Hurricanes 5, Red Wings 2

The Carolina Hurricanes put an end to their losing streak with a dominating, 5-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night at the Lenovo Center.

The win kept the team in sole possession of first place in the Eastern Conference and Metropolitan Division.

Goaltender, Brandon Bussi earned the win and stopped 18 of the 20 shots he faced.

Bussi is now an amazing 12-1-1 in his first career 14 NHL games.

Andrei Svechnikov and Shayne Gostisbehere each had a goal and two assists to lead the team.

The Wings jumped out to a 1-0 lead midway through the first period even though the Canes were dominating. The home team had several close chances but couldn’t light the lamp yet.

In the second period, the Canes were able to get pucks by John Gibson.

First, Jackson Blake tipped in a Gostisbehere shot to tie the score, just 3:22 into the second.

A minute and change later, Eric Robinson knocked in a loose puck to give the home team the lead. It was Robinson’s 9th goal of the season.

Later in the period, Gostisbehere took a nice pass from Jalen Chatfield and roofed in a perfect shot in the top corner of the net to make it, 3-1.

The Wings would make it 3-2 with a powerplay tally in the third but Svechnikov stole the puck and put his team back up by two about 10 minutes later.

He would feed teammate Jordan Martinook for an empty net goal to close things out.

In all, the Hurricanes outshot the Wings 38-20 for the game.

Alexander Nikishin led all skaters with 24:59 of ice time.

William Carrier had a team high five hits.

The Canes will next take on the Rangers at home on Monday night.

Game Summary – https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20252026/GS020593.HTM

Event Summary – https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20252026/ES020593.HTM

Interviews – https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/um8wxh2369o1mee8ok11f/AKnmo_HAryWyIML5qfgr0y0/Postgame?dl=0&rlkey=brvz6nxdzs3irlltm6zx0p499&subfolder_nav_tracking=1