's been amazing."

The 22-year-old forward also had a hat trick against the Oilers in a 6-4 loss on Oct. 20.
Jordan Martinook and Jesper Fast each had a goal and an assist, and Brent Burns and Jordan Staal scored for the Hurricanes (9-4-1). Pyotr Kochetkov made 20 saves in his season debut after being recalled from Chicago of the American Hockey League on Tuesday.
"I really liked [Kochetkov's] game," Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "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 there early and we kind of settled in."
Martin Necas, Teuvo Teravainen and Sebastian Aho each had two assists for the Hurricanes.
Connor McDavid extended his point streak to nine games with a goal and an assist for Edmonton (8-7-0), which has lost four of its past five games. Leon Draisaitl had an assist to extend his point streak to 10 games, and Jack Campbell made 25 saves.
"This league is too hard to recover from self-inflicted wounds and I thought tonight there were a lot of self-inflicted wounds, pucks that were on our tape that we didn't guarantee behind the other team's defense that ended up coming back and biting us," Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft said.

The Hurricanes took a 1-0 lead with 20 seconds remaining in the first when Oilers defenseman Tyson Barrie dove to block Svechnikov's pass across the net front, but tipped the puck in off the left post.
Dylan Holloway was awarded a penalty shot for Edmonton at 9:27, but his backhand attempt rolled off his stick and wide of the right post.
Burns extended the lead to 2-0 with a power-play goal at 5:58 off the second. Necas made a hard pass from the right face-off circle to Burns for a one-timer in the left circle.
Edmonton answered with a power-play goal to cut it to 2-1 at 7:25. Kochetkov made a right-pad save on Draisaitl at the top of the crease, but the rebound went in off Zach Hyman.
Svechnikov made it 3-1 at 10:24 on a wrist shot from the high slot off Campbell's glove.
Kochetkov made a key play at 15:57 when he sprawled on the ice for a poke check that stopped Hyman on a breakaway.
"The breakaway one where he went full Spider Man, that was cool" Martinook said. "He played great. We know what he is. He just competes. That's something you want out of your goalie."

The poke check provided an emotional spark for Carolina, which lost 3-0 at the Florida Panthers on Wednesday.
"It was a special play by 'Kotchie,'" Svechnikov said. "I feel like he gives you more confidence and you want to play for him as well, especially since that was his first game this season."
Staal scored on the backhand to make it 4-1 with one second left in the second.
"I thought we got off to a good start, but giving up late-period goals hurts," McDavid said. "We gave up one in the first, we gave up one in the second, and playing catch-up against a team like this is not easy. It takes a lot of energy to play catch-up. Obviously it's not easy on anyone and we have to do a better job of not letting that happen."

McDavid made it 4-2 at 7:26 of the third, curling at the top of the right circle and driving the net for a backhand score over Kochetkov's glove.
Martinook batted the puck out of the air twice while on his back before the puck fluttered over Campbell to make it 5-2 at 14:27.
Fast scored at 17:42 on an errant clearing pass by Campbell following Svechnikov's third goal for the 7-2 final.
NOTES: Draisaitl has 19 points (seven goals, 12 assists) in his 10-game point streak, and McDavid has 21 points (10 goals, 11 assists) in his nine-game streak. … Teravainen left the game with an undisclosed injury in the second period; Brind'Amour said he will be reevaluated Friday. … Hurricanes goalie Frederik Andersen missed his second game with a lower-body injury.