Aho, Svechnikov spark Hurricanes in win against Canucks

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Sebastian Aho had a goal and an assist, and Andrei Svechnikov scored in the Carolina Hurricanes' 5-3 win against the Vancouver Canucks at PNC Arena on Tuesday.

Jordan Staal also had a goal and an assist for the Hurricanes, who have earned points in four straight games to start a season for the first time since they relocated to North Carolina from Hartford in 1997. The Hartford Whalers opened the 1995-96 season with a point in five straight (4-0-1).
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"It's fun, right? High scoring games, a bunch of young guys in here keeping it young too," said rookie forward Warren Foegele, who scored his third goal of the season. "The group's really good and that's what you want to see."
Sven Baertschi had two goals and an assist for the Canucks.
"I like how we played, got some pucks behind their defense," Canucks coach Travis Green said. "I think it was unfortunate that we came out of the [first] period with the score the way it was."
Staal gave the Hurricanes a 1-0 lead 43 seconds into the first period when he flipped a wrist shot from inside the blue line and over Jacob Markstrom's glove.

Baertschi scored his first of the season at 6:12 to make it 1-1. He took a stretch pass from Alex Edler and faked to the backhand before wrapping the puck around Curtis McElhinney.
"It wasn't what we wanted at the start and there's still a lot of room for improvement, but we're finding ways to win," Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour said.
The Hurricanes took a 2-1 lead at 11:17 when Brett Pesce scored on a long wrist shot. Aho had an assist to extend his point streak to four games.
Aho's second goal of the season put Carolina ahead 3-1 at 17:51. Micheal Ferland followed his own shot and fed Aho in the slot for a shot inside the post. Teuvo Teravainen got his second assist of the game.
"[Ferland] is a big body out there," Aho said. "He creates so much space on the ice. He can make some plays. He's way more skilled than people think he is."
The Canucks scored on the power play at 46 seconds of the second period to make it 3-2. Baertschi fed Bo Horvat in the slot for his second of the season.
Svechnikov, the No. 2 pick in the 2018 NHL Draft, drove the slot to convert the rebound of Jaccob Slavin's shot to give the Hurricanes a 4-2 lead at 1:54.
Baertschi made it 4-3 at 3:24 when his redirect attempt at the top of the crease deflected into the net off Justin Faulk.

"It was a little loose at times, but as a goalie you're just trying to make that big save when the team needs it," said McElhinney, who made 22 saves and has won each of his starts since being claimed on waivers from the Toronto Maple Leafs on Oct. 1. "But the run support has definitely been there so far for me."
Foegele scored on one-timer from Justin Williams at 13:48 of the third to make it 5-3.
"He has done a great job," Brind'Amour said of Foegele. "He's kind of what we want in a Hurricane, a young kid that does it right every shift. He's getting rewarded for it right now."
Markstrom made 28 saves for the Canucks.

They said it

"I like that [Baertschi] scored a couple goals. I like that he played with a little more compete in his game. We talked to our team about that. We wanted to see a more competitive group come out tonight for 60 minutes, and I thought we took a step in the right direction." -- Canucks coach Travis Green
"[Foegele] is really a fun guy to play with; you know what you're going to get every night. He's just a moose out there. He hounds the puck better than I've seen in a long time." -- Hurricanes center Jordan Staal

Need to know

Horvat scored his sixth goal in eight games against the Hurricanes. … Carolina has seven players with at least four points through four games.

What's next

Canucks: At the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday (7:30 p.m. ET; SN360, SUN, NHL.TV)
Hurricanes: At the Minnesota Wild on Saturday (6 p.m. ET; FS-N, FS-CR, NHL.TV)