RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jack Roslovic had two goals and an assist as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-1 on Thursday night for their eighth straight win.
Jordan Martinook, Jaccob Slavin and Eric Robinson also scored for Carolina, and Jalen Chatfield had three assists. Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 35 shots. Blake Lizotte scored for Pittsburgh and Alex Nedeljkovic had 14 saves.
The Penguins lost for the eighth time in 10 games. The Hurricanes needed just 52 seconds to get on the scoreboard with Martinook tipping in a pass by Jordan Staal. Two of Carolina’s first three shots got past Nedeljkovic, who spent his first four NHL seasons with Carolina.
Roslovic scored at 8:47 in the first period and then again at 9:27 in the second to put the Hurricanes up 3-0. PANTHERS 6, PREDATORS 2 SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Carter Verhaeghe had two goals and an assist, Aleksander Barkov had three assists for the second time in less than a week and Florida beat Nashville for their sixth straight victory.
Sam Reinhart got his 11th of the season and pushed his goals streak to five games for the Panthers, who got a goal and an assist from Matthew Tkachuk and two assists from Uvis Balinskis. Tomas Nosek also scored for Florida. Sergei Bobrovsky got career win No.
403 to tie Grant Fuhr for 12th on the career list. Steven Stamkos and Juuso Parssinen scored for Nashville. It was the 83rd official time, including playoffs, that Stamkos played against the Panthers — the first with him wearin.
