Carolina Hurricanes vs Ottawa Senators Match Player Stats On Dec 12, 2023

Sebastian Aho collected two goals and an assist during the second period to lift the visiting Carolina Hurricanes to a 4-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday.

Martin Necas and Seth Jarvis each scored a goal and defenseman Brady Skjei notched two assists to help the Hurricanes snap a four-game losing streak and defeat the Senators for the second time this season. Carolina skated to a 5-3 win in the teams' season opener on Oct. 11.

Pyotr Kochetkov made 31 saves and denied Ottawa captain Brady Tkachuk with a poke-check on a penalty shot with 4:21 remaining in the third period. The two players then exchanged words, leading to Tkachuk receiving a 10-minute game misconduct.

Josh Norris scored a goal and Joonas Korpisalo turned aside 24 shots for the Senators, who surrendered two power-play goals on two chances and went 0-for-4 with the man advantage. The loss was Ottawa's fifth in the past eight games.

Aho converted a nifty backhanded feed from Teuvo Teravainen on a power play to give Carolina a 2-1 lead at 12:18 of the second period.

Jarvis doubled the advantage just 81 seconds later by cleaning up a rush from Aho for his 10th goal of the season.

Aho capped his second two-goal performance in six games after a strong individual effort during four-on-four play. He skated into the slot and snapped a shot past Korpisalo for his 10th goal of the season with 2:41 remaining in the second period for a 4-1 lead.

In the first period, Norris, stationed in front, deflected defenseman Erik Brannstrom's shot from the point past Kochetkov to open the scoring at 7:27. The goal was Norris' seventh of the season and second in his past three games.

Necas one-timed a power-play shot following a circle-to-circle pass from Skjei to forge a 1-1 tie with 1:11 remaining in the first period. Necas' goal was his eighth of the season and second in his past five games.

--Field Level Media