Local Sports

Carolina Doubles Up Blackhawks

Martin Necas and Sebastian Aho each had a goal and an assist, and the Carolina Hurricanes held on to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-3 on Monday night.

 

Michael Bunting, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Brent Burns and Jordan Martinook also scored for the Hurricanes, who have won three straight and eight of 10. Spencer Martin, claimed off waivers in January, had 14 saves to win his third straight start.

 

Connor Bedard had a goal and two assists, and Nick Foligno and Tyler Johnson also scored for the Blackhawks, who lost their 21st straight on the road (0-20-1). Chicago hasn't won away from home since beating Tampa Bay on Nov. 9. Petr Mrazek stopped 36 shots against his former team.

 

The Hurricanes built a 4-0 lead midway through the second period. Martin wasn’t tested often in the first period, facing just five shots, but the Blackhawks had 5-on-3 power play for 1 minute and 41 seconds.

 

Bedard flashed the skill that made him the top pick in last year’s NHL draft to try to pull the last-place Blackhawks back into the game.

 

Foligno scored on a spinning backhand off an assist from Bedard to make it 4-1 with 4:37 remaining in the second.

 

Bedard, in his third game back since a broken jaw sidelined him for more than a month, made it 5-2 on a power-play goal from the right circle at 7:00.

 

Bedard set up Johnson for a one-timer right in front to cut Carolina’s lead to 5-3 at 9:08.

 

The Chicago rookie star has two goals and four assists in the three games since returning from injury.

 

The Blackhawks host Philadelphia on Wednesday night.

Townhall Top of the Hour News

Local Weather - Sponsored By:

CLINTON WEATHER

Local News

DeWittDN on Facebook