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The Hurricanes offense exploded Tuesday night for a 5-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers to snap a five game skid. Led by rookie Sebastian Aho’s first career hat trick, the Hurricanes jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period and went ahead 4-0 after Aho’s third goal in the second period.
Carolina Hurricanes
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it, right? Coach Bill Peters announced the team will roll with the same lines from the Flyers game.
Jeff Skinner—Derek Ryan—Lee Stempniak
Brock McGinn—Victor Rask—Teuvo Teravainen
Sebastian Aho—Jordan Staal—Elias Lindholm
Joakim Nordstrom—Jay McClement—Viktor Stalberg
Ron Hainsey—Justin Faulk
Jaccob Slavin—Brett Pesce
Noah Hanifin—Klas Dahlbeck
Cam Ward
Eddie Lack
Scratches: Ryan Murphy, Ty Rattie, Matt Tennyson
Cam Ward did leave today’s morning skate a little early. Peters had no update on his status.
Peters says starting goalie would be gametime decision. Had no update on Ward, who left skate early.
— Chip Alexander (@ice_chip) February 3, 2017
Edmonton Oilers
Edmonton heads to Raleigh for the second game of a three game road trip after a 2-0 loss to the Nashville Predators just last night. Here’s what to expect from the Oilers:
Patrick Maroon - Connor McDavid - Leon Draisaitl
Benoit Pouliot - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Jordan Eberle
Milan Lucic - Drake Caggiula - Anton Slepyshev
Matt Hendricks - Mark Letestu - Zack Kassian
Adam Larsson - Oscar Klefbom
Andrej Sekera - Kris Russell
Brandon Davidson - Matthew Benning
Cam Talbot