After a slow first period, the Carolina Hurricanes sharpened up their game and went on the defeat the Anaheim Ducks, 5-2 on Thursday night at the Lenovo Center. It was the third straight win for Carolina while the Ducks have now lost eight in a row. The home team got off to a bit of […]
After a slow first period, the Carolina Hurricanes sharpened up their game and went on the defeat the Anaheim Ducks, 5-2 on Thursday night at the Lenovo Center.
It was the third straight win for Carolina while the Ducks have now lost eight in a row.
The home team got off to a bit of a slow start and fell behind 1-0 in the first but they turned things around in the second.
They outshot the Ducks 19-3 in that period and put three goals up on the board.
First, Mark Jankowski got things started when he took the puck to the net.
Shortly after, Granlund scored from in close but that would be it for Anaheim.
Two minutes after that score, Taylor Hall made a perfect feed to an open Logan Stankoven to tie things up again. That made three goals in the last three games for Stankoven.
Jalen Chatfield blasted in a shot to give the Canes a 3-2 lead going into the second intermission. It was Chatfield’s 300th NHL game.
The Canes continued to shut down the opposition in the third as the Ducks could only manage another four shots in that period.
Carolina goaltender, Fred Andersen did what he needed to do and stopped the shots he saw to earn his first win since early November. The win put an end to a nine game losing streak for Andersen.
Midway through the third, Jackson Blake made a pretty backhander off an Alexander Nikishin shot to put the home team up by two.
Taylor Hall notched an empty-netter to close out the scoring.
In all, the Canes outshot the Ducks, 35-13.
Carolina dominated the faceoff circle winning 64%.
The Hurricanes will take Friday off and will prepare to take on the Seattle Kraken on Saturday night.
Game Summary – https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20252026/GS020688.HTM
Event Summary – https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20252026/ES020688.HTM
Interviews – https://canespr.com/2026/01/06/january-6-postgame-notes-stats-video-audio/
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